Thanks to all those who reviewed my story. Let me clear up some things. One of my stories is being published. Not this one. The one that's being published is a pure fantasy story. The beginning of it is in the original section if you want to read it. Secondly, I won't stop writing this story. It's just a matter of time. I have many things to do. Third, and this is just a writers rant, I'm feeling unloved. How is it that five chapter stories have sixty something and up reviews? I guess it's just the way I write. Oh well, I love writing this story.
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Jessie's shoulders shook as he let the tears fall down his face. All he could think of was the contents of that letter. His whole life seemed to stop before his eyes and that letter burned on his soul like the Scarlet Letter burned on Demi Moor. Leon walked forward and tried to pick up the letter but Jessie put his foot on it.
"Don't touch it." His voice was laced with steel, they had never heard before and Leon stepped back. Jessie turned to Mia wanting to make her feel his pain physically.
"You don't know what you've done and you better pray to God or whatever makes you feel better at night that you never do find out." His eyes shifted to Dom. "Forget about her. Forget about all of us."
"What the hell are you going on about you dumb ass?" Vince stepped forward menacingly. "What happened to the kids?"
"Are you sure you want to know?" Jessie asked them all. His eyes rested on each one of them waiting for some sort of conformation. When his eyes rested on Brian, they burned. "I don't trust you but I'll need you to get my family back."
"You don't lead this team so what you do and don't do is your own problem." Mia said this as she stepped by Brian. Dom put his hand out telling his sister to be quiet. He didn't even need to open his mouth to her.
"Tell us what the letter said." His voice was quiet and commanding.
"Here's one better." Jessie stepped off the letter balled it up and threw it at Dom.
Yakuza
Your stay in America has been to long. The Yakuza will bow at the Triads feet before I am through with your family. The blood of my ancestors will no longer be in service to your family. I will expect you in three days to be at my doorstep or your sister and brother will not live to see the next.
Triad
Dom read over the letter again not believing what he was reading. There must have been a mistake. How could Satiana be a part of any of this? It wasn't possible. Jessie read his reaction to the letter and smiled grimly.
"How does it feel to sleep with the most dangerous woman in the world?" Dom looked up at him. Mia glared at him. Brian asked to read the letter and held it so the others could read it also. When they had finished reading in Mia was in tears.
"Why didn't she ask for our help?" She asked.
"My guess would be you were to busy protecting your fuck buddy to listen to a word she said. On the other hand, she probably didn't want your kind of help. From what I've seen, I wouldn't either. None of you would have given me a chance to explain a damn thing. Or she…" he looked at Dom, "loved you to much to put you in danger."
"Why didn't she tell me she was Yakuza?"
"She's been running from the family business ever since her father died. She stayed in America because she could hide here. No one knew who she was except the Yakuza so it has to be someone on the inside according to the letter."
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Satiana pulled up in front of a plush house and stepped cautiously out of her car. There were guards posted at the front door and on the sides of the house. She walked and they nodded to her letting her in. She stepped passed the two big black men and into the ultra modern house. A woman in a bikini walked up with a brief case and smiled to her.
"You must be Satiana."
"Miss Lee." Satiana corrected her. The woman frowned and looked Satiana over in disgust. Satiana stood straighter knowing that she still had on Dom's wife beater and some old blue Daisy Duke shorts.
"Yeah whatever." The woman smiled and glared at her. "Anyway he's out back in the pool if you'll follow me. Don't touch anything or try to steal anything." The woman turned her back to her.
"Look you fucking chicken head I don't have time to follow you as you try to show off you best side which by the way you don't have one to your boss. I was called here for a purpose and I want to see this guy. Now more your ass or I'll be forced to kick start it." The woman turned in shock and then started walking faster. Once they were outside Satiana saw a Dominican man surrounded by a horde of women. He reminded her of her mental picture of Hugh Hefner. When he saw her the man stood up.
"Miss Jackson who have you brought me?" His voice was like silk. He stepped closer to her and the women parted before him. He had hazel eyes caramel skin and a body that would put Adonis to shame. He was built in all the right places and hard in places he shouldn't be. She looked away from that spot and up into his laughing eyes.
"You must be Miss Lee."
"And you must be a psychic." She said sarcastically.
"No my name is Ian Stone. We can continue this upstairs."
"Look I came her for business and I would appreciate it if you thought of this as business. I don't have time for…" she looked down meaningfully… "your childish games."
"If you didn't have time for as you so inadequately put it 'childish games' why are you wearing that outfit."
"Why did you call me?"
"I want to help you."
"Why?"
He walked around Satiana looking her over like he was some sort of dog in heat. He took down her hair and stopped in front of her looking in her eyes.
"Just like I remember. Your eyes aren't cloudy like hers but clear."
"Like who's."
"Your mother."
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Eric stood slowly and grabbed a hold of the katana that had made him so weak. The ground and walls were tilting on him and he threw up. Breathing hard Eric closed his eyes tightly trying to make the world stop spinning and his body stop hurting. He heard his sister's screams and using that as an anchor he opened glassy blue eyes.
Eric used the katana as a crutch while he walked down the hall. He didn't have to worry about his steps being heard because his sister's screams covered them. His anger grew and with his anger, he didn't feel any pain. Blood followed him like his shadow but his stumbled on.
He found the door that the screams were emanating from and opened it. What he saw made him see red. Tanuki had his pants down and he was over his sister slapping and hitting her. He was telling her to keep screaming because he liked that. Eric didn't even remember killing the man or picking his sister up putting her clothes back on and walking slowly out of the room.
He was coherent though when he noticed the gravel under his feet. They were on a farm road. He couldn't look down at his sister. He had to be strong for the both of them right now. They passed a sign that said.
Los Angeles 16 miles
He stumbled and fell turning at the last moment so that his sister wouldn't feel it. She cried out and looked over her brother.
"Eric are you urt? Sati will come. She'll make the bad men urt. I know she will." Those were Abre's first words since he had saved her. He was glad that one of them hadn't given up hope. He felt something stabbing him in the ass and moved to take it out. That one action took about five minutes. What he found made him cry in thanks to whatever God had blessed him with wearing the pants he had worn when Johnny Tran had given his sister's flame necklace to him. The flame sparkled like the idea that was forming in his mind.
"Satiana I need your help."
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Jessie took his laptop from his car and came back into the garage. They had finally stopped squabbling and gave him enough time to explain the whole story to them. Now he was going to do what he had promised Satiana he would do before their whole world had blown up in their face.
Leon came over to him and asked him what he was doing. Jessie looked up and contemplated telling him. "Satiana wanted to know why out of the three hackers on this team none of us bothered to think of checking out Mia's sex toy. I promised her this morning that I would find out for her. Want to help?"
Leon looked over his shoulder at Brian who was staring at two hackers. "I'll run interference. You find out who the fuck this guy is." Leon turned to the crew and walked back over to them.
"What was that all about?" Brian asked.
"Nothing. He's just asking for help from some other hackers. We're going to need an army to find out where the Triads are and get there in three days to help Satiana."
Dom hung up the phone and looked over to them. "Leon I may not be a hacker but I do have the money we need to get us places. A guy I used to know works for the airport also and he'll call me when Satiana walks through the door."
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"How the hell do you know my mother?" She looked at Ian wondering what was up.
"Truth be told…intimately." He smiled as it dawned on her. She slapped him but when she did, he slapped her back. Satiana fell back at the force he had put behind that but her anger didn't stay her for long. This time she hit him and he hit her back. Her ass met the gravel around the pool.
"I'm not my cousin Miss Lee. I won't let you hit me without retribution. You may be the Yakuza's next in line but you're not there yet and until you are I'll show you no more respect then the women you see around my pool."
"Your cousin?"
"Yeah me little miss bad ass." Satiana turned around and saw Edwin walk up dressed in F.U.B.U. and platinum chains.
"What? No witty remark? No blades pulled out of nowhere?" He smiled as she gaped at him. "I guess your brother didn't tell you I was a part of the family."
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Will Jessie find out who Brian is…will Eric and Abre use the force to get them back home… or will Satiana put the smack down on Edwin? You'll find out in the next exciting episode of music plays New Neighbors.
