CHAPTER 65
Tiffany
Damien asked me to answer some calls, organize his receipts, and call around to see if we could get cheaper building supplies. I didn’t mind working for the greater good of us. After seeing how much money he was making, I was thinking about getting my real estate license. He could fix the houses and I could sell them. Win, win, and win. Now that everything was settled, I felt confident calling my mother to tell her I wasn’t coming home.
“Mom, I want to talk to you about everything.”
“Go ahead. So what have you been doing up there? How long are you staying?”
“This may disappoint you, but this is my life. I wanted to tell you that I am working it out with Damien. He is doing very well again. He had a few investments come in and he is flipping houses with his cousin now. He is starting small, but he showed me some of the properties.”
“He’s in real estate now?” she huffed.
“Yes, he is.”
“He wasn’t that good of a football player, so I know he will not be a great businessman. When you are burned again don’t come running to me. I’m closing the door on you.”
“Fine, Mother, do what you must.”
“You’ve been warned.”
I couldn’t let my mother worry me. She would come around.
Right then, Damien came in the room and told me to plan a trip for us.
“To where?”
“Somewhere hot.” A horn beeped. I looked out the window.
“Who is that out in the car?”
“That’s Rich. He wants me to invest in a car lot. He’s going to take me to the auto auction in Fort Dix. His dad has a dealer’s license. He said you can flip cars in days and make thousands of dollars. I can take that money and put it into the properties.”
“Oh, I never heard you talk about him. But, baby, we don’t want to invest in too much, right?”
“No, we are good for money. I’m never touching our reserve again. He leaned over to me to give me a kiss. When his shirt rose I saw a gun on his hip.
“What are you doing with a gun?”
“I’m hanging out in the city more and I don’t want anyone rolling up on me and thinking it is sweet. I’m going to have to shoot them.”
“But having a gun is asking for trouble.”
“No, having a gun is smart. And I will only use it if I have to.”