by J. L Rose
“Actually, we just got here!” Alinna told him, just as Gage slid over a chair for Dante to sit down.
Alinna then looked back over at Diamond, only to find her staring hungrily at Dante, and said, “Uhhh, Diamond. You can finish what you was just about to tell us about Fish Man’s whereabouts.”
“She knows where Fish Man is?” Dante asked, looking back at Alinna.
Diamond then spoke up and said, “Dante Blackwell, I’m sitting right here. If you have a question about me, you can definitely ask me directly, baby.”
“Where’s Fish Man?”
“Newark, New Jersey.”
“Where at in Newark, shorty?”
“I’ve got that information right here,” Diamond told Dante, pulling out a folded piece of pink and red paper from her pocket and handing it over to him.
Yasmine then took the paper from Diamond’s hands, to which she gave her a nasty look before she focused back on Dante and said, “Kyle Otis moved to—!”
“Who the fuck is Kyle Otis?” Dre interrupted.
“Damn, Dre. You gonna let a bitch finish before you start asking questions?” Diamond asked him, giving Dre a look.
“You know Dre?” Keisha asked what everyone else was also wondering.
“Who doesn’t know Dante Blackwell’s brother?” Diamond began, with a matter-of-fact attitude. “Everybody knows that Dre and Dante hang together and do everything together. Shit! They act like they each other’s shadow, since when you see one, you better believe the other one is lurking close by somewhere.”
Dante smirked and asked, “How exactly do you know all this?”
“You’re my baby daddy, and you don’t even know it, Mr. Blackwell! I’ve loved you since I was a little girl with your fine ass!”
“Who the fuck is Kyle Otis?” Dre asked, interrupting again and earning a looking from Diamond.
“You are so disrespectful, Dre!” Diamond told him, rolling her eyes at him.
She then looked back at Dante and said, “Kyle Otis is Fish Man’s real name, boo!”
“How do you know that?” Dante asked.
“You gonna be mad at me if I tell you?”
“I’ma be upset if you don’t tell me!”
With a sigh, Diamond began: “Kyle and me used to be an item until he started messing with this bitch I thought was my best friend. The both of their asses left and moved away together. That’s how I know where they at, because the bitch called me to talk shit about taking Kyle’s lying ass.”
“So Fish Man’s gay, huh?” Dante asked, catching the surprised look that Diamond shot him, followed by Vanessa, Alinna, and the rest of the family.
“Fam, what the hell you talking about?” Dre asked Dante.
“Shorty,” Dante started, nodding over to Diamond and then continuing, “is really a dude, but probably went through a little surgery. Am I right?”
Diamond was completely surprised that Dante recognized what she was quicker than most people could.
Diamond asked, “How is it that you recognize me, Dante?”
“Whoa! Hold up!” Tony T spoke up. “You mean to tell me that this chick is really a swinging dick?”
“Not for much longer, I ain’t!” Diamond said with a smile as she looked down at the briefcase filled with the money she had received from Alinna.
Dante got back to the subject at hand and asked Diamond if she had a way to get in contact with Fish Man.
“He still calls me sometimes,” she answered. “I got his number for his personal line, which is the same number on that paper that Bruce Lee’s sister took out of my hand.”
Diamond began explaining to Dante, only to hear Alinna ask, “You still fucking Fish Man, Diamond?”
“No! But his ass keeps asking me to come and visit him since he’s been talking that he misses me and wants to see me.”
“Have you been to see him?” Vanessa asked.
“No reason to!” Diamond answered. “His sorry ass made his choice. Now he’s stuck with it.”
“Would you consider going to visit him and helping us?” Dante asked, drawing Diamond’s attention back to him.
“For you, Dante Blackwell, I’ll do just about anything you ask me to!” Diamond told him, smiling across the table at him.
Dante nodded his head as two different plans began forming inside his head. He stood up from his seat, which caused the rest of the family to all stand as well. He told Kerri to get Diamond’s contact information as well as her address. Dante then turned and started for the front door with both Alinna and Yasmine at his side, along with a crowded team of bodyguards.
Once they were all outside, Alinna saw Dante’s Bentley Continental GT Speed that she had bought for him. She climbed in the back of the Bentley after Dante opened the car door for her. Yasmine followed behind, and then Dante got in.
James and Gage then got in the front of the car, with Gage getting behind the wheel.
As they pulled out of the lot, Alinna asked, “Why didn’t you call me and let me know that you were on your way?”
“I was in the middle of handling something, and then right afterward we flew out here,” Dante explained.
He then looked over toward Yasmine and inquired, “Why are you staring at me like that?”
“What’s wrong with your right shoulder, Dante?” she asked him, noticing the slight stiffness in the way that he moved to his right, when all his movements were normally so smooth and strong.
Dante knew that Yasmine was very watchful of him as he simply answered, “I’m good, Yasmine!”
“What happened, Dante?” Alinna then asked, drawing his attention back to her.
Dante was not surprised that Yasmine had peeped that something was wrong.
“Have you talked with Rafael yet about Gomez?” Dante asked Alinna, changing the subject as he dug out a fresh box of Black & Milds from his pocket.
Alinna shook her head as she stared at Dante.
She then left the subject alone concerning what had happened to him, and instead answered his question, “Yes, Dante. I called Rafael, and I told him that you was on your way back and would contact him once you were home.”
Dante nodded his head in response to Alinna, inhaled and then blew out the smoke from his Black & Mild, and said, “I wanna send some of the family back out to Phoenix to hold down the business while we fly out to New Jersey to deal with Fish Man!”
“What about Melody?” Alinna asked. “You do remember that she’s back with us, right?”
“Yeah!” Dante answered. “That’s another issue I wanna deal with. I was thinking that before we head to New Jersey, we can stop off in Syracuse to see my mother. What you think?”
“I think you should think about Natalie, Dante!” Alinna told him. “Don’t you think she would want to meet your mother also?”
“She will!” he answered. “That’s why she’s here with me.”
“Natalie’s back in Miami?” Alinna asked.
“She refused to let me leave without her and Damian,” Dante explained.
Alinna slowly smiled at the picture that was forming inside her head of Natalie fighting and demanding that Dante take her with him.
Alinna then looked over at Yasmine, who was quietly staring out the window, and said, “Yasmine!”
“Yes,” Yasmine calmly replied, turning her head around to look at Alinna.
“How do you feel about meeting Dante’s mother?”
“If Dante wishes me to meet her, then it would be an honor.”
“Why wouldn’t I want you to meet her?” Dante asked, interrupting the girls’ conversation and staring at Yasmine.
Yasmine said nothing and then broke eye contact with Dante. She turned her head and silently began staring out the window again.
Dante watched Yasmine for a few moments before turning back to look at Alinna. He met her eyes and caught the look that she gave him before she also turned and stared silently out of her window.
Dante shook his head at what w
as going on, and instead dealt with the pain that was like a burning, throbbing feeling in his chest from where the Smith & Wesson .380 rounds had slammed into his right and center chest area. He was only still alive due to Natalie fighting and crying for him to wear the bulletproof vest that Nash Johnson had given him.
Dante shifted his eyes to the front of the Bentley and locked eyes with James, who was watching him through the rear-view mirror. Dante received a slight nod from James, and then he returned the nod and turned his attention back to the Black & Mild he was smoking.
FIFTEEN
ONCE THEY WERE BACK at the mansion and the family meeting that Dante had called was over, Yasmine was told by Alinna to go and check on Dante, since he left the den before anybody else could even leave their seats.
Yasmine arrived at the master bedroom and saw that the door was slightly ajar. She started to knock when Dante walked into her view. She paused once her eyes locked onto the vest that was strapped around the right area of his chest.
“You plan on standing there staring, or are you coming inside?” Dante asked her without looking back, but still catching Yasmine’s reflection inside Alinna’s mirror that sat on top of her dresser.
Yasmine quietly entered the bedroom and closed the door behind her. She remained standing in front of the door watching Dante as he undressed down to his black silk boxers.
“So, I guess you do want to watch?” he asked, looking back over to Yasmine.
“What happened to your chest, Dante?” she asked, staring at the vest.
“It’s nothing!”
Yasmine walked over to Dante and reached up to the straps that were across his right shoulder. She gently undid them and peeled away the vest from his chest to see the dark-colored marks on the right and center areas.
“Dante, you were shot!”
“Yeah!” he replied. “But I had on a vest! This was all that was left!”
“And it hurts, doesn’t it?” she asked while gently running her hand across the bruises.
Yasmine raised her eyes and met his as he stood watching her. She moved without realizing she was actually leaning in, and seconds later she was kissing him.
Dante effortlessly picked up Yasmine by the waist.
She wrapped both arms and legs around him, but before he could walk them over to the bed, she broke their kiss and breathlessly said, “No! Take us to the shower. I want to take care of your bruises, my husband.”
Doing as he was asked, Dante walked into the master bathroom while still carrying Yasmine. He ignored the tightness in his chest as he gently lowered her to her feet. He then stood there as she began pushing down his boxers and telling him to step out of them.
He watched as she undressed herself. As he went to try to help her, Yasmine shook her head no. Dante stood and continued watching until she stood before him completely naked. He was surprised and completely impressed at how curvy, toned, and muscular her body was. Yet she was still softly built.
“Come, my husband!” Yasmine told him, taking his hand in hers and then turning and opening the glass shower door.
She led him into the shower and closed the shower door behind her.
Yasmine turned on the water. Once it was hot, she pulled Dante under the stream of water and saw his body tense up. She gave him a small smile. Dante said nothing nor complained, but only held his eyes locked on hers.
“This may hurt a little bit!” she told him, after picking up the soap and getting her hands nice and soapy.
Yasmine then began massaging the muscles on Dante’s chest, and she could hear the grunting sounds he made when she added a little pressure. After a while, she felt him begin to relax. When his face relaxed as well, Yasmine smiled at him and asked, “How does that feel, my husband?”
“Better!” he answered, pulling her up against him.
Dante kissed her and felt her arms wrap around his neck as she lay into him. He picked her up again, and she once again wrapped her legs around him. She moaned once Dante turned her against the wall on her side. She felt his hardness press against her womanhood. Yasmine felt his hand slide in between their bodies and then felt his manhood position at the opening of her wetness. She broke the kiss and fully leaned back against the wall while staring Dante directly in his eyes. He began pushing himself inside of her, but suddenly stopped after barely getting the head inside.
“Yasmine!” Dante said, staring hard at her after what just had happened. “Why didn’t you tell me?”
Yasmine softly spoke, “It was meant for me to only give myself to my husband, Dante! I’ve never been with any man ever until now. I understand you know nothing of the customs of my people, but for us to do this completes our bond and our marriage to each other. This is something I want, Dante. Do you want this as well?”
Yasmine held his eyes for what almost seemed too long. She then felt him begin pushing forward inside of her again. She closed her eyes and hissed a little once he broke through her hymen. Dante was surprised at how full she felt between her legs as he pushed more and more into her until he was completely inside. She held onto his neck as he held still a few moments, which allowed her to get used to the size of him inside of her.
“You all right?” he softly asked, speaking into her ear.
Nodding her head, Yasmine opened her eyes and leaned back to meet his. She slowly smiled and kissed Dante’s lips as she felt him begin to move in and out of her.
“Dante! Yesssss! It feels so good, my husband!”
Dante gripped her waist and pressed her back against the wall as he slowly pushed in and out of her vice-like gripping pussy. He tried to focus on not cumming too soon while making love to Yasmine, who was now speaking softly into his ear in Japanese as his face lay against the side of her neck.
Dante worked hard getting Yasmine through her first orgasm. She screamed his name and squirted as he exploded seconds behind her from the way her pussy squeezed and milked his dick. He poured his seed deep inside her.
* * *
After three orgasms, Dante found out that Yasmine was multi-orgasmic, cumming a total of six times back-to-back. He left her asleep in the bed, dressed in gray sweatpants, and headed out the bedroom door to find Alinna and Natalie up and watching a movie together in the den.
“You’re still alive? I’m surprised!” Alinna said jokingly, after noticing that he was standing in the doorway watching the two of them.
Dante entered the den and walked over to the sofa as both girls moved apart and pulled him down between them. He took the bowl of popcorn from Natalie’s lap and began eating.
“You hungry, baby?” Natalie said with a smile as she watched him.
“Why do I feel like you two set me up?” Dante asked while stuffing his mouth full of popcorn. “You both talked to Yasmine and sent her to find me, didn’t you?”
“Actually, I sent her to find you!” Alinna told him. “I spoke with her, and then I spoke with Natalie so there wouldn’t be any misunderstanding. But, yes, you were set up since Yasmine admitted that she was a virgin. And there’s one thing I know about Asian women, Dante. It’s proven that they are very sexual women and love to have sex with their man.”
“They’re like vampires!” Dante replied while still stuffing his mouth.
Both Alinna and Natalie laughed at him.
Dante then changed the subject for a moment and said, “I was thinking about this shit with Fish Man, and I wanna use Diamond, but I think we’re gonna need someone else with Diamond since Fish Man’s messing with Diamond’s friend.”
“So what are we going to do then?” Alinna asked him. “I’m pretty sure none of the girls know any transgenders other than Amber, and I don’t think—!”
“I know someone!” Natalie spoke up, drawing the attention to her from both Dante and Alinna.
“You know somebody, Natalie?” Alinna asked her.
“My friend Mari, back in Phoenix, who you all met who owns that restaurant. She has a brother who’s been through the whole
transformation with his sex change to a her. His name is now Meline Elysse.”
“Would Fish Man like her, though?” Alinna asked Natalie.
Natalie sat forward and picked up her cell phone from the glass coffee table.
As she scrolled through her pictures, she said, “This is her here!”
Alinna took the phone from Natalie and looked at the picture, and was completely in shock at how beautiful Mari’s brother/sister was.
“Dante, look!”
“Yeah!” Dante replied, barely glancing at the phone before looking toward Natalie and asking, “You think he’d help us?”
“Y’all have to talk to him, but it’s best if you ask Mari to ask him, since he’s crazy about her and does everything for her,” Natalie explained as she took back her phone from Alinna. “Do you want me to call her?”
Dante slowly nodded his head and then allowed his thoughts to flow through his mind a moment before he said, “Yeah! Go ahead and call, but tell both Mari and Meline that I’ve got $25,000 each for the both of them for their help!”
Dante looked back at Alinna as Natalie made the call to Mari, and said, “I know this is your beef, but you know how I feel about shit that involves you. But I’m going to fall back and let you take the lead. Whatever you want done is on your call. I’m at your call, shorty!”
Alinna smiled at Dante and leaned toward him. She laid her right hand against the side of his face as she passionately kissed his lips. Just as she was really getting into her kiss with him, Natalie cleared her throat and then called out Dante’s name.
Dante winked and smirked at Alinna and then smiled at her.
He then turned his attention back to Natalie and said, “What’s up, beautiful?”
SIXTEEN
DANTE GOT EVERYONE ON the same page once Mari and Meline were flown out to Miami and Diamond was brought to the mansion. Dante let it be known that Alinna was taking the lead in dealing with the issue concerning Fish Man. But he also made sure that all the men understood that whatever any of the women needed, they would give to them without question.