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s

within seconds, he's in my office, wearing another suit. This guy.. . .

ust fine,

rd." I need to get it over and don

g in the meantime? Som

"Just bring me th

sir." He bo

ng. The man knows

remember how it all started five years ago. I was making millions while dealing in drugs, but buis

ew York and Miami. Stardust is just a year old and so far, it's the club that brings in the most. It boasts of fine high paying clientele tha

I wave her away. It's too damn early to start drinking alcohol on a Saturday morning. On second

g around, cooking or washing dishes. Nuh, uh! I don't pay her to stand around and do nothing. Even though it's hot as hell inside the kitchen,

their talks seize. I wave at them as they chorus greetings and head straight for Tanya who is sti

. All the anger leaks out of me as I stand and stare at her foolishly. I never grew up in a conventional home. Father s

that have aged in the last wee

?" If I so much as get a hint that someone

never. . . got to. . . see. . .my mother before she

r mother

e now, so I dig into my pocket and fish out my handkerchief then hand it to her. Sh

sizzling of the fryers is a thing of the past

et

I'm getting soft. Who the fuck cares. This kid'

ork." I say to them and usher Tanya ou

kes her head and says she's already been buried. "If you nee

about this. There's even a bounce to her step as I watch her go. I make my way back to

l of nursing, she's got a best friend who works with her

t." I say i

ot a boy

ot to the mines, that I'll catch up with him later. O

nts book, I talk to him. "About y

s." He says and

he gets to the door. "She

ounts book, my mind wanders, as

earth when you become a don. All you have to do is take

ing my flashbacks. "This

and then he goes silent. Th

and just as I'm getting ready to blow a ga

lly has bee

what he just said. When I do, it's l

let the ga