Stacy came around the corner on her bike and stopped, seeing her grandfather in a heated conversation with two suits. She glanced up the street and saw the black Mercedes-Maybach S600 and did a double take. She saw the driver idly waiting and a man sitting in the back and figured, perhaps the mob? She looked back and saw one of the men punch her grandfather in the stomach. She threw down her bike and sprinted up to the porch and shoved the taller man away from Gramps. "Stay away from him. He's not a young man anymore and you could kill him." She screamed at the men.
"Who's this, Teddy? Your granddaughter?" The taller one asked as he reached out and grabbed her chin and looked at her. "You should just let Boss have this choice pussy. What is she 17? 18?"
Teddy tried to straighten up, but grunted out, "Leave her alone and get your filthy hands off her. She's just a girl."
The man pulled her closer and ran his hands across her breasts and down under her skirt. He looked at the glossy brown hair, the deep brown eyes and those full lips. He gauged those tits to be at least C-cup and if she trimmed that bush... "Fuck me, she's not a little girl. This is a ripe young woman. Teddy, you'd better make up your mind. The house or the whore. You're not keeping both."
"Fuck you, leave her alone. Take the fucking house and never come near us again." Teddy said pulling Stacy away from the thug.
The shorter man turned to the car and gave a thumbs up. Stacy watched as the older man got out of the car and walked up to the porch. "Rico, you should never hit an old man. He might have internal bleeding. Are you alright, Teddy? Let's go inside my house and I'll get you something to drink." He held out his hand towards the house and the three men all went in. Stacy was paralyzed on the porch not knowing what was going on and felt a hand on her elbow.
"Come on, honey. You have nothing to worry about. I'll talk to Rico about how he treated you. I always treat my girls well as long as the show proper respect." He pulled her into the house.
"Mr. Hampton, we negotiated an equitable solution to Teddy's debts." Rico said to the older man, "He is getting the deed to the property now." He stopped seeing Mr. Hampton glaring at him. "What? What is it?" Rico stammered.
"You treated this young girl with disrespect. You better apologize and I mean apologize as if you mean it." The old boss said quietly. "Honey, what is your name?"
"Stacy." She stammered.
Rico got down on his knees and took the girl's hands and looked sadly at her, "I am truly sorry for saying what I said and for touching you like I did. That was disrespectful and I was wrong." Rico glanced at his boss.
"Go on, show the young girl you mean it." Mr. Hampton said firmly.
Rico let go of the girl's hands and pulled out a switchblade and kept the sad look locked into Stacy's eyes.
Stacy was ready to jump back seeing the knife flick open and screamed seeing Rico cut through the base of his little finger. She swatted the hand with the knife away and screamed at Mr. Hampton. "Ok, he apologized. He will never do it again. Don't make him do that!" She ran into the kitchen and grabbed the first aid kit and knelt down if front of the man.
"So, Rico. Apparently you have an angel. You might want to remember that, the next girl you treat like a piece of meat. Stacy, you have no idea who you are saving. Those hands have offed more people that you probably even know. Go ahead, take him into the kitchen and clean him up." He watched as the tiny girl pulled his large associate down the hall. "So, Teddy. You are donating the property to our cause? That is really generous of you. Shall we sign the deed over? Jerry here just happens to be a notary."
Stacy cleaned the slice noting there seemed to be no tendon damage. She looked at the huge man, "You know you're going to need stitches, in a hospital, but I think in five to six weeks you'll just have a scar." She reached for gauze and stopped, feeling his hand on hers.
"I am sorry. I meant nothing by what I said or did, I was trying to scare your grandfather. Look, boss isn't going to let me go to the hospital to get stitches. Can you do it?" Rico looked at the girl.
"Sure, I mean I can do it, but I have nothing to numb it. The kit has sutures, but it will really hurt." Stacy said.
Rico laughed, "I was going to cut my finger off, a few pricks of a needle ain't gonna hurt much."
Stacy looked at him and grabbed the sutures and needle. After rinsing the wound with alcohol and sterilizing the needle, she bent down and went to work. She was amazed the man never once flinched and when she was done, she sighed, "I'm afraid a real doctor would have done a much better job. You'll always have a nasty scar there. Just keep this dry for the next month, but clean it daily with rubbing alcohol, otherwise it could get infected."
Rico looked at the work with an approving nod, "Where did you learn to do this?" He asked.
"What, you never played doctor as a kid?" Then, looking serious, she asked, "Why are you here, why are you taking our home?"
Rico looked at his finger and back at the girl, "Your parents borrowed money for their business and sadly they died before they could pay it back. You and your grandfather are your parents' family."
"Wait, that makes no sense, Gramps nor I ever borrowed any money from you, nor your boss. We shouldn't have anything to do with it." Stacy said angrily, "That's not fair."
Rico gently stroked the girl's face. "Honey, you had something to do with it, family is family. Boss wanted you as one of his girls. Someone always has to pay and I'm sure over ten years you would have made Boss a lot of money. Then he would have let you go. Your Gramps gave us his house instead. You might want to thank him. Give me your phone."
Stacy looked confused and reached into her pocket and handed the huge man her phone.
Rico took it and handed it back, "Unlock it."