Chapter 1

*Singing*

I wish the way I was living could stop, serving rocks...

Knowing the cop is hot when I'm on the block, and I...

Wish my brother would have made bail,

So I won't have to travel six hours to see him in jail, and I

Wish that my grandmother wasn't sick

Or that we would just come up on some stacks and hit a lick, and I (I wish)

Wish my homies wouldn't have to suffer....

When the streets get the upper hand on us and we lose a brother, and I

Wish I could go deep in a zone

And lift the spirits of the world with the words within this song, and I (I wish)

Wish I could teach a soul to fly...

Take away the pain out your hands and help you hold them high, and I

Wish God never gave the men power

To be able to hurt the people inside the Twin Towers, and I (I wish)

Wish God would a turned their hearts righteous....

When they started to take innocent lives and become snipers, but uh

We will never break, though they devastate, we shall motivate,

And we gotta pray, all we got is faith.

DONNA

"Wake up woman and start working! I don't have a place for a lazy bone! Put your shit together! There's a customer waiting for your sorry ass. Dare do anything stupid and you'll face my wrath!" She screamed at me as I woke up hurriedly putting on the only piece of cloth I had to cover my little body. Having a customer meant being abused and beaten.

DON WEST...

"Get all your guns and everyone is coming today. Today is a great day. I expect no mistakes. Anyone dares cross me or goes behind my back, I will make sure you, your family, your relatives and anyone you have ever called a friend will never see the daybreak again. Is that understood?" I barked at them and they acknowledged,"yes sir!"

DONNA...

I ran......faster...they were behind me....as fast as my feeble feet could carry me. I'd rather just ran to nowhere than live in that shabby of a foster home. This was the second time I was attempting to run and this time, I had to make it or they would kill me.

DON WEST...

Everything went well. The exchange was just okay but I felt something wasn't right. It was way too smooth. "Everyone! Run! Hide! Cavalo! (Holy crap!)" Someone double crossed me! I muttered under my breath. Gunshots were heard but at last it was all over. I swore to make them pay. Then I headed to my favourite. A place I frequented, my place, my bar. There sat a pretty lady, though she looked frail she was equally beautiful. I had been seeing her for the last six months, with different men. Is she a whore? I asked myself as I continued with my drink.

DONNA...

Well, I'm telling you the story, my story, the story of my life and this means I am alive. They call me, The Destroyer. Welcome aboard!

DONNA

"Give me a shot of whiskey!"

I shout at the waiter who is more than willing to serve me.

That's what they are paid to do, isn't it?

"One day I will make you my fuck mates..."

I swear silently.

I blame it on the whisky... For lusting on the waiter of course..

No, I blame it on my past.

Drowning tots of whisky makes me temporarily forget my past life.

It's the third day in a row, seated at the same corner, in the same bar. I am on a mission....

Suddenly, I notice him seated all alone sipping the exact brand of whiskey I am sipping. The only difference between us....he is sipping from the bottle and I am doing shots.

I eye him for long till our eyes meet....

"Ain't he handsome?"

I think....

Tall, dark and handsome, how I like my men... Sorry fuck mates.

I rise from the seat, in my drunken stupor headed to his table.

I know the right words to spit out to make him swallow the bait.

"Hey handsome... I can see we have the same taste for drinks.. Blended Scotch Whisky."

He eyes me suspiciously, then takes another sip direct from the bottle. I can see his eyes tear up from the harshness of the herb he is taking.

"At least you could have mixed with tonic...."

"Get out of my sight lil bitch! Your opinion doesn't count. Go shove it up your tiny ass!"

He shouts at me, spitting saliva at my face.

I wipe it from my face with my palm.

The guy is probably stressed or playing hard to get....

I don't give up.

I never will.

Until I accomplish my mission...

**************

"Auntie please I want to go to school."

"No school for fools like you Donna! Your place is in this house, making money for me. Disappear you little slut."

Auntie Bree is one heartless woman. She doesn't seem to understand that education is the root to a bright future.... Probably because she has no kids of her own.

I get busy sweeping the house till she shouts my name.

"Donna, go to your bedroom fast, Max is waiting. Make me proud brat..... You know we need the money."

Poor me!

That's the life I spend everyday, every hour. Heartless Bree has converted me into his Automatic Teller Machine.

I need a way out.

I am looking for a way out.

And when I finally do....

Talk of landing from frying pan to fire.

*******

"What would a handsome guy be doing here without company?"

" You never give up, do you?"

" Not when I see a sweet guy drowning his sorrows in alcohol while me, the stress reliever is here! "

I say, as I bite my lower lip, showing him my exposed cleavage seductively... It's a trait I have learnt since time immemorial.

"What do you have offer? Small girl like you. Do you even know ABCD?"

I'm laughing inwardly. At least he is responding positively.

"A lot.... More than you can imagine. Try me!"

Still gulping down his whisky.

"Bring it on!"

"Call me Donna... Donna Brown."

I say while extending my hand to meet his.

"Bruce.... Bruce Bean!"

He says while holding my palm firmly.

"Pleasure..."

"Pleasure...."

He draws a seat for me and signals me to sit next to him. I gladly sit next to him, literally leaning on his side. He is quickly warming up to my advances.

I'm irresistible.

I know it.

They hardly resist me.

Finally, I have someone to help relieve stress... No.... To multiply stress into his pathetic life.

"By the time I am done with you, you will curse the day you met me..."

I swear inwardly.

" I will use you and dump you as I usually do... No big deal"

I can't stop smiling inwardly....