My Hustler’s Keeper

by Larissa

  My eyes follow the mug shot of Sincere and the pieces of paper they have by his name as I try to keep my composure. Then reality kicks in like a bad cramp. If they nail this case, I will be going down as well, not to mention facing the most time.

  “I see you’re taking a look at our new case,” Robert says, startling me.

  “Yeah, I’m trying to play catch up,” I lied.

  I stare as his blue eyes look into mine as if he can read my mind, knowing that my lies were trying to cover up the truth.

  “No need to. I’m about to present it now,” he tells me, pulling out his notebook. “You can have a seat this will only take a brief moment.”

  “Thanks,” I say, pulling up the chair next to him and Stephanie.

  “Now that we have everyone that I feel can help to crack this case, I’d like for the team to meet Sincere Knight and Daniel Johnson, two of the most notorious hustlers walking the streets of Chicago.” He pauses, waiting to see if anyone is going to ask a question before he continues.

  “Sincere, who I can tell is the ring leader of this whole operation, we need to take down first. Not only is he street smart but he’s book smart as well. He attended NYU and graduated top five of his class, walking out with a master’s degree in business. Teachers say he’s one of the best students they’ve ever had.” He pauses again before continuing.

  “Now as I began to dig into Sincere’s family history, I learned that his parents are the infamous Sincere Sr. and Rayla Knight, better known as the new Bonnie and Clyde of our time. They vanished into thin air years ago, leaving him and his sister Rayla to be raised by Rayla’s mother Shine.”

  Damn, Sincere, he knows more about you than I do. This is a big problem, I think to myself.

  “Next you have Daniel Johnson, who was taken from his mother at birth and sent to live with his Auntie Kelly in Atlanta. He ran away from home at sixteen and moved to the Big Apple after her boyfriend Fred came up dead. From what I am told the case went cold due to lack of evidence. I didn’t get the same feedback from the teachers and stuff like I did with Sincere, but he’s in the same boat. I also learned that him and Sincere met while entering college and from what I am told have been like brothers ever since and—.”

  “So what information are you throwing at us that we don’t already know?” I ask, breaking his speech.

  “After college they never had a job but managed to stay driving the newest rides and live in the most expensive homes in Chicago. You don’t need to be a rocket scientist to tell they’re pushing or selling drugs.”

  “But didn’t you just say Sincere’s parents were the infamous Bonnie and Clyde of Chicago?” Stephanie voices, taking my words from my mouth.

  “I mean I understand that Sincere was born into money. He might have helped Daniel come up but I highly doubt it,” Robert says, finishing his sentence.

  “These two are the ones we’ve been looking for. I can feel it.”

  “And what if they’re not selling or pushing drugs? Have you ever considered after college he didn’t have to work because of who his parents were?” My voice rose from my throat.

  “That’s why I believe he’s selling, because of who his parents were. If anyone knows them and found out Sincere was their child, it wouldn’t be hard for him to get fronted some work.”

  “Again, how do you know they’re selling or moving anything?” I ask.

  “Trust me, I know. I’ve been following them for several months and I feel I can bring them down by the end of the year.”

  “With what evidence? This shit ain’t going to stick in court with just your feeling Robert!” I yell out, as I stand up. “I’m not about to waste my time on your gut feeling.”

  “Like I said Harmony, I’ve been following them.”

  “Harmony, Robert, Stephanie! It’s a raid going into effect in forty minutes and we need you down there for backup,” Captain Jefferson interrupts and tells us.

  “But Captain, I was just going over the new case,” Robert says, holding up his files.

  “This case can wait. I want you down at Park Side on Chicago and Division now!” he yells out, closing the doors.

  “You heard him. This case can wait, but the raid can’t.”

  I smile on the inside because this will give me enough time to make Robert’s files disappear.

  “When we finish this raid I’d like for you to meet me back in my office Harmony,” he tells me, grabbing his gun and badge.

  “If it’s about this case I’m not coming.”

  “I would have loved for you to help me put these low lives behind bars but I will crack this case myself if you’re not down with it,” he states to me before leaving the room with Stephanie following close behind.

  “Yeah, I’d like to see you try,” I mumble as I grab my things to join them.

  ** ** **

  “One, two, three,” Robert whispers, letting us know to enter the house with force.

  “Freeze! FBI! Get on the motherfucking floor or die!” he yells, shoving and pushing everyone in his sight.

  “Jones, go check the back.”

  “Will do,” I reply.

  Stepping into the back area of the house, I find three males escaping out the window.

  “FBI! Freeze!” I yell out, but it is too late. The last one is already making his way towards a black vehicle.

  “Aw, you want me to chase you, huh?” I yell, going after him.

  Pop, pop! I fire two shots in his direction.

  “Harmony, stop ma,” I hear the male say, as he stops in the middle of the chase.

  “It’s me, Sincere,” he says, turning around.

  “Sincere,” I drop my gun from aiming at him. “What the hell is going on?” I question him.

  “You tell me. You’re the one that’s shooting at me,” he says, moving closer towards me.

  “Daniel and Henry are waiting for me in the black car across the street.” He points.

  “Get out of here Sincere before they come. I’ll say I slipped during the chase and couldn’t keep up,” I explain.

  “Meet me at my house as soon as you can,” he demands.

  “Okay.”

  “I love you ma,” he says, kissing the sweat from my lips.

  “I love you too. Now get the hell out of here,” I tell him.

  He gives me another deep kiss and then run towards the car, opens the door, and jumps inside. I watch as he jumps in the car with Daniel and Henry then speeds off.

  “What the hell Harmony?! How did you let them get away?” Robert yells, as I turn around.

  “I lost them.”

  “You’re a fucking girl. You could have charmed them with your looks. How did you let me get away?” he yells while I continue to walk away. I have to get to Sincere.

  “And you’re a nigga. You should have been chasing them. Not me. I lost them Robert. What’s the big deal?”

  “You didn’t lose them. You let them go.”

  “What?!” I yell out, placing my gun into his face. “You’re judging my call?” I ask, with spit growling from my mouth.

  “Yes I am.”

  “Bitch!” I yell, kneeing him in his balls.

  “Harmony let him go.” Captain Jefferson says.

  “I’ll kill you.”

  “No, you won’t Harmony. Not today anyways. Let him go,” Captain Jefferson, jumps in between us and says.

  “I’ll kill you.” I wasn’t letting go.

  “Get off him now!” Captain Jefferson yells out at me. He then shoves me to the ground and helps Robert up.

  “You’re suspended. Give me your badge and gun now,” he demands.

  “Suspended?! For how long?” I ask.

  “Until the Sincere and Daniel case is closed. I have a gut feeling they were the ones that got away.”

  “But sir, that has nothing to do with me. They outran me. What was I supposed to do?”

  “Three guys outran you. Harmony, I find that hard to believe. You’re the fastest runner in my
unit. Now give me your badge and gun,” he demands again.

  “You’re going to regret this sir,” I tell him, as I remove my badge and hand him that along with my gun.

  “This team needs me more than I’ll ever need them,” I remind him before walking away and calling Sincere.

  “Yeah ma,” he says, picking up on the third ring.

  “You good? “I ask, getting into my car.

  “Yup,” he replies back.

  “I’m on my way,” I inform him, as I begin to start up my engine and speed off.

  “A’ight, you know where I’m at. Love you.” He makes a kissing sound into the phone before hanging up.

  My Hustler’s Keeper

  -8-

  HARMONY

  “What the fuck happened today?” I ask, entering the house.

  “Shit, I am waiting on you to answer that for me,” he says, pulling me into his arms and kissing me long and hard.

  “How did the FBI know about this drop?” he asks, departing from our kiss.

  “We got an anonymous tip,” I tell him, resting in his embrace. “And I got suspended.”

  “Again?”

  “Shit, that ain’t the sad part. Robert from my unit is on y’all ass like butter on toast.”

  “A’ight, just destroy all the evidence,” he says, making it sound so easy.

  “Didn’t you just hear me say I got suspended?”

  “We’re fucked.”

  “Fuck!” I spit, as I kick into the air.

  “Calm down ma. I got you.”

  “Everything is going so wrong. Now if I lose my job. I’ll really have to marry Mary. I can’t do this Sincere. I’ll die before I let Joe continue to control me.”

  “Over my dead body. Look ma, I am not fond of making promises. But I can promise you that shit will never happen,” he says, pulling deeper into his embrace and locking his arms around me.

  “How do you know that Sincere?”

  “Cause I am meant for you. And they can’t fuck up God’s creation. It’s already written in the book baby,” he says, kissing me and placing my body on the wall.

  “You know I love you right?” He gives me a questionable look.

  “Yes, I know.”

  “You trust me, right?”

  “If I didn’t trust you I wouldn’t be here by your side.”

  “That’s all I need to hear.”

  He grins while wrapping my legs around him. Lifting my shirt up he begins to bite on my caramel nipples.

  “Sincere,” I moan.

  He responds back by pulling my panties to the side and sliding two of his fingers inside my pussy. Biting on his shoulder to keep from waking the dead, that watery sensation I am waiting for drips down as if a flood is taking place between my legs. I stare at him as he puts his fingers into his mouth and starts to taste the delicious treat I’d left on his fingers, making me wet all over again.

  “I’m ready to be a mother Sincere,” I say to him, informing him that I am ready to turn our dreams of becoming parents into a reality.

  “Let’s work on them twins I’ve always wanted.” He smiles.

  Giving me his lips, he lifts my body off the wall and then starts walking into our master bedroom and laying my body down. I watch him hungrily as he strips out of his clothing and positions his body on top of me.

  I dig my freshly painted manicure into his shoulders as he slowly enters my moist opening, causing me to scream out in pleasure. Sucking on his neck, I feel my body temperature rise.

  “You’re driving me crazy Harmony,” he whispers into my ear.

  “Sing to me,” is the only answer I gave back while gripping his dick with my pussy muscles, causing his body to tremble and shake a bit.

  “I wanna tease you, I wanna please you, I wanna show you, baby, that I need you. I want your body, ‘til the very last drop; I want you to holler, when you want me to stop. And who can love you like me?” he sings Keith Sweat’s “Nobody” which has me getting wetter the more he sings.

  “Nobody,” I cry out.

  I love it when he sings to me while making love. He has a voice that would put R. Kelly to shame.

  “Damn ma, I love when you moan out my name. Let me know that this pussy is mines and only mines. Moan for me. Moan for daddy,” he whispers as he begins to hit deeper into my soul. I try not to moan as I feel another climax taking place.

  “Its okay ma. Let it all out. Let it all out,” he says, grinding more and more into my soul.

  “Go deeper,” I cry out while grinding under him, loving the feeling he is giving my body.

  “Oooooooo myyyy Goddddddd, Sincere, you’re driving me crazy!” I shout out in pleasure, while wrapping my legs around him tighter.

  Feeling his pace weaken, I know he is about to bust. I begin to squeeze tighter. Seconds later I feel him shake then release what are hopefully our twins inside me.

  “I love you,” I whisper into his ear.

  “I love you more,” he says, placing me on top.

  “Sweet lady, would you be my, sweet love for a lifetime? I'll be there when you need me. Just call and receive me,” he starts singing “Sweet Lady” by Tyrese.

  “Now you know this is my all-time favorite fuck me song,” I smile as he positions me to straddle his face.

  “Well, I guess we’ll be going another round,” he says, gripping my hips.

  “No, no, daddy. I want to taste too.” I wink at him as I begin to put my body into a 69 position. Licking my lips, I can’t wait to suck the skin from his dick.

  My Hustler’s Keeper

  -9-

  MARY

  “Fuck!”

  I shout as I watch Sincere make love to what is supposed to be my wife, my fucking property, and my queen. Joe lied to me. This ungrateful bitch isn’t mine. She’s Sincere’s property and that only means one thing; I’m still Joe’s bitch. He said she is the key to us being together. If I had her, then I’d have him too. Joe always said he created her for me but it looks like she is made for him. He lied. I have sacrificed so much to be with her—my pride and freedom—and this is the fucking thanks I get. I can’t watch him make love to her anymore, so I go to the only person that I know can make this nightmare go away.

  “You lying bastard!” I yell, while walking into Joe’s office and slamming the door shut behind me.

  “What the hell are you talking about?”

  “This,” I say, handing him the pictures I have taken.

  “You said she loves me. She will do anything for this family. She is the link of us being together. But I can’t tell.” I am on the verge of tears.

  “Who?”

  “Harmony. She doesn’t love me Joe. She doesn’t love me the way you say she does. She doesn’t care about the protection of this family. She doesn’t care about anyone’s happiness but her own, and I think I understand that know. You just want me to stick around for your own benefits.”

  “Baby, what in the hell is you talking about?” he asks.

  “Look at the pictures Joe. I even gave the FBI the tip on Sincere and Daniel and this is the thanks I get. This is the thanks I get for being loyal and giving my freedom away for fifteen years,” I blurt out.

  “You know you cost me ten million dollars!” he yells, slamming his hands on the desk.

  “I don’t care. You lied to me.”

  “What gave you the balls to do some shit like that?”

  “I just wanted Sincere gone,” I admit to him.

  “I knew he was having a affair with her. And when Malik told you, you didn’t believe him. You didn’t even look at the folder he brought to you. All you care about is your money. I’m done Joe. I’m done with all of this. If she doesn’t want me, then that means I can’t have you.”

  “Well I do now,” he says, taking a look at the evidence I had collected.

  “I’m done Joe.”

  “Trust me baby, she will be yours. I own her for life. She will be yours. Have some faith. And you and I will be together fore
ver. Who else knows about this?”

  “Nobody that I know of.”

  “Good. I see I have to show these two motherfuckers I’m the wrong one to fuck over.” Pissed off, he grabs his phone and car keys.

  “C’mon, take a ride with me.”

  “Where are we going?” I ask, following behind him.

  “I don’t want her to die Joe. After everything I’ve been through, I just want what you promised me so I can be happy. I don’t even care if it’s not with her. I just want to be happy.”

  “Oh, you’re going to get her. That’s without a doubt. But we’re going over to Sincere’s grandmother’s house. I told that nigga if he ever fucked me over his grandma would be laying up in somebody’s funeral home.”

  ** ** **

  “Hey, are you Ms. Brown?” I ask the old lady, once she opens the door.

  “Yes, I am and who are you?” she responds back.

  “The wrong one your grandson crossed,” Malik says.

  I take two steps back, close my eyes, and hear gunshots ringing off. Opening my eyes back, I watch as her body falls to the floor, while blood is running from her chest like a river.

  “Go back to the car Malik. I’ll be there in a minute.” Walking inside I place the note on her table stand. And that’s when I see her.

  “Please don’t kill me. If you need money I have lots of it,” she begs.

  “Are you Sincere’s sister?”

  “Yes,” she answers in a low voice.

  “Get the fuck up bitch!” I yell, grabbing her by the neck.

  “Let’s go!” Joe shouts out.

  “I’m coming,” I say, closing the door like nothing has happened.

  “Oh, I see we have some company,” Joe says laughing.

  “Yes we do,” I say.

  Throwing her in the back seat with Malik, I close the door and then get into the car with the biggest smile plastered across my face.

  He took my woman. Fucked up my happily ever after, so I know he will not mind me doing the same thing and taking his ladies away, is the only thought that is racing through my head.

  My Hustler’s Keeper

  -10-

  SINCERE