The Pleasure of Pain (8 page)

Bad News

Chapter 19
             

Tess and Bless heard about what had happened to Ebony an
d Omar from the streets and not to mention it was all over the news. The cops were calling it the Canarsie bloodbath. "Baby, we have to handle this shit," Tess said. "First, a bomb in your car and now someone put a hit on Ebony and Omar," Tess stated.

"Yeah
, you're right, but how do you know it was a hit," Bless responded.

"Baby
, they left the money in the house it was at the front door and cops found it. I have to call Vanessa and tell her about Ebony," Tess said.

"Yo
, you know she's going to go crazy."

"I know, but I have to be the one she hears it from."
Tess went into the bedroom of their long beach house leaving Bless to his thoughts while he watched the news on TV.

In the bedroom, Tess cried hysterically over he
r childhood friend. Ebony, Iris and Vanessa had been friends for five years now and been in the game together that long. They were all her girls and now Ebony was gone.

With tears in her eyes, she picked up the phone next to the b
ed and dialed Vanessa's number, "Yo Tess, what's good girl," Vanessa said knowing it was her. "I haven't heard from you since yesterday when Bless called you to get some of that good stuff, HA! HA! HA!" Vanessa busted out laughing from her own joke. Even when she noticed Tess wasn't laughing with her nor had she said a word, Vanessa thought it was about business.  It was the one time Tess put their friendship to the side and got serious. "Yo, I'm about done with that work and Iris is still M.I.A., but she'll show up. She always does," Vanessa said.

"Yo
, Vanessa this ain't about business," Tess replied. "Vanessa, you know I love you."

"I love you too, Tess." Vanessa could hear the tears in her voice and knew something was wrong.

"Yo, Tess what's wrong?" She knew Tess wasn't the type to just cry over shit out of all the years she knew her. Tess was one of the strongest women she knew. "Tess you're okay? What is it?"

"Vanessa someone killed Ebony and Omar tonight."

"Nooo," Vanessa yelled and started to cry into the phone. "Who…. who killed my sister? Who? Who Tess?"

"I don't know yet but mark my words we're going to find out."
Tess said.  Vanessa was crying non- stop over her sister. "Listen Vanessa, I'll be waiting for you when you get here. I love you."

Vanessa didn't hear her, her mind was lost
on her sister's death, with that Vanessa hung up the phone and cried the night away. Tess sat on her bed with tears in her eyes and grabbed her pink pearl handle 3.80 from up under her pillow.  "I promise Ebony. I promise I'll kill whoever did this to you. I promise," Tess said as she looked up to the ceiling with tears rolling down her face. She tightened her grip on her gun.

CASH

Chapter 20

Jose picked up his cell phone, "Hola, who is this?" he asked.

A voice came on, "I have the information you wanted on who killed your brother."

"So, where do you want to meet," Jose asked.

"I don't," the person on the other line said.
"I want you to drop the money off where I tell you and then I'll give you the information you want."

"You just want me to drop off two million dollars and hope you give me the info?
Get the fuck out of here," Jose yelled. The voice on the line hung up the phone. Jose just realized he made a mistake. That person could've led him to his brother's killer. "Shit call back, call back," he said to himself. Ten minutes went by and Jose was worried that he lost the info he needed then his phone rang. He picked it up.

"Are you ready to deal," the voice
asked.

"Yes, yes," Jose replied.

"Now
, Jose for making me mad I feel two million ain't enough. I want eight million and don't act like you don't have it. You're a fucking Dominican drug lord."

"I'll pay, but what is your name," Jose asked.

"Well, I want your cash so call me ‘Cash’."

"Okay Cash, where do you want me to drop off the money," Jose asked.

"Just get the money ready and I'll call you when I'm ready to tell you where to drop it off, okay?"

"Si, yes," Jose said and the phone went dead.
Jose knew he had to go along with Cash's plan and rules even though he didn't like it one bit. The money wasn't the problem. He didn't care if he lost eight million. ‘Shit, that wasn't a dime of what he was worth, but he did care about the information on his brother's killer and whoever was blackmailing him, this Cash, would die too,’ Jose thought to himself.

Things Just Don't Seem Right

Chapter 21

It had been two weeks since Ebony and Omar's murder and Tess still hadn't found out a clue on who put the hit on them. Ebony's funeral was the next day and Tess was stressed out. "Yo Mami, I know you're all messed up in the head, but you can't blame yourself and beat yourself up mentally," Bless stated.

"What do you mean I can't blame myself," Tess yelled.
"She was my girl."

"I know Tess and she was my
home girl, too. I promise you we will find out who was behind this."

"Oh you best to believe we're going to find out who fucked with my team," Tess yelled.

"You mean our team, Tess, our team," Bless said. "Yo baby, I know this ain't the time to bring this up, but I feel you've been hiding something from me."

"Why would you say that," Tess replied.

"Listen as soon as I came out of jail, there has been nothing but drama."

"I don't know what the hell you're talking about!"
Tess yelled.

"Play stupid if you want, but look around you and see what the fuck is going on," Bless yelled.
"If I'm wrong, then I'm wrong!"

"I don't want to talk about this shit right now," Tess got up, stomped off to their bedroom
, and shut the door. Bless came into the bedroom behind her to find her sitting on the bed with her back turned to him. He took off all of his clothes and sat on the bed behind her.

"Baby
, I'm sorry," he said while placing his hands on her waist and began kissing and sucking her neck. Tess let out a moan. Bless continued to kiss her and remove her clothes, her bra then her panties. "Mmm, baby, I like that," Tess moaned.

"Lay down on your stomach," Bless ordered.
She did what he said. Bless placed his juicy soft kisses on her neck and slowly, very slowly, kissed down her back.

"Mmm
, baby, stop teasing me." Tess moaned.

"
Just relax and enjoy it," Bless replied.

"Yes baby,
" she replied and just took it all in as he was giving it to her. He took his tongue and slid it around her ass cheeks and thick thighs. "Hmmm Daddy." Slowly he opened her legs and kissed her inner thighs making his way to her clit. "Damn baby," she yelled while Bless used his skills sucking and licking on her clit driving her wild. "Put your tongue in it, put youurrr, ooh." She couldn't get the words out because Bless' tongue was all up in her pussy dancing around.

"Get on your knees," Bless ordered.
Tess got on her knees and Bless began to eat her from the back. "Mmmm, you like that?"

"Yes, yes, yes,
daddy," she moaned as his tongue went as far as it could go in her pussy. Bless enjoyed every minute of it and her sweet juices.

"Mmm
m I love the way you taste."

"Taste all of it
daddy all of it," and with that he did. With his tongue deep inside of her pussy, he pulled it in and out, over and over again fucking her with his tongue. "Ooooohhh, yes daddy, ooooh, mmmmm." Tess moaned with each stroke of his tongue.

"You like that?"
Bless asked.

"Yes
, I love it."

He savored her taste and used his tongue to slide across her ass and put it in and out of her ass.
Tess was in heavenly bliss loving his long tongue inside of her with her sweet juices on his face. He got up and put his dick in her pussy as far as it could go, all ten inches and pounded away. "Whose pussy is this?  Who's pussy?" Bless asked.

"It's yours, it's yours."
Tess replied.

He gripped her hair and pounded her even harder. "Yeah, yeah!
This is my pussy," he yelled while spanking her voluptuous ass.

"Oooh yeah
, fuck me... fuck me.  This dick feels so good, ahhh, ohh." Bless smacked her ass and pumped and grinded inside her. He pumped and humped as hard as he could until he felt the nut building up. He gripped her hair tighter and pulled it back making her arch her back even more making her take even more of his dick. "Oooh shit, ooh shit, I'm coming.  You're fucking the shit out of me." He pounded and pounded until they both came five times and collapsed into each other’s arms.  Tess was lying on Bless' chest. "I love you, baby."

"I love you too
, Mami." He laid there watching her sleep, but couldn't help the feeling that something was wrong. ‘What is she not telling me?’ He thought as he closed his eyes and fell asleep.

The Funeral

Chapter 22

The day of Ebony's funeral it seemed like everyone was there from drug dealers from all over to business people. The funeral home was in Queens on Grant Avenue, the border line between Queens and Brooklyn. Cars were parked and double- parked ten blocks down. Vanessa, Iris, and Tess were dressed in black Versace dresses. Vanessa and Iris came back from Philly the night of Ebony and Omar's murders and closed down the spot up there. This was more important than money.

"I'm sorry for your lost," an older woman named Ms. Brown said to Vanessa. She knew Ebony, Vanessa, Tess and Iris since they were kids coming to her store to buy candy and now Vanessa owned a house next to hers in Queens.

"Thank you, Ms. Brown for your support," Vanessa said.

"Child please, I love you girls and nothing could've kept me from coming here today, not even my bad leg." Ms. Brown and Vanessa talked some more before Ms. Brown hugged her and went off to talk to someone else.

At the grave site, Tess was standing next to Bless, Vanessa and Iris as they watched the grave being covered. "I'll leave you alone. I know you need time with your girls," Bless said as he walked away. "I'll be waiting in the car for you when you're done."

"Vanessa
, are you okay," Tess asked. Vanessa didn't speak she just kept staring at her sister's grave.

Iris walked up to Vanessa and hugged her.
"I love you Vanessa and we all loved Ebony. We will get who did this to her," Iris said as the tears fell down her face.

Then Tess moved over and hugged them both and said, "Yeah we'll get them."

Out of nowhere Vanessa yelled, "You're lying, Tess! This
is
the longest you ever took to handle business. You've been under Bless' ass and forgot about us!"

"What the fuck you talking about Vanessa," Tess said with an attitude.

"Why haven't you found who killed my sister?" Vanessa asked.

"I'm looking and I will find who's behind this," Tess stated.

"Before Bless came home we would've killed everything moving to find out who was behind this. I bet you didn't even let him know about the contract killings we did. Why? Because you don't want him to see that side of you, now you're on some falling back shit!"

Tess slapped the taste out of Vanessa's mouth.
"Listen and listen good. What I do with my man is my fucking business and that goes for what I tell him. Watch your fucking mouth before I fuck you up. I'm the fucking boss around here and don't ever get it twisted. The only reason you're not knocked the fuck out over your mouth is because today is Ebony's funeral and I know you're hurting. That's why you're coming out, but don't let it happen again."

"Whatever," Vanessa said holding her face and walking away with Iris following behind her leaving Tess standing alone.
Tess knew in her heart that Vanessa was right about her taking too long to find Ebony's killer. She had killed people faster for killing one of her workers, but it was hard to find who was behind this and she would work on it until she got revenge.

The Drop

Chapter 23
             

Later on that night, Jose was at his club in the Bronx upstairs in his office getting his dick sucked by his wife, Marilyn.
“You like that Papi,” she moaned while licking the tip of his dick and then taking all of it in her mouth.

“Yes keep going!”
Jose said.

“Mmm
, yes Papi.” Jose’s phone rang. He picked it up, “Hola, who is this?”

“It’s Cash, you got my money?”
The voice asked.

“Yeah I got it,” Jose replied.

“I want you to drop it off at a warehouse in Brooklyn on Flatlands at midnight. You can’t miss it. It will be the first warehouse on the right building 333. Come alone and I’ll call you with the information you want when I have the money and I’m safely away. Remember midnight, no later!”

“Si, I mean yes, I’ll be there.” Jose hung up the phone.
Marilyn was still working her sweet neck game on him until he came. “Yo Marilyn, I have to leave. I have some business to take care of I’ll see you at the house.”

“Okay
Papi, I love you.”

“Yeah yeah, I love you too.”
Jose replied.  Marilyn got up from her knees and walked out of his office. Jose watched her sexy ass shake as she walked away. Jose picked up the phone and called his cousin Carlos. Carlos was Jose’s younger cousin. He worked for him. They had been very close since they were kids. Jose pretty much raised him. Carlos picked up his iPhone on the first ring. He saw Jose’s name on the caller ID. “It’s going down tonight, be ready,” Jose ordered.

“I’m always ready,” Carlos replied.

“If whoever this Cash person is thinks I’m going to let them walk away with my money and their life, they’re crazy. I’m going to kill everyone and anyone that had something to do with my brother’s murder. No one fucks with my family,” Jose yelled into the phone.

“You know I feel the same way.
So what time you want me ready with the men?”

“
Ten o’clock pm, meet me on 183 Avenue.” Jose ordered.

“No problem,” Carlos said and hung up.

              Jose pulled up to the warehouse in his blue Ford Expedition. It was easy for Cash to spot his fat frame all those years living good had fattened Jose’s body up to two hundred and fifty pounds at age thirty seven.  As soon as he got out of his truck, his cell phone rang. “Who,” Jose said out of breath.

“You know who this is!”
the voice said.

“Yes,” Jose replied.

“Good, I see you’re alone. Walk to the warehouse now.” Jose did what he was told. “Go inside,” Cash ordered. “I want you to open the suitcase.” Jose opened the suitcase slowly so where ever Cash was at looking at him he wouldn’t think he had a gun. Once the suitcase cover was up you could clearly see the eight million. “Okay leave!” The voice yelled over the phone and I’ll call you back with the information you want when I’m safe with the money.

“Okay, okay,” Jose answered knowing damn well he would not let this person get away safely with his money or the information about his brother. Jose went outside and jumped back in his car when his phone rang. “Yeah,” he answered.

“It was Tess and Bless who murdered your brother.” The voice said.

“What?” Jose yelled.
“What?” and he hung up the phone and pulled off.

Outside of the warehouse, Carlos and his men surrounded the building.
Earlier that day he and Jose had hidden a tracking device in one of the bundles of money. He looked at the monitor and watched the screen with the red beeping dot. It showed that the money was still in the warehouse and then it just disappeared. Carlos didn’t buy that signal and no one had made it past them to get out of the building.

“Move, move, move,” he yelled into the small microphone in his ear giving his men the order to rush into the building.
Six gunmen ran into the building with Carlos right behind them with the monitor in his left hand a Glock 10 millimeter in his right. “Shit, shit, where the fuck could he had went,” Carlos yelled. Carlos went over to the last spot where he had seen the money on the monitor and looked around. He found nothing. Then he looked down on the floor and saw a manhole, his brain started to work overtime, and he realized the only place the tracing device wouldn’t work was underground in a tunnel. “He’s in the sewer. Go down there and get him,” Carlos ordered.

“Yes Boss,” one of t
he gunmen opened up the manhole and five of them jumped in. Carlos thought to himself, ‘I’m not jumping down there all those rats, human waste, and sewage. Get the fuck of here.’ “Damn, it’s dark down here,” one of the gunmen said, “and it stinks,” said another one. “I can’t see my own hand in front of my face.”

“Ssshhh, shut up before you get us killed.
Shit this smell is going to kill my ass first.” 

“
Hey, what’s that green dot on your chest?” BRRRRRR BRRR, shots rang out in the tunnel. Cash thought they would try to follow him so he waited in the dark with an AK 47. The five gunmen never saw it coming. Bullets from the AK 47 ripped through the first gunman’s chest dropping him where he stood. The green dot from the AK 47 moved to the next gunman’s head and sent bullets ripping through the flesh and bones of his face killing him. The last three tried to shoot all crazy in the dark tunnel in hopes of hitting something, but couldn’t see where to aim. The AK 47’s rapid fire hit all three men ripping their bodies apart.

Cash smiled to himself and started to run with the suitcase full of money
in one hand and the AK in the other hand. Then he stopped and left a little surprise for anyone else who wanted to try and follow him.

Carlos and his last gunman could hear all the gunfire down in the tunnel.
“You go down there and tell me what’s happening,” Carlos ordered his henchman. “Don’t come back without the money.” The gunman didn’t move. He heard the screams of the other men in the tunnel and it didn’t sound good. He knew in his heart every last one of them was dead. “Yo, what’s fucking taking you so long,” Carlos yelled as he watched his henchman hesitate.

“Boss
, I don’t want to go down there.” The gunman said.

“What?” Carlos raised his G
lock 10 mm to the henchman’s head. “If you don’t get your punk ass down there now, I’m going to blow your motherfucking brains out.”

“Yeah, yeah, boss I’m going, I’m going.” The gunman went to the manhole and into the tunnel and started walking.
He could hear moans as he kept walking. The moaning got louder as he got closer. When he finally reached where the moaning was coming from, he looked down and couldn’t believe his eyes. All five gunmen were dead on the ground and ripped apart, but what really had him devastated was one of the gunmen was still alive, but badly shot up.

“Oh my God rats,” he yelled.
The rats were eating the bodies of the men. There were about thirty rats on each body and the guy that was on the floor still alive was crying in pain as they ate away at him. “AAHHH,” the gunman screamed as he watched then his eyes met with the man on the floor. “Help, help me,” he said in a weak voice. “Stop them, stop them, AAHHH!”

“I don’t know what to do,” the henchman yelled.
Then he looked at the man in pain and all the rats covering his body. Some were inside of his body eating his insides. The henchman aimed his chrome 9 mm at the man’s head and squeezed the trigger. Flames sparked from his gun as he killed the man on the floor. “It was the only way I could help,” he said out loud to no one but himself. He wanted to turn back around, but knew Carlos would put a bullet in him if he didn’t try to come back with that money. So he kept on walking down the tunnel praying he wouldn’t become rat meat like the others. That was his last thought as he passed a device that set off a bomb. The bomb exploded and blew him to pieces.

Carlos felt the whole warehouse shake.
“Damn, I know someone heard that shit,” Carlos said to himself as he began to run to his car to get the hell away before the cops showed up. As he drove away, he hoped Cash hadn’t found the tracing device if not he still had a chance to get him.