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There wasn’t an inch of my skin that he didn’t touch, kiss, or lick There wasn’t a hly made love to me the anted

The e both needed

I was lying in his ar the scar near his heart He was covered in ink now, but it was the only one I wouldn’t let hiet a tattoo over

It was my scar

It belonged to me

I peered up at hi eyes and whispered,

“I love you, too”

Chapter 24

Austin

We decided to stay around Oak Island for a few more days

I showed her all the spots the boys, Alex, and I used to go and cause trouble at Sharing a part of my world with her I even took her to the dock where I used to go to be alone and draw By the tihtfall We sat at the edge of the wooden planks with our feet splashing in the water, like I had done so hts

Sos in front of me to straddlea dress I slipped h the zipper of h to thrust my dick inside of her She let out a loud moan that echoed off the water

Wemore than to make new memories with her there To replace all the sad ones from my childhood

We didn’t hangout with the boys, Alex, or h emotional bullshit to lasts I just wanted to make new memories with her in a town I’d spent the last three years running away from

I loved every second of it

I even tried to show her how to surf, but the second she saw a shark she flew the fuck off the board and said there was no way in hell she was getting back on it She laid out on the beach reading instead, while I surfed the entire day

It was like I was reliving the best parts of ain Except the love of ht there with me The way it was always supposed to be

I was paying for it though By the ti s on the balcony How the girl found a drug dealer in Oak Island while I was out surfing was beyond me

We landed back in New York the next evening

“It’s good to be ho the key into the lock of her apartment

“Iyou in your bed”

She grinned, turning to face me

“Our bed,” she sie smile on her face

I leaned in and kissed her lips

“Our bed,” I repeated, pushing her back against the door, kissing her hard and deep as she fuet the door open

I heard the lock release I walked forward not breaking our connection as she walked backwards into the apart inside to touch her pussy

“Jesus Christ, you can't even keep your fingers off oddamn door!”

“Uncle!” Briggs shrieked, shoving me away to pull down her dress

“You’re lucky it wasdoor next time before you make yourself at home in our apartment,” I spewed, pissed that he was there unannounced and uninvited

He cocked his head to the side, arching an eyebrow “Our?”

“Did I stutter?”

“Austin…” Briggs coaxed, gently placing her hand on et me to back down

Martinez didn't scare me

“This isn’t even her aparts, how about the next ti owns it first”

“There won’t be a next ti for it Just telldown

I really hated this fucker and everything he stood for, including all the shit Briggs told h because of hi her or console her as a child Why he couldn't tell her that he loved her was beyonda child raised in the middle of this lifestyle

It was so fathom

He grinned, narrowing his eyes atwhat he was about to say He looked back and forth between us before his stare settled on Briggs

“I’ve decided to es You want him involved in every aspect of your life, peladita? I can’t stop you… but I’s for the goddaain”

I stepped toward his held me back

He scoffed, standing Placing his hands in the pockets of his slack He rounded the corner of the island unfazed Stopping about a foot away fro to intervene if needed

“Since you’re so fucking involved in s, "including this apartment, I’ve decided to promote you”

“No!” Briggs yelled, stepping toward hi do this, Uncle! I won’t let you He’s not—”

“Baby, I don’t need you to answer forher aside to stand in front of Martinez

Man to fucking man

His eyes glazed over It was quick, but I saw it

“What you did in Colo balls I can appreciate a man that protects what he thinks is his You would have shot Hector in the fucking face had Briggs not stopped you Without even batting an eye, I know you would have pulled the fucking trigger I was ten when I had my first taste of blood I ht was also mine”

“Uncle, please… don’t do this,” Briggs whispered, her head boith an expression I couldn’t see

“I don’t need both of you Austin here,” he nodded toward e”

“What?” I replied, confused

“You want to be bosschance”

Briggs

I knewto do this

The second he toldit my way…

Froun to Hector’s head, I fucking knew my uncle’s dark cold eyes would dilate He would see an invest of value to him

So that was mine

He would see a different side of the e Not to let this life take over The iven the chance would thrive on the power, the respect, the godda inside of me

The man that he could control

I would have never brought hio back to I should have left hied I should have saved him from my uncle Protected him like he protected me

But leaving him wasn’t an option

I love him

Thewith hi selfish, but I was finally happy for the first tirown ass man, and all I could do was standby and watch it happen

Praying to God that it wouldn’t change him That he wouldn’t turn into what my uncle wanted me to become

My worst nightmare

“You want s’ job? I can’t do that to her,” Austin stated with a sincere tone, shaking his head

My eyes lit up, glancing over at hi I won That this may lean in my favor

“I could never take this away from her It’s—”

“She will be right there with you Won??

?t you, Briggs?”

My uncle locked eyes with me

I spoke too soon I glared at him I loved Austin too much to ever leave his side Especially when it came to this life Uncle kneouldn’t say no He knew he had ht where he wanted me Austin was his ticket to my soul

“He doesn’t knohat—”

“And that’s why you’ll teach hi for the ti He will run New York with you Look at it this way, he will have plenty of ti me from the pitiful excuses I had

It was the first ti he had put h, made me see, made me experience, that I wanted to tell him that I

Fucking Hated Him

Uncle’s phone rang, breaking through rabbed it out of his suit pocket Putting a finger out in front of hi the phone

“Habla,” he ordered, “Talk,” walking out onto the balcony, shutting the door behind him