Charity Gala
Charity Gala
Dashawn
“Mom, thanks for coming over to get Kong. We’ll be up at the compound tomorrow afternoon.”
“It’s not a problem, baby. I am looking forward to spending some time with this cutie,” Tawny
said, as she sat on the floor giving Kong belly rubs to his blissful delight.
“Everything you’ll need is in this bag. Dad, how’s the progress on Al and Georgia’s house?”
“It’s going well. Your mother has been on Bane and River’s a*s to get it done along with the
new party hall.”
“What can I say? I want my soon–to–be daughter–in–law and new bff to be happy.”
Mom and Georgia have become extremely close in their mutual soon–to–be grandma
happiness.
“How’s everything going with the business?” Rockstar asked.
“Good. There’s a little tension right now, but I’m watching it.”
“What do you mean?” Tawny asked.
I looked down the hall to make sure Samantha wasn’t on her way to us.
“Do you remember the girl Avery that Samantha told you about? Her best friend from high
school?”
“The one that betrayed her?” she asked.
I nodded.
“She’s one of our new clients, PA. When we first saw her, she had short blonde hair. They showed up two days ago. She changed her appearance. She looks almost exactly like Samantha now. She’s a little taller and her b*obs are bigger, but they could be twins.”
“Noticed her t*ts did you?” Rockstar said.
“Hard not to. They are out there.”
His dad shook his head with a smile.
“You men are all alike.”
“Hey, like you’ve never looked at another man?” I asked.
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She looked at my dad, and he had his eyebrows raised.
“Dashawn, you know who you’re named after,” was all she said.
“Oh, you’re getting an a*s whoopin for that one, baby,” my dad said to her.
She smiled like she had accomplished something. I gagged and then they both laughed.
“Do you think she will be a problem?” Rockstar asked.
“Avery? I don’t know. She seemed to want to talk to Samantha. I am betting she wants to become friends again, but Samantha isn’t having it.”
“I don’t blame her,” Tawny said.
The clicking of heels had all of us looking down the hall.
“Jesus,” I mumbled under my breath.
“Oh, honey, you look gorgeous,” my mom said, getting to her feet.
“Absolutely lovely, Samantha,” my dad complimented.
Her dress was an off the shoulder ball gown with gold floral filigree starting from under her
br*ast and continuing down the sides. Her dress had a sweetheart neckline that cupped her
br*asts deliciously. Her cleavage called to me and I wanted to lick it.
Her hair was a riot of curls and over the left side of her shoulders.
I picked up a flat velvet box off of the side door table.
“You look absolutely stunning, my love. Your beauty will make this shine even more.”
I opened the box and inside a diamond choker was laid before her. She gasped and put her
hand to her throat. The choker was three rows. Each row was an inch. The clasp was
twenty–four carats and there was a medium gold chain that would lay along her spine.
“Dashawn, this is beautiful.”
“It’s nothing compared to you. But it’ll do for you tonight.”
“Smooth son,” my dad said.
I shot him a look and a smile. My mom and Samantha chuckled. I took the choker out of the
box and set the box down. I walked behind her. She moved her hair out of the way and I put
the choker on her, making sure the chain was perfectly along her spine. My knuckles grazed
her naked back and she shivered.
“Well, let me get a picture,” Tawny said.
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“Mom, this isn’t prom,” I chuckled.
“I don’t care, you two look so good together. I’m going to ask Lia to paint it, to display during
the wedding.
I wrapped an arm around Samantha’s waist with my other hand in my pocket. Samantha put
her arm around me and brought up her ring hand to lay over my heart, her elbow bent, and her
head c****d towards my chest. We both beamed at my mother.
“So perfect,” she said.
We all walked out and to my dad’s SUV. Kong jumped into the back when I opened the door
and Samantha and I petted him, each of us giving him a kiss on his head.
“I think I’m going to miss him tonight,” she said, as we waved my dad and mom off.
“I love that pup, but I am so glad I have you all to myself tonight, and I get to hold you without
our pup in the middle.”
“Think of it as practice for when the twins are born,” she said, smiling.
I smiled and kissed her. I put my hand to her stomach and patted it.
We made it to the Charity Gala an hour before it started. We both made sure that everything
was ready, all the auction items for the silent auction were laid out and labeled correctly with
their descriptions. There was a garnet and black diamond necklace and earring set I saw that I wanted to get for my girl. I put a bid of a hundred grand to start it off. I’ll check it periodically to make sure I have the highest bid by eleven thirty when the silent auction ends.
The charity was in full swing an hour later. Samantha and I mingled. She was really good at talking to people that agreed to open their wallets with generous donations for the cause. She
charmed some of the tightest f*sted families. I was extremely impressed by her. Si Yung, a prominent gangster in China Town, fell under her spell. He had the same agenda as the Lords. We were both dedicated to cleaning up our parts of the city. He was in the process of legitimizing a bunch of his businesses. He also had an agreement like us with the local police. We clean up our parts with minimal civilian casualties, and they look the other way
when a couple of dead bodies show up in a seedy part of town with our signature, or if
someone complains and reports something. Si’s signature was an SY that gets carved in an enemy’s forehead, ours is our skull and bones that we brand on the inside of an arm to let
whoever finds the body know that evidence should disappear if we can’t take care of it
ourselves. It’s a win–win for all of us.
Right now, Si was putty in Samantha’s hands. I’d be jealous if I didn’t personally know that the
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little woman next to him was the love of his life. She was very demure, petite, and secure in
the knowledge that Si loved her as I loved Samantha. We conversed while Samantha worked her magic.
After dinner, the live auction started. I was happy that Samantha won a small painting for our home when it was finished being built.
Tonight was going fabulous.
Avery
She looked stunning. We had gotten to the charity event a half an hour after it started. Ellora and I mingled. I did some research on some of the major players that I assumed would be here tonight. Every person we approached and talked to I knew a little, like their name and what they did. Ellora was in her element. She was beautiful at twenty–three. Her skin was flawless. Her youth was exuberant. She was a people person which made her craft come easy to her.
I had scanned the room and saw Samantha, and she took my breath away. I stared at her most of the night. At dinner, we were seated with a producer and his director wife. An
up–and–coming teen country singer with her mother and Ashton Barger with Cia Krew.
Dashawn and Samantha were with the Mayor, his wife, the Chief of Police and her wife, and
Davis Alston, who I had met earlier today at our apartments. There was also another man that
I recognized as Ashton’s PA, Robert. I chuckled as I watched him engage with Davis. Every
time Davis‘ attention went somewhere else, Robert got it back on him. Interesting. Davis was
young, and Robert looked to be about Dashawn’s age, maybe a year or two older. The man
was smitten with Davis.
After the auction, I watched Samantha and Dashawn dance. I couldn’t take my eyes off of her.
“Well, well, well, if it isn’t Avery Jones.”
I looked up at the man that had just stepped up beside me.
“Elliot, what a disappointing surprise to see you here.”
“Still bitter I see.”
“I’m not bitter. I just never liked you.”
“Really? You liked my d*ck enough,” he crudely said.
“It was part of a plan that backfired. I never talked to you again after that night.”
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“How are you here in New York?” he asked.
“I work for Star Media. I am Ellora Bellini’s PA. She’s an up–and–coming star in the United States. She’s already taken Europe, and now she is conquering the U.S.”
“I see you’re still weirdly obsessed over Samantha.”
“You sound jealous,” I snickered.
“She gave that a*shole what I’ve always wanted. And now they’re engaged to be married, and I won’t ever be able to have her.”
“What?” I asked, astonished. When did that happen?
“You didn’t notice the huge rock on her finger?”
I didn’t look at her hands because I was too busy looking at her face and body. She had her arms around Dashawn’s waist and, sure enough, a big a*s diamond was on her finger. Son of a b*tch. Well, my work just got a bit harder. But I was confident I could break them up.
“I see a scheming look in your eyes. Are you going to try to get in between that, like you did
with her and me?”
“Yep,” I said, popping my p and taking a drink of my champagne.
“Maybe I can help?”
I looked at him and shook my head, “No she’s mine.”
“I just want one taste. Let me f*ck her just once.”
A plan was forming in my head and I smiled.
“Deal,” I said.
Roc
Sorry just one tonight, I have to get up early for a doctor’s appt for my son.
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