His Savior Was Never My Sister
They were arguing, voices low but intense.
“…impossible this time of year,” the old man was saying. “The shipment was intercepted in Miami. The risk…”
“Name your price,” Nicholas’s voice cut through, cold and final. “Triple. I need it tonight.”
The old man sighed, shrugged, and disappeared into the foliage. He returned minutes later, holding a pot with extreme care. The plant was stunning and sinister. Deep, velvety black petals, almost purple in the low light, shaped like a rose but more exotic, with long, cruel-looking thorns along its stem. A Black Mafia Rose orchid. I’d heard the stories—a hybrid smuggled out of a failed cartel bio-lab, symbolizing a dangerous, obsessive love.