𝟏𝟒. 𝐃𝐫𝐚𝐤𝐞- 𝐅𝐢𝐫𝐬𝐭 𝐏𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐨𝐧 𝐒𝐡𝐨𝐨𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐟𝐭. 𝐉.𝐂𝐨𝐥𝐞

April 1, 2023
4:30PM

Cara looked surprised when she seen Michael in her office. He was looking at the pictures and awards she had on her wall. Once he felt her presence in the room he turned around to face her. "My bad I got bored while waiting on you to finish up your meeting. How are you?"

She sat her things down on her desk. "No you're okay, I'm fine though. How about you? What are you doing here I haven't seen you in a while"

Michael fell back once he realized Cara was indecisive about what she wanted. He told her he was willing to do anything to have her but consistently chasing her quickly grew old to him and he was honestly way too busy to continue it. "Well I was here for a meeting with one of the other agents but I also needed to give you something."

She walked around to the other side of her desk and pointed at the chair that Michael could take a seat in. "I'm listening"

Michael sat down and pulled out the documents he had with him. "You remember in LA, I had you give me your input about what I should do with the management team before my meeting?"

"Yeah" Her eyes were now scanning over the pages in front of her. The building was perfectly designed and up to date with the complete renovations. A big improvision from what he showed her while they were out of town.

"Well. I used your input in that meeting. At first the investors were on the verge of saying no but gave me a chance. To make a long story short, we've succeeded far more than we intended to. So it was only right that I cut you a piece" He handed her a check.

This was the most money she had ever been given at one time. She was quiet because she couldn't believe it. "All of this just for my little bit of help" she sat the check on the table and slowly slid it back towards him. "I don't know I probably shouldn't take it"

Michael just stared at her. He wasn't taking no for an answer, he genuinely really appreciated her help. "I mean if you deny the check. I'll just have it put back into my account and then I will write write another one even bigger and bring it up here. It's only sixteen percent of what I made for the project" He slid it back towards her. "Just keep it for a rainy day"

That was probably the nicest threat she had ever heard. There was a short lived silence between them as she contemplated. Receiving a check for $800,000 wasn't necessarily something she was expecting to get when coming to work today.  "Well that's an expensive ass rainy day but Thank You" she stood up from her desk and went around to hug him.

They shared a warm embracement, their arms were wrapped tightly around eachother. Cara took in the cologne he was wearing as it filled her nostrils she then realized it and pulled back from the hug first. She cleared her throat and hoped that it wouldn't be awkward. "Well I have to head out. I have another showing scheduled for this afternoon. She lied

Michael nodded and got the hint. "That's fine I don't want to hold you up. I have another project coming up though possible great pay. Would I be able to call you for you know some more help or just to see you again"

"I think for help or work related issues would be more appropriate"

He smirked "I get it. I forgot you were in a relationship" he looked around her office while making it way to the door. "If he ever fuck up just call me"

Cara chuckled "Bye sir" She went to her desk gathering her things and left out right behind him to finish off her day

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After work she made her way to the recording studio since Dee said he would be there all night. Even though she was super tired and skipped lunch she still drove the distance across town. The strong smell of weed led her exactly to the right studio room.

There were a few other people in there. Some of them she knew from his videos or from meeting them whenever they stopped by his house. She greeted them and then went to go sit next to Deion who was focused on what he was typing in his phone.

When Cara leaned over to kiss his cheek he lowered his phone. His calm expression now dropped to a mug. He wasn't understanding why he smelled cologne on her. He looked the other way at the few people that were there. "Aye yall get out for a minute"

The audio engineer who was working on the current track turned around in his seat. "Me too?"

Dee nodded and watched as everyone started to leave the room. Everyone except Bari who already knew what he was up to. Once the door closed he turned to Cara who was so confused. He smiled "Why you looking like that? Come here" he motioned for her to come sit on his lap.

Bari who sat behind them just shook his head as he continued smoking.

Cara could tell by tone of his voice that he was faded beyond measure. She shook her head no since she wasn't sure what he was about to do. Just as she was shaking her head Deion grabbed her neck tightly and pulled her closer. He placed his head near the side of her face and smelled how the cologne scent managed to get stronger as he sniffed past her collar bone and stopped right at her chest. Once he was done he roughly let her neck go and went back to typing on his phone.

Cara rubbed her neck "What was that for?" She wished she would've known that he was in a bad mood, she would've went straight home instead.

"When you left earlier you smelled like perfume but now you smell like cologne"

She just rolled her eyes. "Duh because I hugged a client before I left and came here" she technically was telling the truth. Michael was indeed a client she was the one that sold him the current house he was staying in.

"How close you gotta be to a client to smell like him Cara?"

She let out a loud sigh. She wasn't in the mood to even go through one of his little episodes today. "You seriously mad because I hugged someone?"

He locked his phone and clenched in tight in his hand. "I'm not mad. I just know what I need to do next" he gave her a blank stare.

"What does that even mean? You about to piss me off Dee"

At this moment he didn't care that she was getting upset. "Ion really give a fuck about you being pissed off"

Cara  reached for her purse and jacket. "Okay well I'm going home, I'm not doing this with you today" she stood up and frowned at him as he grabbed her hand.

"Wait Ima see you later?" he asked in a now calmer tone.

She scoffed "Are you serious? You have a stronger chance of seeing God tonight before thinking you can come over" she snatched her hand back from his grip and left out the studio.

"You be trippin'. Why you do her like that?" Bari spoke up.

Deion looked at him. "Man mind yo business. Is that your bitch or mine?"

Bari nodded "Yeah you right. You got it" he sarcastically said and stood up. "Let's finish this song fuck allat other shit"

Deion was happy he changed the subject because the last thing on his mind was Cara. In his mind he was trying hard to care but that was untrue.

Later That Night

Cara laid in her bed, her room was dark and the only light that appeared was from her phone every time it lit up on the nightstand from calls or messages from Deion. She usually never parked in her garage but today she did and kept all of her lights off so he would think she wasn't home.

That in fact did not stop him. He was now at her front door and talking to her from her Ring camera. "Cara, Baby I'm sorry. Just come to the door I just wanna talk" His actions were contradicting from what he said earlier.

After saying a few more words it was silent. Cara knew he wasn't going to give up that easy so he must've been up to something.

Deion knew that just like Keisha, Cara rarely locked her backdoor because both sides of her house had gates however if you jumped the gate you could get to the back. She didn't lock the door because she would let Leo out in the middle of the night sometimes.

Cara pulled the covers off from her body and sprinted out of the room. Leo was close by her thinking that she was playing, nearly tripping her as she went downstairs. She beat Deion to the backdoor by two seconds, twisting the lock at the bottom as his hand tugged on the handle.

Even though Leo was now barking at the door she didn't shush him because if she did then Dee would know that she was home. She just backed away from the door and went back upstairs and got under the covers drifting off to sleep peacefully.

The next morning, her eyes fluttered open and squinted at the sun that seemed to be directly in her face. She looked down under the cover and seen Dee's tatted arms wrapped around her waist as he slept behind her. She wasn't even surprised he found his way in her house.

When she tried to get up he just tightened his arms around her, not wanting her to get up yet. "I need to go use the bathroom" she mumbled. Once he moved his arms from her waist she got up and went inside the bathroom, closing and locking the door behind her.

She went to the sink and opened the medicine cabinet. Repeating her daily routine instead this time she took a few extra minutes just to stand there in the mirror and think to herself. When she opened the bathroom door, she could see that he was still sleep so she quietly left the room and went downstairs.

She spent the next twenty minutes making breakfast. Around the time she was just finishing up she heard the bathroom door upstairs close which meant that he was now woke.

She made two plates of the viral Waffle House sandwich that she seen on tik tok. She poured the both of them a glass of orange juice and then sat down in front of her plate.

Although she was hungry she just sat there. Spaced out. She couldn't quite figure out what was going on with her intuition but she for sure felt like something was off.

Dee's presence snapped her out of it. "Goodmorning" he kissed the side of her face and sat down. He wasn't facing his food though, he was facing her.

"Morning" she said and started to eat. She didn't know why he was staring at her but she also didn't care.

"What you doing today?" He looked her up and down.

She looked around realizing that she didn't have her phone. "Umm I think my dad is coming today. He wanted to spend some time together, you want to come with us?" Cara took a sip of her orange juice.

Deion reached in the pocket of his sweatpants and pulled out her phone. "You left this upstairs" he handed her the phone.

Cara tapped the screen and seen she had a few missed calls from her dad and a text from Michael. She texted her dad and asked if they were still on for the day.

Deion looked down at the plate she made for him. Before he could eat he had to ask her "You still mad at me? I need to know before I eat. You might try to poison me."

Cara laughed and stood up from her chair. "I will do a lot of shit but I don't play with food" her mood was a little different. She was a bit on the happier side now. "So do you want to come with us or no?" She asked him again.

When he was about to answer the sound of the doorbell rang through the house. "Damn he's early" she headed to the front of the house.

"Of course he is. Lame ass nigga" he said when she walked away.

Cara yelled back "what did you say??"

Deion chuckled. "I said of course he is"  he finished up half of his plate and pushed it away from him. He felt like today would be a good day, especially once he gets rid of Michael.

He got up and went to the hallway where Cara had pictures hanging up. He noticed she added a picture of the two of them from when they were in Tennessee.

Dee made his way to the front of the house where Cara and her dad were talking. When Charles seen Deion he quickly became angry. Deion was glad to know that his presence made someone that mad.

Cara introduced them too each other but what she didn't know was that they clearly met before. Deion respectfully shook his hand but Charles still wasn't feeling it. "Don't I know you from somewhere?"

Dee just shook his head "Nah Ion fuck with police ass niggas so I doubt you know me"

"You got a lot to say today huh?" Charles asked with the straightest face.

"You don't have your badge on today. What you tryna do?" By his tone Cara knew he would only get more and more disrespectful.

"Okay..come with me" Cara trailed off and pulled Dee to the side. "I thought you said you wasn't going to let anyone get you that angry.. what's your problem with my dad?"

Dee looked at the time on his phone and knew that if he didn't leave soon he would mess up the entire plan for the day. "I'm not angry and I just don't fuck with 12. You know that but ima hit you later I gotta go take care of something" he gave her a quick kiss and then headed out the front door.

"Out of all of the men in Illinois, why did you choose him?" Charles asked from the living room where he was now seated.

"He's not that bad. I feel like you two would be really cool if y'all got to know each other"

"I know enough about him already. Do YOU really know him?"

Cara slowly nodded. For some inexplicable reason she just wasn't understanding what the big deal was with everyone.

"Go get dressed so we can start our day" Charles was excited to see Leo, who came in from the back door. "Wear something comfortable too"

"Where are we going?"

"To the shooting range"

Would yall hate me if I said F this book and deleted it? 😂