Page 38 of The Filth Kings

“Have a seat, son.” Her sweet, soft voice was void of any emotion.

Out of the corner of my eyes, I saw Monster shift uneasily. My gut twisted up in knots. I trusted no one. I unbuttoned my suit jacket and pulled my Glock out. I swallowed down my emotions from the past and walked past her seat and sat down behind my desk.

The view was better. Monster was a few inches behind Jalissa. I would rather have them both facing me, then one standing behind me. The energy in the room shifted, something wasn’t right. Monster always followed every order that I gave him. He never stepped out of the shadows unless I asked him to.

“I’m not your enemy, Detavio. I’m just confused.”

Monster stepped closer but stopped as I aimed my gun in his direction.

“You take another step, and I’ll blow your fuckin’ face off,” I told Monster, almost not believing that I had to come at him like this.

“First, you meet up with me here, dressed all spectacular and bright…which is very odd of you. I study everyone that I’m surrounded by, and something has shifted, Monster.” I gritted through clenched teeth.

“Next, this bitch pops up at my company and is able to weave her way past your men. Soon as you heard her voice, your energy shifted. What the fuck is going on!” I yelled, frustrated that I felt like I was being ambushed.

Jalissa giggled. Seconds later, her face turned red as a full belly laugh escaped her thin ass lips. She readjusted herself and that’s when I noticed the expensive threads of clothes attached to her slim frame.

“Still on drugs and alcohol, I see.” I sneered over at her.

I took in her Jalissa’s features and minus the gray hair, she was still angelic looking. Her almond shaped eyes looked innocent. If it weren’t for the silver strands of hair, Jalissa could’ve passed for being in her early thirties. She had a couple of lines on her face that revealed her age. I took a wild guess and assumed that she was in her late fifties like Impurity.

“I’m not on drugs, nor alcohol. I had to rely on those substances living in Arkville with your sick and twisted father.” She turned in her seat to look at Monster.

She looked back at me and her gaze pierced mine. When I was a kid, her eyes held warmth whenever she looked at my younger brother Octavio. Now, there was no warmth at all, just coldness and calculating menace that burnt in her orbs. The light itself would recoil in her presence. I saw the same dark thunderous clouds hoovering above her like I did with Impurity.

“Where is Octavio?—”

“I thought you said that he was nothing like Impurity. Look at this devil! Pointing a gun at his own mother and brother!” She spat with so much venom that she shook from it.

I pointed my gun back at Monster and aimed at his arm then fired off one shot. He looked down at his arm nonchalantly as I pointed the gun down at his right leg and fired another shot. I ignored the sound of Jalissa’s laughter.

“You set me up?” I stated, loud enough for Monster to hear me.

“He’s my brother?” He gritted and growled like a wild beast that was getting ready to pounce on anything moving. I didn’t believe nothing that came from Jalissa’s mouth. This was all a fucking set up, but Monster always carried a gun…What was stopping him from pulling it?

The second shot that I fired to his leg had knocked his big ass off of his feet. His wounds bled out but there was no emotion on Monster’s face. He sat up with a low grunt. He looked down at his big shaky hands and grabbed at his chest.

“He’s having an attack, let him ride it out or die. I don’t care. Whichever one it is, he didn’t do what was asked of him after I saved him along with his manhood. I’m here to give you a chance to join forces with me. I’m going to show Impurity that in the end, I got the last laugh.” She smirked evilly.

“Monster is my brother?” I asked out loud, more to myself as a million thoughts roamed through my head.

“He’s my first born, my first heartbreak. Impurity took one look at him and shipped him off when he was just one day old. When Octavio and I were kicked out of Arkville, I used my resources and made my way to Thailand. Monster was a sex slave, held in illegal underage sex brothels. Before he got sold to the brothels, he was trained to fight and assassinate. I thought he would be useful over the years so I made a plan to help him escape. I succeeded and made him promise to help me get to Impurity. It’s been years, and all he does is have these little girl attacks like the one that he’s having now and make excuses to why he can’t get close to Impurity. He tells me that you’re nothing like Impurity, but I find that hard to believe.” Jalissa turned to look over at Monster.

She shook her head in disgust as Monster continued to shake violently. He foamed at the mouth then fell back with a loud thud.

“You betrayed him when he was born, and now you betray him as an adult.”

“You both are just like?—”

“Him? That’s what you think when all three of us came from the both of you! I might be like Impurity, I’ll take that over being like you. Impurity embraces being the villain, he’s never faked nor tried to appear to be anything better than just that. You…you’re a devil in disguise. You manipulate and fuck things up then play victim! You only ever loved Octavio and probably raised him to be just like you…if he’s anything like you, then I don’t even want to see?—”

“He’s better than the both of you!” She shook in anger. Jalissa slowly turned red in the cheeks.

“You will not speak of my son in any ill manner!” She stood up abruptly, knocking her seat down to the floor. Jalissa’s entire calm demeaner evaporated. Her tone was no longer sweet and melodic sounding. Every word dripped with venom.

I rested my gun on top of my oakwood desk, never taking my hand off of it. With my free hand, I picked up my office phone and dialed Mr. Herringbone’s number. Soon as he answered, I got right to what I was calling him for.

“I need Dr. Osby and his team to come and retrieve Monster from my office at ‘Meet Me’. Take him to my house and have them care for his wounds, now!” I slammed the phone down and looked up at Jalissa with the center of my head throbbing.

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