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Samantha's POV

The elevator doors opened and we both stepped out, my bag which held everything I owned in my hand as we began moving down the hall. After my long conversation with Ms Tammy yesterday my trust in Ice as a person had grown enough for me to finally call up Taj and let him bring me to the apartment I was told I had waiting for me.

"This is the key to the door and I sent the address of the building to your phone when you get to work tomorrow they'll give you what you need and explain everything, you'll start working as a driver on Wednesday since its gonna take some time for Ice to secure your license but you have to be at work Monday and Tuesday, they'll probably have you pack the trucks or drive passenger side," Taj announced handing me the key and I took it feeling overwhelmed as we got to the door.

"If you need anything call me," he voiced and I nodded watching as he walked off, an unsettling feeling arising in my body.

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The Next Day

Mesi's POV

Different thoughts ran through my mind and I silently gave praises to myself for not drinking a lot last night as I sat on the edge of my bed, a tired yawn leaving me in the same motion.

My phone began ringing and I frowned at the sound reaching over to grab the device, the unknown number displayed leaving me to hesitantly answer the call.

"Hello," I called out.

"It's Destiny I got your number from Britt, I hope you don't mind,"

"No of course not, I was going to give it to you the last time I saw you but it slipped my mind," I voiced truthfully as I mentally began deciding whether to dress masculine or feminine today.

"You stopping by the club tonight?"

"No Friday night,"

"Oh," she replied sounding slightly disappointed and I smiled.

"But if you want to see me tonight I could pick you up at seven," I announced earning a small laugh from her.

"That's very bold of you to assume I'm interested," she teased.

"I wouldn't call it assuming, your body language voiced what your words didn't," 

"How so?" she questioned amused making me chuckle.

"What do you mean how so, if I wasn't playing hard to get I'm pretty sure you'd be laying in my bed right now," I joked making her laugh, the sound pulling a sense of happiness through me.

"I'm not looking for a relationship right now," she voiced wounding my mood slightly even though I knew that's where she was emotionally in life right now.

"Who said this has to be a relationship?" I questioned and thick silence fell between us for a few seconds, leaving my overthinking mind to regret my words.

"I'll send you my address," she replied softly, her response pulling a grin from me as I stood up walking towards my closet.

"Okay, enjoy your day, I'm going to see you tonight at seven," I said softly knowing if I didn't end the conversation right now I would end up being late.

"That's if I'm still interested at seven," she voiced ending the call before I could create a response and I chuckled appreciating her sense of humour that never failed to leave me amused.

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Samantha's POV

I jumped from my sleep falling recklessly into reality, as my heart began beating against my chest in fear, my entire body soaked in sweat as I tried gathering myself and the different emotions the dreams had created, the majority of them being negative on my fragile heart.

I took a deep breath wiping my face with my hand as I settled into my surroundings my body calming, a small sense of happiness running through me when I remembered where I was.

I climbed out of bed walking into the bathroom deciding to get an early start on my day since there was no way I would be going back to sleep, I turned on the light immediately meeting the sight of my tired reflection in the mirror.

A sense of hope arrived in me, the fact the bathroom I was standing in was mine being the cause, the thought unusual since in all my years of living I had never owned much. I took a step back removing my clothes before stepping in the shower placing the water temperature on cold.

I moved under it slowly enjoying the feeling as a heavyweight fell from my chest allowing me to finally relax. I tried to pull the events of my nightmare to the front of my mind but my tries were unsuccessful as I was faced with nothing but blanks thoughts.

I ran my hand over my face grabbing my washcloth adding some body wash creating suds, being completely grateful to Ackeem who had given me the few items since I wasn't comfortable asking Taj even tho Ice had instructed me to.

I ran the cloth over my body taking my time to clean myself since I had a lot of time before I had to be at work.

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