Chapter 14

A few weeks had passed and our organization was getting set up in the building my Dad had bought out for us. J wasn't exactly pleased with taking a "gift" from my Dad. But I rationalized it to him as a gift for ME and I just needed him to come along. I decided to have my own bedroom separate from J. I didn't want to not have space away from him. After renovations, the top three floors were decked out in purple, golds and greens. It looked like a normal person's nightmare but we dug it. J had decided that the Smile N' Grin 2.0 would be the bottom two floors of our headquarters. I suppose it was convenient. I still wasn't thrilled. But I prepared myself. I prepared for a last minute stripper kill if need be.

Crimson's bedroom was down the long hall from mine and J's was on the top floor penthouse. Frost had his own place along with the rest of J's guys so we had a lot of room. Crimson and Johnny had been getting….smiley. It didn't bother me but J said it would distract them so he wasn't very happy about it. I talked him into keeping his mouth shut and just them do what they want. I was getting better at getting my way with him.

It was finally time for the club to open. J had put one of his guys, Ricky, in charge of the club's operations. I had the option of exiting my place from the back so I didn't have to go through the club just to leave. The opening night was pretty typical. Just a bunch of horny businessmen acting like animals. Our dancers were nice enough, but there was one girl in particular I did not like. Her name was Sasha. She was tall, bone thin and pretty eyes. On auditions night, I caught her dancing on J. So when the auditions were done, I grabbed her by the hair and pulled her behind the stockroom.

"Listen bitch. I see you rubbing that rancid pussy on Joker again, I will have your head. Got it?" I said. She scoffed.

"He didn't seem to mind." She said as she started exit the room. I let her go. Alright, bitch. Try me.

I went behind the bar and poured myself a shot of tequila and saw J in the VIP area chatting with an associate of his, with Johnny hovering. I saw Crimson come out of the VIP room to join me. I poured her and myself a shot.

"Cheers to making money off of flashy whores." Crimson said smiling. I scoffed and took my shot. A bunch of thugs came into the club. I had assumed they were here for J's 11pm meeting. They all sat by the stage and made asses of themselves. I looked over at the VIP area and I see Sasha topless sitting next to J rubbing his neck. He looked a tad bit annoyed but not for the reasons I wanted him to be. That was it. Crimson looked behind her at what I was looking at.

"Now hold on L." she said. Before she could even stop me, I was storming into the VIP room. Johnny stepped in front of me.

"Sorry Miss Cee. He said he doesn't want to be disturbed." Frost said sternly.

"You want to keep your balls Johnny? Then I suggest you get the hell out of my way." I said seriously. He knew I wasn't kidding. He moved aside and the guy that J was talking with looked up at me.

"Whoa. Is this your new lady, J?" he said. Sasha rolled her eyes at me.

"The one and only! Hello my Queen." J said. It's almost like he didn't even notice Sasha sitting almost on top of him at this point.

"Hi." I said smirking. "If you don't mind baby, I gotta take out the trash." I said eyeing Sasha. She gulped hard. J rolled his eyes. I jumped over the lit up table flipped to the back of the booth J and Sasha were sitting in. I grabbed Sasha hair and smashed her head onto the glass table repeatedly. At this point blood was spraying everywhere.

"Whoa!" The thug across of me exclaimed. I had blood splattered all over me. J just watched me. When I knew she was dead, I got up.

"Excuse me gentleman." I sighed as I wiped blood off of my chest. Frost let me pass and Crimson was standing behind him. She knew to leave me alone. As I walking down the hallway between the club and VIP area, J jammed me up onto the wall and began to strangle me.

"Who gave you permission to cause a scene like that in front of an associate of mine?" He growled. I need him in the stomach and he released me.

"I will not let some broad think it's okay to put her nasty paws all over you." I said softly. He began laughing.

"I don't care if she was sucking on my dick, you don't interrupt a business deal." He said sternly. I scoffed.

"Go fuck yourself Clown." I said before I stormed off.

"Nope that's your job darling!" He called after me. I shook my head and flew the club door open. Crimson came out after me.

"You okay?" She asked.

"Yeah! Why wouldn't I be?!" I said in a high pitched voice.

"Luna, you just crushed a strippers skull in because she was touching legs with The Joker." She said. I shrugged.

"I just didn't like her." I said. She eyed me.

"Alright, well we can have one of those things, what are they called...a girl's night!" She said.

"Yeah, alright." I said.

Crimson and I had a very different idea of a girls night. We broke into a fashion store on Broadway Street and went shopping. Without paying of course. We went to a sushi bar afterwards and stuffed our faces.

"You love him, you know." She said as she took a drink of sake. I coughed.

"What? No I don't." I said back.

"Oh come on Luna. He loves you too. You two have a very twisted way of showing it, but you guys are crazy in love and we all know it." She said as she took another bite of her California roll.

"I don't love people Crimson. Love isn't in my vocabulary. It isn't in his either. So it's impossible." I said back. She shook her head.

"Yeah. We'll see." She said smiling.

We headed back to the club and we went through the back entrance. I didn't want to see him. We got to our apartment and I decided to take a bath. As I sat in the hot bubbly water, I thought about my sister and my mom. My mom would be so sad if she knew the person I had become. But she knew I was this way since birth. I had my father's blood running through my veins and I was too much like him. Handsome was laying on the bathroom rug next to me. His head shot up and I heard him growl. I heard J and Johnny outside the door.

"Where is she?" J asked.

"She's taking a bath." Crimson said. Then I heard him walk up to the bathroom door.

"Luna princess, open the door." He said in a terrifyingly happy tone.

"No." I snapped back.

"Oh come on doll, you know I didn't mean anything by it. It's just you know I hate interruptions." He said.

"Oh but Sasha wasn't an interruption?" I said back as I lifted some bubbles off of the surface.

"I had called her into our meeting for Tony, not me. You know you're the only psycho bitch for me." He said.

"Uh huh. Go away J." I said.

"Open this door right now princess." he growled.

"I said no." I said back. He started kicking the door and Handsome let out a huge roar. J stopped. He knew that Handsome would shred him to pieces if I wanted him to.

"Fine. We will discuss this later." He said. I heard him storm off. I heard Frost and Crimson outside the door.

"I'll calm him down." Frost said.

"Yeah, I will try to reason with her." Crimson said. I heard him kiss her on the cheek and I rolled my eyes.

I ran my fingers along my leg and watched the orange light its path through my skin. I couldn't understand it. I had never felt this feeling before. I have had "boyfriends" in the past and I never wanted to literally kill anyone over them. I guess this is the feeling they call jealousy. Handsome and I went to my room as I changed into my oversized shirt. Crimson walked in and Handsome went up to her for a pet.

"Are you alright?" She asked as she pet his fur.

"I'm fine." I said quickly.

"No you're not. Just go talk to him. He looked really….stressed just now. I think he is actually upset that you are mad at him." She said. I laughed.

"Yeah right. I will talk to him when he decides to stop being an asshole. I won't even count on an apology. The Joker doesn't do apologies. Which neither do I so that works out." I said as I towel dried my long hair.

"Okay well he and Johnny are conducting business tomorrow night so you and I are on Smile N' Grin duty." She said as she started to leave my room. I scoffed and got under my covers.

The next day, I hadn't seen J at all. According to Crimson, he and Frost were finishing up some "errands". I showed up to the club and all of the dancers and employees greeted me with fear. I got a lot of "Hi boss lady" and "Hi Ms. Cee". I went to the dressing room to make sure all of the girls were here. Candy, one of our best dancers, was on her phone in a panic. She hung up and approached me.

"Um Mrs. J I mean Ms. Cee, one of our dancers is missing and we are short a girl for tonight." Candy said in her thick Boston accent. I smiled a bit because I knew who was the missing dancer.

"Alright um, can we just make do without her?" I asked.

""No Ms Cee, she is scheduled for a lot of private parties tonight. I could do those but then I don't know who would take my spot on the main floor from 10-12." She said shakingly. I had a feeling she probably heard about me smashing Sasha to bits.

"Okay. I'll handle it." I said as I pinched the bridge of my nose.

"Thank you Ms. Cee. Thank you!" Candy said as she walked away in her black pasties. Crimson came to the back.

"So what are we going to do?" she asked.

"Well, it's either you or me." I said. Crimson's eyes widened and she shook her head quickly.

"No. No. No. I can't Luna I have stage fright." She said. It was funny hearing someone as badass as Crimson who was scared of literally nothing saying she had stage fright.

"Fine. I'll do it. Just go handle up front. I'll get things settled back here." I said. Candy came back up to us in a frantic.

"Ms. Cee, Big Leeg is here with his crew and he is specifically requesting you. He must have seen you at the bar earlier. Should I tell him you aren't available?" She asked. Crimson looked at me.

"Um, no I got it. He drops a lot of cash when he's here so I kinda have no choice. Plus he is the most feared mobster in Jersey so I doubt pissing him off would be a good idea. Alright fine, I will single him out." I said. Candy thanked me and continued running the private parties Big Leeg was actually pretty good looking. He was tall dark and handsome, very quiet. But he was known for not believing in second chances even in the slightest. At least I knew J would be out tonight so he wouldn't make a big deal about it. Me being his property and all...