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story, ma?”
    â€œYou know . . . just moved here from Pittsburgh, looking for work.”
    â€œI know some niggas from out that way. They in Braddock.”
    â€œYeah, I know Braddock. I’m from the Hill.”
    He shook his head. “What work you do?”
    â€œWhatever I can right now.”
    â€œWhat’s your dream job? I know a lot of people. I might be able to help.” If it helped him get in her pants, he would get her any job she wanted.
    â€œI’m good at public relations. I’m also thinking I might want to go to law school.”
    Two things I’m always in need of . This is a classy bitch, he thought.
    â€œBig ambitions. I like that,” he said.
    Billie was feeling at ease now. She was ready to play this nigga like a fiddle. Men were so easy. All you had to do was give them the hope of sex and they were putty in your hand.
    â€œSo? If you help me, what can I do to repay you?” She seductively rubbed his inner thigh.
    His dick sprang to attention. “You wanna get outta here, ma? Head back to my place?”
    She removed her hand from his thigh. “I’m a good girl. I don’t sleep with a guy on the first date.”
    â€œYou call this a date?” he asked.
    â€œWhat else is it?”
    â€œI’ll show you a first date. Come out with me right now.”
    â€œNot tonight. I just got jumped. I’m a little raw. I should head home.” She put her hand back on his thigh. “Give me your number. I’ll call you.”
    He grabbed a napkin, wrote his number down, and handed it to her. “You better be calling me.”
    â€œDon’t you worry about that, Stone. You’ll be seeing me again, for sure.” She put the napkin in her purse, kissed him on his cheek, and walked out of the bar.
    â€œDamn.” Stone watched her walk away.
    All the aches and pains Billie had been feeling when she entered the bar disappeared. The bath she was about to take was now a celebratory bath and not one to soak her wounds. Billie was feeling like fate was shining down on her from the heavens. She looked up to the heavens and knew that her daddy was looking back at her. He was definitely watching over her and had a hand in her chance encounter with Stone.

Chapter 7
    â€œWhat happened to you?” Walter asked with concern. He had just entered the restaurant where he was meeting Billie. It had been a few days since her attack, and there were still signs from the beating she took. She had been calling out sick to work and wouldn’t go back until she had healed, but she figured she couldn’t keep avoiding Walter.
    Billie remained sitting at the booth she was in. “It’s nothing.”
    â€œBullshit it’s nothing.” He sat across from Billie. “You’re bruised and your lip was busted. Tell me what happened.”
    â€œI got jumped by some kids. I’m fine.” She placed her hand over his as a sign of reassurance.
    â€œWhat did they look like?”
    â€œI don’t really know. I wasn’t too concerned with their appearance.”
    â€œDo you remember anything? Their clothes?”
    â€œI don’t know . . . the same thing they all wear. Oversized white T-shirts and baggy jeans.” Billie was going to be as vague as possible. She didn’t want Walter to start investigating.
    â€œWhere did it happen?”
    â€œUm, over on Cushing Hill and South Street.”
    â€œLittle motherfuckers,” he mumbled.
    â€œIt’s okay. Let’s just enjoy our meal.” She placed her menu in front of him, hoping to distract him from the conversation.
    â€œFine.” He started to look through the menu, but quickly put it down. He wasn’t finished asking questions. “Did you file a report?”
    â€œBaby, can we drop it? I don’t want to think about it.”
    â€œBillie, you gotta be kidding me. You didn’t file a report ?”
    â€œNo. I don’t want to