{"id":498,"date":"2019-08-01T12:04:36","date_gmt":"2019-08-01T16:04:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/preshrodgers.com\/authorbellajay\/?p=498"},"modified":"2022-12-10T12:57:03","modified_gmt":"2022-12-10T17:57:03","slug":"power-sneak-peek-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/preshrodgers.com\/authorbellajay\/power-sneak-peek-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Power | Sneak Peek #2"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"498\" class=\"elementor elementor-498\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-47bcb8f elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"47bcb8f\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-74a6d33\" data-id=\"74a6d33\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-041ce48 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"041ce48\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" height=\"600\" width=\"600\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/preshrodgers.com\/authorbellajay\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Amare-Quote-_-5.1.png?resize=600%2C600&#038;ssl=1\" title=\"Amare Quote _ 5.1\" alt=\"Amare Quote _ 5.1\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3df14b9 elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"3df14b9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6ae4bea elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"6ae4bea\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Amare<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b2df4d0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"b2df4d0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div data-blogger-escaped-style=\"font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; text-indent: 18px;\"><p><span style=\"font-family: inherit;\" data-blogger-escaped-style=\"font-family: inherit;\">Jareem\u2019s scowl deepened the moment he saw me.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><\/div><div data-blogger-escaped-style=\"font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; text-indent: 18px;\"><span style=\"font-family: inherit; font-size: 16px;\">\u201cWhat the fuck you doing here?\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/div><div data-blogger-escaped-style=\"font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; text-indent: 18px;\">\u00a0<\/div><div data-blogger-escaped-style=\"font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; text-indent: 18px;\"><span style=\"font-family: inherit; font-size: 16px;\">\u201cWhat you mean?\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/div><div data-blogger-escaped-style=\"font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; text-indent: 18px;\">\u00a0<\/div><div data-blogger-escaped-style=\"font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; text-indent: 18px;\"><span style=\"font-family: inherit; font-size: 16px;\">\u201cI thought you got locked up since you didn\u2019t come back.\u201d<\/span><\/div><div data-blogger-escaped-style=\"font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; text-indent: 18px;\">\u00a0<\/div><div data-blogger-escaped-style=\"font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; text-indent: 18px;\"><p><span style=\"font-family: inherit;\" data-blogger-escaped-style=\"font-family: inherit;\">\u201cI got arrested. I didn\u2019t get booked.\u201d Confusion crossed his face. \u201cI can see you aren\u2019t too happy about that.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p><\/div><div data-blogger-escaped-style=\"font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; text-indent: 18px;\"><span style=\"font-family: inherit; font-size: 16px;\">\u201cCan\u2019t say I am.\u201d He eyed me up and down. \u201cHow the fuck you didn\u2019t get charged? You snitched?\u201d He stood.\u00a0<\/span><\/div><div data-blogger-escaped-style=\"font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; text-indent: 18px;\">\u00a0<\/div><div data-blogger-escaped-style=\"font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; text-indent: 18px;\"><p><span style=\"font-family: inherit;\" data-blogger-escaped-style=\"font-family: inherit;\">\u201cAin\u2019t nobody snitch. The fuck sense would that make?\u201d I snarled at him. \u201cI don\u2019t know why I wasn\u2019t charged but I ain\u2019t about to ask questions.\u201d Not trying to take the conversation any further, I changed the subject.\u00a0 \u201cI\u2019m here to get my things and my cut so I can get on with my life.\u201d<\/span><\/p><\/div><div data-blogger-escaped-style=\"font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; text-indent: 18px;\"><span style=\"font-family: inherit; font-size: 16px;\">\u201cYour cut?\u201d he chortled. \u201cYour cut of what? The job wasn\u2019t successful.\u201d<\/span><\/div><div data-blogger-escaped-style=\"font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; text-indent: 18px;\">\u00a0<\/div><div data-blogger-escaped-style=\"font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; text-indent: 18px;\"><p><span style=\"font-family: inherit;\" data-blogger-escaped-style=\"font-family: inherit;\">I knitted my brows together as if I had no idea what he was talking about. \u201cWhat you mean it wasn\u2019t successful? You got what we went in there for. I almost lost my freedom again because of it. I want my money and then I\u2019m done with the Magicians and anything associated with TSE.\u201d It sounded good but the one thing I wanted to reacquaint myself with was Jolee. If for nothing more than to get answers to the questions swirling around in my head. I had a lot after sitting in that cell.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><\/div><div data-blogger-escaped-style=\"font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; text-indent: 18px;\"><span style=\"font-family: inherit; font-size: 16px;\">Jareem approached me. He was taller and slightly bigger than me but he didn\u2019t intimidate me in the least. I had been defending myself most of my life and fighting came natural. \u201cLike I fucking<\/span><span style=\"font-family: inherit; font-size: 16px;\">\u00a0said, the job wasn\u2019t successful, and it\u2019s all your damn fault.\u00a0 If you think you can walk away, you\u2019re mistaken. Thanks to whatever the hell you fucked up on, I had to rush up out of there so quick I dropped the gemstone. Unless your stupid ass picked it up, it was a fail.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/div><div data-blogger-escaped-style=\"font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; text-indent: 18px;\">\u00a0<\/div><div data-blogger-escaped-style=\"font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; text-indent: 18px;\"><p><span style=\"font-family: inherit;\" data-blogger-escaped-style=\"font-family: inherit;\">\u201cMy fault? I did what I was supposed to do. If you hadn\u2019t been so thirsty to grab it, then we wouldn\u2019t have been in that predicament. And if you dropped it that has nothing to do with me. You fucked up.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p><\/div><div data-blogger-escaped-style=\"font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; text-indent: 18px;\"><span style=\"font-family: inherit; font-size: 16px;\">\u201cFuck all that!\u201d He stormed away from me. \u201cIf you were as good as you claimed, none of that would have happened. You want out? That sounds like a personal problem because your debt isn\u2019t paid until I say so. If you gotta issue with that, you know what\u2019s coming. Try me.\u201d I didn\u2019t say anything as my face harden. \u201cI\u2019ll text you your next job. Fuck up on this one and that\u2019s your life or Auztin\u2019s.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/div><div data-blogger-escaped-style=\"font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; text-indent: 18px;\">\u00a0<\/div><div data-blogger-escaped-style=\"font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; text-indent: 18px;\"><p><span style=\"font-family: inherit;\" data-blogger-escaped-style=\"font-family: inherit;\">I pressed down so hard on my teeth I thought my jaw would explode. I was helpless. 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