Pretty Deadly

Chapter Five

Jericho's POV 

It was six o'clock and still no word from Lex. I was helping Janelle with her homework while she ate dinner. Mom was at her sister's house and the house was relatively quiet. "Coco. Are you okay?" She asks as I glance at my phone yet again and I nod. "Yeah. I'm just expecting a call that it." I say as nonchalantly as possible and she nods and smirks at me. "Is it a girl?"

I roll my eyes and nod once again. She pokes my side with a sly smile and bites her lip. "Is it the friend that you had coffee with?" She asks and I chuckle and take her plate and put it in the sink. I wash them and she pokes my side. "Tell me!" She says and I start to laugh as she tickles my side. "Yes okay gosh." She chases me out of the kitchen and I chuckle and run into the bathroom and hide.

She beats on the door and I laugh at my childless. "Is she pretty? Are y'all dating? How old is she? Is she younger or older." I am paraded with questions and after a while, she finally stops. She stops after my phone rings.

I hear her footsteps run off and her answering my phone. My eyes widen and she has it on speakerphone as I run in. "Hey is this Janelle." Lex asks on the other end and I sigh in relief that she didn't have one of her business-like conversations to start off with. Janelle looks up at me with a smile. "He's told you about me? Aww, I'm flattered." I snatch the phone from her and take it off of speaker and gesture for her to sit down and finish her homework. She groans and I walk out of the room and into my room to have a bit of privacy.

"Is it handled?" I ask and I hear a bunch of chatter behind her on the line. "Not at all. The guys are worried about me cause I'm having trouble breathing. It's just a stab wound-"

I stand up from my bed and my eyes widen. "You may have a disorder that makes you not feel pain but that doesn't make invincible. Where are you?" I run out of my room and look at Janelle. "I'm at the gym but honestly I don't think it's that bad." She says and I shake my head. "I'll be there in 10 minutes." I say and hang up.

"Janelle, I need you to get your stuff and a change of clothes just in case. I need to attend to a patient and I don't know how long it will take." I say and she runs upstairs quickly. I gather my medical bag and run to the bathroom to grab some antiseptic and cotton balls.

I bump into Janelle coming out and I run downstairs and write a quick note in case mom came back early. She comes downstairs with a bag of clothes and her book bag. "Come on sweetie." I say and we walk out to my car and she gets in beside me. As we drive in silence she turns to look at me.

"Is that girl that I spoke to the one that's hurt?" She asks and I nod looking at the road. "What happened?" She asks me with curious eyes and I sigh and scratch my neck. "Umm, she was stabbed that's all I know. Look, where I'm taking you might seem a little scary and intimidating, but I promise that no one will hurt you." I say place and hand over hers as I drive. I glance at her and she nods.

"Is it a place like... like his?" She asks me her voice cracking a bit. I knew what she was talking about, Dad had drug buildings where he did his dirty work and I wouldn't doubt he took her to one of them.

"It's an old abandoned warehouse with a bunch of scary men. But I won't let any of them touch you." I say and just as I finish we pull into the location. I step out and walk around to open the door for Janelle. There is a lite drizzle of rain coming down and it's darker than it was a couple of minutes ago. She steps out and hands me my bag and we walk to the door.

I don't even realize it at first but Vic is standing in his normal crossed arms pose in front of the door. "Who are you, princess?" He asks leaning down and putting on a kind smile. She sticks her hand out and returns it. "Janelle. I'm Jericho's sister." She says and he looks up at me for a second. "Is that right? Well, this place is a bit tough. You sure you can handle it?"

She puts a hand on her hip and raises a brow. "I can handle anything baldy." She says in a fearless tone and he chuckles and opens the door. We step in and the room grows silent as all eyes fall on me. I see Lex laying on a table in the center of the room and I step forward with my bag. "Go find somewhere to sit Janelle. If you need me, holler." She nods and walks over to the seats by the mat and pulls out her homework. I walk to the table with my bag in hand and see a large number of bloody towels around the floor and on her chest.

"Hey man. Is that Janelle over there?" Lex asks glancing over at the mats. I nod and she smiles lazily. "She's really beautiful. I wish I looked like that before puberty." I chuckle and set my bag down.

"Excuse me guys but could I have some space to work? If one or two of you want to help it would be nice though." The guys move slowly after arguments spread out and I'm left with a white man with a blonde buzz cut and sad blue eyes, Chi, and Mike.

"Do you mind telling me what happened?" I ask as I unwrap all of the towels around her chest. When revealed I see a knife sticking out of the corner of her chest that is shaking every time she breathes.

"He knew I was coming. I don't know how but he did. I was in his office waiting when he stabbed me. I thought I had him when my arm was around his throat but he got me. My driver heard the fight and ran inside to get me out. He was our doctor. He got shot trying to get me out of there. I hoped in the car and sped off." She said and I shake my head in disgust and start cutting her shirt off. She raises a brow at me and smirks when I find that the knife is threw her bra as well.

"I should have known he would expect this. I am so sorry. This shouldn't have happened. This is my fault. You wouldn't be hurt and your doctor would be alive if it wasn't for me." I say as I cut her bra and cut a piece out to leave the knife in. "Could someone get me a towel to cover her chest?" I ask and the guy I haven't met yet nods and walks off. I hold the remainder of her shirt on her chest and she grabs my hand. "That little girl deserves justice. Seeing her in person just makes me that much angrier. I'm fine. I'm still talking and breathing. I'm fine." She says giving me a sincere look and I glance back to see a man helping Janelle with her homework. "That's Chuck. He came from England after he lost his son to cancer." I nod and slip the remainder of her shirt off trying to remain eye contact with her. "I don't care if you flash me to everyone. Just fix me. It's sweet that you care but I don't." She says and I look around for the guy but he's walking back. "These are all the towels." He says and hands me a small dishrag. I groan and take a deep breath as I remove her clothes and focus on her wound. Even though my eyes want to pay attention to her erect n*****s and brown areolas that are larger than most but it fits her so perfectly. They droop a bit but I can't help but like the way they do, imagining they are weighed down by the fullness of her breasts. My eyes fall on the knife and I gesture for Chi to come here. "I need you to place pressure on this vein so I can pull this out and see how bad it is." He nods and applies his hands where mine just were and I grab the knife and she jumps a bit. "Are you okay?" I ask quickly and she nods and her face shrivels up. "Yeah. That just felt really uncomfortable." I nod and gesture for the quiet blonde one to come over. "I need you to grab the packing cloth from my bag in order to stop this from bleeding completely and maybe clot." He nods and rifles threw my bag and hands me the package. He also hands me a pair of sterips and gloves. I slip them on and thank him but he just gives me a nod. "Please pull the knife out so I can pack this." I say and quiet dude yanks it out and I hear it leave her flesh. I can fully see the wound now and it was in the fat of her breast and I sigh with relief. "You can pull off the pressure. I think this will be okay. It went threw the fatty tissue of your breast. A couple of stiches should fix it right up." She sighs and glares at Mike. "See. And you made me call him. I'm glad I'm not gonna lose a tit and all but I could have taken care of it." She says towards Mike who shakes his head and looks at me.

"If it went just through her big ass titty then why did she bleed so much." I gesture for him to come over and stretch her skin out so he can see the vein. "It hit a vein. Luckily it wasn't a major vein. I think she is already clotting since he pulled it out." I say and he places a hand on my shoulder and squeezes. "You better be right." He seethes out and I hear the door slam open and everything gets quiet. An older man runs in and sighs when he sees Lex. "Alexandria, my baby girl are you alright?" He asks and she wipes away one of his tears. "Dad I am fine. Thanks to Jericho over here." She says and suddenly I feel a pair of the most intimidating eyes on me that I've ever seen. He walks around the table and eyes me up and down.

"Then I and my men are at your service." He says and I instantly shake my head. "No, sir. Please, I think it is best if yall stay out of my problems. I am the reason your daughter was hurt." I say and he raises his brow at me.

"And what exactly are your problems?" He challenges and Lex reaches a handout. "His sister was raped by his dad. She's right over there." She blurts out and I lower my eyes and look over at Janelle. She is surrounded by men who are laughing at whatever she is saying. They all seem to be enjoying her company and it looks like it is the same all the way around.

"The girl covered in bruises?" He asks looking behind me and I feel a pang of anger pull over me. "Well, it's not like there are any other girls in here." I say with a bit of harshness and I lower my eyes feeling that burn of guilt in my stomach again. He steps forward and grabs my face to look at me  "You have my attention and my services. Don't let me down." He says and I shake my head to protest. "I already told you I'm not going to endanger anyone else, sir. Your daughter can keep the money. Nobody else needs to feel the wrath of James Martin."

The man tenses and he looks at me through hooded eyes and I see the side of his mouth curve up. "My name is Sirus Night kid and you have officially made yourself a friend."