Chapter 25
CHAPTER TWENTY-FIVE
KAIRI MOORE
A FEW NIGHTS LATER
Ilooked around at the packed club and sighed.
My anxiety was at an all-time high. I couldn’t relax because of Sony.
It was getting to the point where I wanted to quit my job.
I loved my job and loved the people I worked with, but it seemed as though drama just kept following me even here. There was no escaping it.
It hurt my heart because how else was I supposed to make money?
I didn’t want my daddy or my brother looking after me, and it wasn’t like I had a man who could help me either.
On top of that, I couldn’t even tell anyone what was happening.
I tried so many times. Silently crying out for help, but the words just wouldn’t form past my lips.
The fear of looking weak or becoming a burden that they would have to look after.
I didn’t want that, but I felt trapped. Trapped in my own mind and body.
Havoc being here a few nights ago made me feel more secure, but I couldn’t even tell him about it either. My brother and dad made it very clear that I wasn’t to entangle myself with Havoc any more than I already had.
I had nobody, and unfortunately, Sony knew it too, so the best thing I could do was leave this job.
It was no longer a place of release for me. It was now the very thing holding me in a state of fear. Every day I came here, I never knew if it was going to be the night that Sony finally made good on his threats and hurt me.
He was no longer hiding his interactions with me.
When he was here a few nights ago, I didn’t expect him to approach me at the bar in front of his friends.
I’d given myself a false sense of hope, believing he would stop after being caught by River, but he was right back at it as if he didn’t care.
Either he managed to lie his way out of that one, or he truly didn’t give a fuck anymore. And that scared me more than anything.
Sparkle was working on another plan for getting him out of the way, but even then, I didn’t know if I had the courage to even do it again after it failed the first time.
No, the best thing for me to do was leave, and hopefully, I wouldn’t run into Sony again.
Since it was relatively quiet, I decided to take that moment to use the restroom. On my way, I thought about texting Mr. Blair, letting him know that tonight would be my last night here.
Once I was finished, I stood at the sink washing my hands, and someone stepped inside. I lifted my head and saw Ocean in the mirror’s reflection.
Why was someone always coming here for me!
I didn’t have to ask; the look on her face told me that I was the person she was looking for. I couldn’t remember the last time I saw Ocean here, so that further let me know that she came just for me.
Sighing, I turned off the faucet and turned to face her.
“Do you want to tell me why the fuck I heard you were with my nigga the night of his brother’s party? How the fuck do you even know him?”
I opened my mouth but closed it again when I remembered the night she came to his condo to confront him.
We never actually met then, because she had left by then, but I knew she went there because she’d heard he had been seen with another female.
She just didn’t know it was me, so there was no way for me to explain how we even knew each other without bringing that up.
“Well?” she asked, shifting her weight to one leg and impatiently bouncing it as she waited for an answer that I couldn’t give. If nothing else told me that I needed to leave this job, this encounter was enough for me.
Her eyes narrowed in on me; she was watching my reaction. I swallowed a breath and hoped my face didn’t show what I was thinking.
“I don’t know him, but someone was hurt, and I just offered to help,” I said, knowing that she wasn’t going to leave unless I told her something.
Ocean rolled her eyes, flicked her hair off her shoulder, and took out her phone. I frowned, wondering who she was calling, until I realized it must have been Havoc.
She was trying to make a point!
“Hi, baby girl,” I heard a deep voice, and my mouth fell open, knowing it was her father.
“Daddy, I’m hearing that some bitch keeps fucking with Havoc,” Ocean whined while smiling widely at me. “A low-level bitch, too, and I heard her daddy works under Viper.”
My heart started to race.
“Who’s this bitch?! I’ll have her and her whole fucking family wiped out by tonight! Viper owes me a favor anyway.”
Ocean fixed her eyes on me, and I shook my head.
She sighed.
“I haven’t found out yet, but as soon as I do, I will let you know, Daddy.”
He instructed her on what to do to get rid of me and ended the call. She chuckled and shook her head at me.
“Listen, bitch, I don’t like you. Never have and never will,” she pointed at me. “So, you better keep your ass from around my man because I don’t play that shit. We’re about to get married.”
Ocean flashed me the huge diamond ring on her left hand that I failed to notice until now.
I noticed the smirk on her face as she looked at me.
“Make this be the first and last time I warn you about my man because there won’t be a third time. You heard what my daddy said, right?”
I nodded my head. She gave me a fake smile and walked out of the room.
I leaned back against the countertop, my body feeling heavy at the realization that I really had to stay away from him.