Chapter 18
Jesse tiptoed into the room and slid over to the bed. Lightly, he shook Leon awake. "No wonder you kept looking for her. She's hot."
"Jess, stop checkin' out my woman while she's asleep."
"Get up. You gotta see the info I dug up on that guy."
Leon looked shocked, "How did you get it so fast?"
"If I told you, I'd have to kill you." He chuckled and walks to the door. "Get out of bed and come on."
Leon sighed heavily and tried to maneuver out from underneath of Sky. Gently he laid her head on the pillow and scooted out of the sheets. She mumbled something and then settled down against the pillow. Quickly, he slipped his jeans over his boxers and followed Jesse out the door.
As soon as they left the room Jesse flashed him a couple of photos, "This was the Zynne's girlfriend ten years ago. When she tried to leave he did that to her." Leon studied the first photo of a young woman with multiple slashes across her face. He shudders as he took a look at the next photo showing the mutilated body. "It's sick man. The guy didn't even do time for this. He pled insanity and spent two years in a mental hospital. After that he was free."
"You're kiddin me."
"Kid you not. His whole record is like that. When he was a kid he stabbed his own mother. They locked him up in a group home. Every time he got away with it on an insanity plea."
"What the hell was Sky doing with this guy?" Leon wondered if this guy hurt her in any way.
"But that's not it. He was arrested six days ago at a warehouse full of stolen cars, but a deal must have went bad."
"Why do you say that?"
"Take a look at his mug shots. Looks like someone took a crowbar to his face."
"Actually it was an aluminum baseball bat." He looked over the and wondered how someone as small as Sky could inflict so much damage.
Jess arched his eyebrow, "How do you know that?"
"For whatever reason Sky did this. She thought she killed him."
"Do you know how long she was with this guy?"
"Hell dawg I don't know anything. Look I need some time alone with her to get the full story. Do you think you can stall the others at the shop for a while?"
"Yeah. Call me when you're ready for us."
"Ya got it." He said goodbye to Jess and walked back to his room. He hates to wake her, but he needed to get to the bottom of this. He brushed her hair away from her face and called her name. She stretched her body and opened her eyes. "Come on we need to talk." The seriousness of his tone caused her to move quickly. She removed the sheet and sat on the edge of the bed next to him. "I need to know everything Sky whether you thinks it's important or not."
Their eyes met and concern filled her, "Where do you want me to start?"
"The last time we saw each other. I need to know everything if I'm gonna help you."
She took a deep breath and began, "The cop finally overpowered me and got the cuffs on. Not to say that I stopped fighting. He threw me in the car and I kept kicking the glass and his cage. Cause I wouldn't be a good girl, he pulled me out and hogtied me. Busting my head on the ground in the process. Got a trip to the ER for stitches and I met this really great nurse. She even delivered a message to my cousin V for me. Do you really want to know all the boring details?"
"Yeah keep going."
"Fine. I was locked up in a juvenile detention center. Was only there a few hours when I passed out and they took me back to the hospital. Seems I had a bad infection with a high fever. Anyway, the courts put me on house arrest for running away and they gave temporary custody of me to my cousin. They made me where a stupid box on my ankle to make sure I wouldn't run again. But it was nice to be with family. V even brought my car to the house and it was just as I thought it would be. He amped up the horsepower and the stereo system was perfect. I could drive it up and down the block, but no further."
"Sounds like you were having fun." He said in a solemn tone.
"You don't know how bad I wanted you there. I sent V and his friends out to look for you. Always the same result though, they couldn't find you. Every time V came back he would frown at me and walk away. He hated to see me so sad and it broke my heart to think you were alone." She paused to wipe a tear from her cheek. "V petitioned for custody for me, but the judge thought he was too young to handle the responsibilities of a teenage girl. They sent me to live with my grandparents in New Jersey."
"And you ran away again. Damn I shouldn't have left you. How did you get mixed up with Simon?"
Sky shook her head and laughed, "How do I always get myself in trouble? Lucky I guess. My dear grandparents' tried to put me in a girls' home. I ended up in New York City. Met a guy named Razor who was having trouble breaking into a car and I gave him a helping hand."
"You're fucking joking. Damn it Sky do you ever think? Helping some strange guy break into a car. He could have killed you and since when did you learn how to break into cars?" He got up from the bed and leaned against the dresser shaking his head.
"It's call survival Leon. I did what I had to do. My cousin taught me how to unlock car doors."
"Not the mysterious V."
"Yeah. Why?"
"Never mind. What happened next?"
"Turns out we stole the wrong car. Simon said he would give me a job if Razor and I could get the right car. Of course we did. I only planned on staying there until I turned 18, but I couldn't leave Takara. She was Simon's girlfriend and he said he would kill her if she left and I believed him."
"So you put yourself in danger. What if he would have killed you? No one would have known because you just disappeared. What the hell were you thinking?" Leon pushed off the dresser and stomped out of the room. He was furious for her not staying at the girl's home. Two years was all the time she had to do and then none of the crap would have happened. He walked into the living room and paced back and forth.
She walked up and tripped him. He fell to the floor and she straddled him pinning down his shoulders. "You are one stubborn man you know that. Look I couldn't just leave her there. Not after what I grew up watching, what we grew up watching. She was scared to leave. He kept beating her though and one day she decided to leave with me no matter what. We waited until he left to do a money drop and we hurried and packed. He came back early and caught her alone in the garage. I heard her screaming and I grabbed the bat. I don't know what I was thinking. He outweighed me by 200lbs. When he saw me, he charged and I caught him on the jaw before he could touch me. I just kept beating him until Razor stopped me." Tears streamed down her face. "I did what I had to do to save her. I didn't mean to kill him."
"Are you done?"
"Yeah I guess I am." She lifted off his shoulders and began to get up, but he pulled her back down.
"I'm not mad at you Sky. But fuck the illegal shit you were doing could have gotten you put in jail or worse dead. Boosting cars is plain stupid. I understand you did what you had to do to survive. Just wish you were never in the position to have to make a choice like that and to have to be around someone like that."
She nodded, "But I went too far and now he's dead."
"You didn't kill him."
"What?"
"He's not dead girl. Not saying you didn't rearrange his face, but he's alive and well and incarcerated." With a sigh of relief she let the tension leave her body. "Now you're safe. Back to this mysterious cousin of yours, if he races I am sure I know him."
"I figured as much considering the car you are driving. I'm not stupid Leon. That's a Nissan Skyline and pretty rare for the states. Stole one in New York once. Kinda fun to drive, but from the sound of that engine yours ain't stock. So did you win the lottery or are you knocking over convenience stores in your spare time?"
"It's complicated." He smirked.
"What isn't?"
"This." One hand slid around the small of her back and the other rested on the back of her neck. He drew her close to him. His lips met hers in a deep kiss. Their tongues moved around in a rhythmic dance. His hand moved down from her back. They broke the kiss both breathing heavy. He rolled her onto her back; with an evil grin he lifted her shirt and placed kisses on her belly. He ran the tip of his tongue from her navel to her between her breasts. Teasing her he licked around her nipple. He laughed and covered her nipple with his mouth sending shockwaves down her spine. She arched her back and dug her nails into his shoulders. She pulled him up and kissed him full on the lips and then pulled back looking directly into his green eyes. Leon laughed, "What are you thinking about?"
She smiled at him, "How much I would just love to take you back to bed?"
"Your wish is my command."
Jesse tiptoed into the room and slid over to the bed. Lightly, he shook Leon awake. "No wonder you kept looking for her. She's hot."
"Jess, stop checkin' out my woman while she's asleep."
"Get up. You gotta see the info I dug up on that guy."
Leon looked shocked, "How did you get it so fast?"
"If I told you, I'd have to kill you." He chuckled and walks to the door. "Get out of bed and come on."
Leon sighed heavily and tried to maneuver out from underneath of Sky. Gently he laid her head on the pillow and scooted out of the sheets. She mumbled something and then settled down against the pillow. Quickly, he slipped his jeans over his boxers and followed Jesse out the door.
As soon as they left the room Jesse flashed him a couple of photos, "This was the Zynne's girlfriend ten years ago. When she tried to leave he did that to her." Leon studied the first photo of a young woman with multiple slashes across her face. He shudders as he took a look at the next photo showing the mutilated body. "It's sick man. The guy didn't even do time for this. He pled insanity and spent two years in a mental hospital. After that he was free."
"You're kiddin me."
"Kid you not. His whole record is like that. When he was a kid he stabbed his own mother. They locked him up in a group home. Every time he got away with it on an insanity plea."
"What the hell was Sky doing with this guy?" Leon wondered if this guy hurt her in any way.
"But that's not it. He was arrested six days ago at a warehouse full of stolen cars, but a deal must have went bad."
"Why do you say that?"
"Take a look at his mug shots. Looks like someone took a crowbar to his face."
"Actually it was an aluminum baseball bat." He looked over the and wondered how someone as small as Sky could inflict so much damage.
Jess arched his eyebrow, "How do you know that?"
"For whatever reason Sky did this. She thought she killed him."
"Do you know how long she was with this guy?"
"Hell dawg I don't know anything. Look I need some time alone with her to get the full story. Do you think you can stall the others at the shop for a while?"
"Yeah. Call me when you're ready for us."
"Ya got it." He said goodbye to Jess and walked back to his room. He hates to wake her, but he needed to get to the bottom of this. He brushed her hair away from her face and called her name. She stretched her body and opened her eyes. "Come on we need to talk." The seriousness of his tone caused her to move quickly. She removed the sheet and sat on the edge of the bed next to him. "I need to know everything Sky whether you thinks it's important or not."
Their eyes met and concern filled her, "Where do you want me to start?"
"The last time we saw each other. I need to know everything if I'm gonna help you."
She took a deep breath and began, "The cop finally overpowered me and got the cuffs on. Not to say that I stopped fighting. He threw me in the car and I kept kicking the glass and his cage. Cause I wouldn't be a good girl, he pulled me out and hogtied me. Busting my head on the ground in the process. Got a trip to the ER for stitches and I met this really great nurse. She even delivered a message to my cousin V for me. Do you really want to know all the boring details?"
"Yeah keep going."
"Fine. I was locked up in a juvenile detention center. Was only there a few hours when I passed out and they took me back to the hospital. Seems I had a bad infection with a high fever. Anyway, the courts put me on house arrest for running away and they gave temporary custody of me to my cousin. They made me where a stupid box on my ankle to make sure I wouldn't run again. But it was nice to be with family. V even brought my car to the house and it was just as I thought it would be. He amped up the horsepower and the stereo system was perfect. I could drive it up and down the block, but no further."
"Sounds like you were having fun." He said in a solemn tone.
"You don't know how bad I wanted you there. I sent V and his friends out to look for you. Always the same result though, they couldn't find you. Every time V came back he would frown at me and walk away. He hated to see me so sad and it broke my heart to think you were alone." She paused to wipe a tear from her cheek. "V petitioned for custody for me, but the judge thought he was too young to handle the responsibilities of a teenage girl. They sent me to live with my grandparents in New Jersey."
"And you ran away again. Damn I shouldn't have left you. How did you get mixed up with Simon?"
Sky shook her head and laughed, "How do I always get myself in trouble? Lucky I guess. My dear grandparents' tried to put me in a girls' home. I ended up in New York City. Met a guy named Razor who was having trouble breaking into a car and I gave him a helping hand."
"You're fucking joking. Damn it Sky do you ever think? Helping some strange guy break into a car. He could have killed you and since when did you learn how to break into cars?" He got up from the bed and leaned against the dresser shaking his head.
"It's call survival Leon. I did what I had to do. My cousin taught me how to unlock car doors."
"Not the mysterious V."
"Yeah. Why?"
"Never mind. What happened next?"
"Turns out we stole the wrong car. Simon said he would give me a job if Razor and I could get the right car. Of course we did. I only planned on staying there until I turned 18, but I couldn't leave Takara. She was Simon's girlfriend and he said he would kill her if she left and I believed him."
"So you put yourself in danger. What if he would have killed you? No one would have known because you just disappeared. What the hell were you thinking?" Leon pushed off the dresser and stomped out of the room. He was furious for her not staying at the girl's home. Two years was all the time she had to do and then none of the crap would have happened. He walked into the living room and paced back and forth.
She walked up and tripped him. He fell to the floor and she straddled him pinning down his shoulders. "You are one stubborn man you know that. Look I couldn't just leave her there. Not after what I grew up watching, what we grew up watching. She was scared to leave. He kept beating her though and one day she decided to leave with me no matter what. We waited until he left to do a money drop and we hurried and packed. He came back early and caught her alone in the garage. I heard her screaming and I grabbed the bat. I don't know what I was thinking. He outweighed me by 200lbs. When he saw me, he charged and I caught him on the jaw before he could touch me. I just kept beating him until Razor stopped me." Tears streamed down her face. "I did what I had to do to save her. I didn't mean to kill him."
"Are you done?"
"Yeah I guess I am." She lifted off his shoulders and began to get up, but he pulled her back down.
"I'm not mad at you Sky. But fuck the illegal shit you were doing could have gotten you put in jail or worse dead. Boosting cars is plain stupid. I understand you did what you had to do to survive. Just wish you were never in the position to have to make a choice like that and to have to be around someone like that."
She nodded, "But I went too far and now he's dead."
"You didn't kill him."
"What?"
"He's not dead girl. Not saying you didn't rearrange his face, but he's alive and well and incarcerated." With a sigh of relief she let the tension leave her body. "Now you're safe. Back to this mysterious cousin of yours, if he races I am sure I know him."
"I figured as much considering the car you are driving. I'm not stupid Leon. That's a Nissan Skyline and pretty rare for the states. Stole one in New York once. Kinda fun to drive, but from the sound of that engine yours ain't stock. So did you win the lottery or are you knocking over convenience stores in your spare time?"
"It's complicated." He smirked.
"What isn't?"
"This." One hand slid around the small of her back and the other rested on the back of her neck. He drew her close to him. His lips met hers in a deep kiss. Their tongues moved around in a rhythmic dance. His hand moved down from her back. They broke the kiss both breathing heavy. He rolled her onto her back; with an evil grin he lifted her shirt and placed kisses on her belly. He ran the tip of his tongue from her navel to her between her breasts. Teasing her he licked around her nipple. He laughed and covered her nipple with his mouth sending shockwaves down her spine. She arched her back and dug her nails into his shoulders. She pulled him up and kissed him full on the lips and then pulled back looking directly into his green eyes. Leon laughed, "What are you thinking about?"
She smiled at him, "How much I would just love to take you back to bed?"
"Your wish is my command."