10:30 in the morning is when I needed to meet with my uncle for debriefing, but my day started a little earlier than I wanted thanks to Koko scratching at my bedroom door because she wanted out.

I let her out, but instead of sleeping in more, I stayed up and got ready.

My uncle has a rule that when in his office, we must always dress accordingly. I didn't wear anything too extravagant because I was only going to be there for about 30 mins. A simple shirt and slacks did just fine.

As I walked into the building where my uncle handles his business, I couldn't help but notice the man walking out with his eyes nearly swollen shut and blood running from his nose and mouth as I was coming in. I tried not to make eye contact with him, but my efforts were no use when he turned to me.

"Good morning, Ghost," he said with a smile with blood covering his swollen lips.

I was caught off guard because not only did he know who I was, but he also worked for my uncle. Only people who work for my uncle know me by the code name.

I turned my head to give him a crooked smile. "Good morning,"

I didn't really want to make conversation with someone whose face was completely fucked up, so I just continued to walk towards my uncle's office.

Once inside, I closed the door behind me and set the envelope I was holding onto his desk.

"What is that?" My uncle turned around in his chair to face me. The blood from his hand had smeared red streaks all over his white coffee mug.

Explains why the dude in the hallway's face was mangled.

"It's the photos from last night's assignment," I said. Without looking at me, he sets his mug down on the desk and reaches for the envelope.

"How was the mission?" He asked nonchalantly as he went through them.

"Wasn't anything special. Just a regular assignment. Nothing major really happened other than me having a good amount of spare time." I placed my hands in my pockets.

He Raised his eyebrows as if what I said sparked his interest. After he looked at the photos, he gave me a look that shown he was proud

"Good work," he said. "You were always one of my best. I'm glad you didn't have much trouble. Always finishing ahead of schedule as usual," he finished as he reached for his bloody mug again, taking a sip with a look of satisfaction displayed across his face.

"Thanks Uncle, it's no big deal," I say as I look to the side with a smirk.

"You should see the money in your account by 00:00," he states as he continued to file through the photos.

Assuming that was all he needed from me, I thanked him and turned around to leave. Before I could get to the door, he called out to me.

"Jungkook."

"Yes?" I turned around.

"You have another assignment," he stated plainly.

"What?" I asked in disbelief.

He set the photos down on his desk, along with his mug, leaned back in his seat and linked his fingers together. Giving me a stern look, he proceeded to speak.

"Yes. A rival gang ambushed a delivery of weapons, killing some of my workers. This gang, or whatever you want to call it, has been annoying but harmless up until now. Someone needs to teach these hooligans a lesson."

"What's the deadline?" I asked

He reached for his mug again and gave me a short answer. "Tonight."

"This can't wait a day longer?"

Closing his eyes for a brief moment, he let out a huff then opened them back up to answer me, speaking in the same tone as before.

"They must be taught a lesson quickly the way one disciplines a dog that has done something wrong."

I took in what he just said, raking my hand through my hair then let out a breath before continuing to speak.

"But uncle," I started, "This mission is too close to the one I just did. I need time for things to cool off. You know that the less time between hits, the greater the possibility of being caught by the police becomes." I finished slightly pleading, hoping that he understood my point.

My uncle looked at me with impatience swimming in his eyes as if he didn't want to hear what I have to say. I wasn't trying ot piss him off. I was trying to be rational.

Last thing I needed was to piss him off.

"That rival gang needs to be dealt with immediately. They were already overconfident but now they have firearms behind them that belong to me," he eyed me with all seriousness. "It would be a disappointment to lose more people all because the problem was allowed to get out of control."

"But Uncle," I tried again, my voice raising some but cut short when he spoke.

"This isn't a problem for you, right Jungkook?"

With the way my uncle raised his eyebrow when he asked me that question, he wasn't asking about my wellbeing. He was asking me if I can handle my business.

It made me stiffen and I gulped but soon came to my senses.

Looking down and sticking my hands back in my pockets, I answered him. "No sir."

"I'm sorry what was that?" He said, looking straight at me.

"No sir," I said again, but this time with a firmness and a raised head.

"Excellent," was the last thing he said before he pointed at the door, gesturing for me to exit. I walked through the door and closed it behind me with frustration running through my body.

After my encounter with my uncle, I couldn't help but to feel annoyed because I had a new assignment right after finishing one. As I looked out the windshield of my car, I saw two young teenagers walking from a basketball court laughing and playing with each other.

One of them was kinda short and stocky, like how Jimin used to look when we were younger. It made me smile a bit remembering a chubby Jimin that we used to call Mochi even though he acted like he hated the name.

He be lying.

The trip down memory lane came to an end when I remembered the current Jimin and his co-star made plans for us tonight. The same night as my assignment.

"Fuck" I said to my self as I fished out my phone from my pocket to call him.

The phone rang three times before a soft male voice answered the phone.

"Yello?"

"Don't be mad," I said as I pinch the bridge of my nose. As if he already knows what I'm about to say, he let out a groan.

I admit I frequently canceled my plans with them because of work but I didn't mean to. I really try to do as much as I can for the people in my life, but sometimes I can't be there for every moment. Before I can continue and explain, Tae grabbed the phone from him.

"C'mon bro, you promised to come out with us," he said with an irritated voice.

They wanted me to come to this high profile event they're going to and it was hard as hell to get invited, I guess. Doesn't mean much to me but apparently to them, it means the fucking world.

And here came Jimin chiming in, "Do you have any idea how bad the bitches are going to be? They are already going to be horny as fuck and whoever Jay doesn't take with him is up for grabs. And I'm grabbing hella ass tonight. Now are you coming out to grab some ass too or are you going to go home and beat your dick for the rest of the night?"

"Yeah, him and Koko." I heard Tae say with a snicker.

Ole side-bustin ass...

"Koko in the corner like 'Dad what are you doing??'" Jimin throws out.

"Haha, that's funny." I sarcastically stated as my irritation increased. "I would never do something inappropriate like that in front of Koko."

"Koko is going to be shaking on Dr. Phil couch like 'And the next thing I knew, I saw a giant snake looking at me!'" Tae said slightly out of breath from laughing.

"Koko probably be in the corner barking at him like 'Dad, stop hurting yourself!'"

"Koko in the corner like 'You better stop! Bitch STAWP! AHH!'"

At that point, I was rolling my eyes and clenching my jaw in aggravation, especially at that lame ass Vine reference.

They are fucking idiots.

All I could hear coming through my car speakers was pure laughter and wheezing.

Dumbasses, I swear.

Mentally facepalming, I relaxed my shoulders and stared blankly ahead.

"Y'all done?"

The annoyance evident in my voice but dumb and dumber just kept on laughing. "Alright! I'll be there! Shit! Why are we even friends?"

"Because you love us, now hurry the fuck up and don't die." I heard Tae say as Jimin is still pissing his pants laughing. Before I could say anything else, he hung up.

Putting my phone back in the cup holder of my car, I mumbled, "Fucking idiots."

While driving, I went over my agenda:

•Get to the mission site
•Air the place out
•Head back to body shop
•Go home and change
•Meet dumb and dumber at party
•Fuck some bitches--

I laughed to myself and scratched the last part off my agenda. Who am I kidding. It may not even make it that far.

Fri. Sep 1, 2020 19:00

It's 7:00pm and I'm sitting on the closed toilet seat of my bathroom while my bestfriend Alexis is doing the last bit of eyeshadow on my eyelids. When she pulls away to dip the brush back into the pallet.

"I still don't know why you're dragging me out here to this party." I said as I watched Alexis move around with her head wrapped in a towel. Her mid-thigh length silk robe hanging from her shoulders moved each time she did.

"Because you don't do shit but sit in the house." She says to me as she dabs the brush in the pallet once more then proceeding to touch up my eyelids again.

How dare she. I do go out.

"I go out all the time!" I let out defensively.

Stopping her movements, She looks me in the face, deadpanning. "Em."

"What?" I question, my defensiveness not wavering.

"You don't do anything fun. All you do is go to the hookah lounge on 24th street, turning down the same old ass men that want to shotgun the smoke into your mouth," she stated plainly as she finished the last touches on my eyes.

"I do have fun. I did something fun on my birthday!" I said, matter-of-factly.

Stepping back to indicate she was finished, I stood up to look in the mirror which showcased my reflection. Browns and maroons colored my lids in a neutral, natural looking finish. It tied my look together for the event tonight.

Nice. I like it. Alex knows what she's doing.

Alex continued the questioning as I attempted to put on my false lashes.

"What did you do fun, Em?"

"I went to the casino!" Leaning into the counter, I placed one of the lash strips on successfully.

Alexis turned to me with a cocked eyebrow and one eyelash on herself. "You went... to the casino."

My eyes darted away and back. "What? I won some money and everything!"

"How much you win?" She turned back to the mirror and took off her towel head wrap as she pursed her lips.

After successfully applying both my lashes, I looked at her with a proud expression and placed a hand on my hip. "$60."

Taking a quick pause at what I said, she gave me look of disbelief like I had said something dumb. I guess I did.

"You went to the casino, sat next to Mable and Beverly where they talked your ear off about their hypertension and their grandbabies and how you look just like one of them, and all you took home was 60 damn dollars?"

"I went to the jazz festival too." My defensive tone was coming back.

"The jazz festival? Bitch, how old are you?"

"24," I said as I handed her the hair dryer on the counter.

"Exactly. I did not fly 3 hours sitting next to a man that smelled like he just got finished shooting a commercial for Axe body spray for you to back out last minute on the night of Jay Park's party." She flailed the bow dryer around as she spoke, using it to prove her point.

"I'm not backing out, I was just wondering why I had to go so bad." I said rolling my eyes at her while she sections her hair before turning on the hair dryer.

"Because," she started, "the love of your life with dick for days might be at this party." She finished with a shrug of her shoulders.

I raised an eyebrow. "Dick for days?"

She began to yell over the sound of the blow dryer, making sure I could still hear her.

"Yeah and he'll be dicking somebody else down if you don't go. Now go shower."

"Alright," I said as I walked out of the bathroom to grab a towel for myself. Once I grab the towel, I make my way back to the bathroom to shower.

"And you better shave!" She yelled above the hair dryer.

"Alright!"

"And don't be doing no smiley face designs and shit! We're going to be late!"

"Alright!!" I said even louder than the last as I turned the water on to get in the shower.

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