In Love With An Assassin 2: A Good Girl Gone Bad

By Michael Linen

This is an urban action-thriller about an assassin name Da'Quan Jackson, whose girlfriend Latasha Grant has murdered her own father. Not only does Quan stand beside and supports her, but he also helps her cover up the killing. He understands why she did it, and what drove her to do it. He understands the hurt and pain that her father has caused her and her brother. He wants to comfort her, console her, and be an ear for Tasha to release some of the feelings and emotions that he believes is being held inside of her. But Latasha keeps avoiding talking about the issue. Her boyfriend begins to worry that holding everything inside and not talking about it will eat away at her inside.

Just as Da'Quan feared, his girlfriend was changing. Once a beautiful, sweet, innocent, precious angel, Latasha Grant was beginning to have a very bad attitude towards everyone. She was becoming disrespectful to all of those who mattered to her. And not only was she hanging out with the wrong people, but she was also getting involved in activities that were out of character for her. Activities that was going to eventually get her thrown in jail, if not killed.

Quan did not like what he was seeing in his girlfriend. She was becoming cold, she was becoming evil, she was becoming devious, and no longer seemed to have a heart, a conscious, or a soul. Da'Quan Jackson's girlfriend Latasha Grant was becoming who and what he was. Which is a ruthless, cunning, ugly monster, who didn't give a damn about anyone or anything.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Michael Linen
• Release date: Feb 13, 2016
• ISBN: 9781311635204

Michael Linen

My name is Michael, but those who know me affectionately call me "Smoove". I was born in New York City, and mainly grew up in the Bronx. Throughout my school years, all of my English teachers were very impressed with my writing skills and abilities. They would always tell me that I should pursue a career in writing. They said that I had a unique way of touching many feelings and emotions thru my writing. Of course, I tried to pursue everything but that. Unfortunately, it took going thru a bout with cancer, and having all of my friends at that time turn their backs on me during that very difficult period, did I need a outlet to channel the frustration, anger, and disappointment that I felt. For me, it has always been thru what I know best. Writing!!! Like a recording artist in front of a microphone, or a actor in front of the cameras. When I'm writing, that becomes my stage and my platform to create and perform.There's a intense passion and fire that burns inside of me when it comes to relationship, love, making love, and sex. So my future stories will range from intense urban love and romance stories for those who like it tame. And for those who like it steamy, scandalous and spicy hot, you can checkout my urban erotic stories under the series title "A Quietstorm Erotic Tale". While my erotic stories will be very compelling, they will also be sexually explicit. Follow me on Twitter and Facebook, and checkout my blog. Help support this author, and spread the word about my books to your friends and family.If I had to sum up myself in just a few sentences, I would say that I'm a pretty cool person to know. Always calm, cool, collected, peaceful, and love to have fun. Although I'm one who values my privacy, I am a people's person. I love diversity. I love meeting people from all walks of life. I'm a person who knows what he wants, and does not settle for less. If someone cannot accept me for me, than it truly is their lost. And when it comes to relationships, friendships, or business relations, there has to be what I call T. L. R. If there is no TRUST, LOYALTY, and RESPECT... Then we have absolutely nothing to talk about. I'm one of the kindest person you could ever meet. But words to the wise... Never, ever mistake my kindness for weakness, because you will find out that there definitely can be another side. But as long as you are cool with me, then I'm cool with you!!!PEACE, LOVE & RESPECT!!!

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In Love With An Assassin 2: A Good Girl Gone Bad

By Michael Linen

Copyright 2016 Michael Linen

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(WARNING: This book was written for mature adults 18 years old and older! It contains adult content, violence, strong adult language, and some sexual descriptions. Readers are advised!)

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Introduction

Chapter 1: The Choice Made

Chapter 2: Just Can't Walk Away

Chapter 3: Her Request

Chapter 4: Against My Wishes

Chapter 5: A Best Friend's Confrontation

Chapter 6: Back To Work

Chapter 7: The Talk

Chapter 8: My Suspicions Confirmed

Chapter 9: A Family's Concern

Chapter 10: The Return Of Latasha

Chapter 11: A Difficult Contract Request

Chapter 12: The Necessary Hit

Chapter 13: Consoling Tameka

Chapter 14: Conversation With A Foe

Chapter 15: In Search Of Tasha

Chapter 16: Another Talk

Chapter 17: The Effects

Chapter 18: Her Gunfire

Chapter 19: Losing Her

Chapter 20: A Job Interrupted

Chapter 21: A Good Girl Gone Bad

Acknowledgement

About The Author

Other Books Written by Michael Linen

Introduction

Over 6 months had now gone by since Latasha Grant killed her own father. Not only had her boyfriend Da'Quan Jackson stood by her side, but he also helped her cover up the murder. He wasn't going to sit in judgment of his girlfriend, because he understood why she did what she did, and what drove her to it. He understood the hurt and the pain that her father had caused both she and her brother. He understood that it must have been eating her up inside. Besides Quan and Danny Nachello, no one else was ever going to know about what Tasha had done. No one else was ever going to find out that she had killed her own father. There was, however, one thing that her boyfriend was worried and concerned about. The fact that it had been over 6 months since she had killed her father, and she had not discussed one word about it with him. He was worried that if she held it in for too long and didn't release some of the strong feelings and emotions that she had to be feeling, that it was going to eat away at her inside. Her boyfriend wanted to be an ear for her to release and vent some of those feelings and emotions, but she didn't.

This is the story of an assassin name Da'Quan Jackson, whose girlfriend Latasha Grant has killed her own father. Da'Quan wants nothing but to be a support system for Tasha. He wants to comfort her, console her, and be an ear for her to release some of the hurt, pain, feelings, and emotions that he believes is being held inside by her. But Latasha keeps avoiding talking about the issue. And just as Quan feared, holding what she had done to her father inside was changing her. Once a sweet, innocent, precious angel, Tasha was beginning to have a bad attitude towards everyone. She was becoming disrespectful to all of those who matters to her. Latasha not only was hanging out with the wrong people, but she also starts getting involved in activities that are out of her character. Activities that will end up getting her thrown in jail, if not kill. She begins going down the wrong path and road. Will her boyfriend Da'Quan be able to get her back on the right path and road? Will anyone be able to get her back on the right path and road? Or is it too late?

Chapter 1

The Choice Made

It was a warm, spring day on a Thursday afternoon as I sat back in my recliner lost deep in my thoughts. Six months had now gone by since the situation with Latasha Grant's father George Hopkins. Although I wanted to eventually just get pass it all and leave it in the past, it just kind of sat there stuck in my head. I think it was because of Tasha's reaction to it. Or should I say her lack of reaction to it. I mean... It could have just been her reaction to it for the moment. But just knowing the kind of caring person that she was, I just thought that maybe she would have wanted or needed to talk about it with me. But it was almost like she just didn't seem to have a problem with what had just taken place 6 months ago, or just didn't give a fuck. In fact, she didn't seem to be bothered by it in the least. Yes, her father was a scumbag, and I wouldn't even question if he deserved what he got from his daughter. But I just thought that because he was her father, that maybe she would have needed to clear her head and her conscious about what she had done. But there was just nothing from her about the situation. In fact, since it all happened 6 months ago she has not even mention one word about it. It was like it never even happened. At least that was how it appeared to me as far as my girlfriend was concerned. I myself just wanted to make sure that it was not something that was eating away at her inside. That was my biggest concern. Not knowing if it was affecting her negatively inside. I mean, if it was that she just didn't want to talk about it, I could respect that. But I just had the feeling that there was a reason why she had no reaction to it, and I wasn't sure if that reason was good for her.

Regardless of whether Latasha and I eventually talked about her taking out her father, the one thing that was for sure... Besides my friend and mentor Danny Nachello, it was something that was going to forever remain between me and her. I trusted Danny with my life, and knew that he would never say anything to anyone. Tasha herself knew how loyal and trusted he was, and knew that her secret would be safe with him as well. So neither one of us had a problem with him being aware of what had taken place that night 6 months ago. The night that George Hopkins got probably what he deserved. At least as far as his daughter was concerned.

Thanks to me, the police did not have a clue as to what Mr. Hopkins murder was all about. I used my skills and tactics that I had learned as an assassin over the last 10 years to help cover up the slaying of Tash's father. I made it look as though he was stealing money from some of the investors, and might have stolen from the wrong one. Or maybe that someone was aware that he had a lot of money on him, and was attempting to rob him. Either way, as I usually did and was very good at, nothing was going to point or lead back to us. The police were probably going to have a few people that they might consider suspects, but Da'Quan Jackson and Latasha Danielle Grant weren't going to be among those people considered a suspect. I cleaned up the scene and set it up as only I knew how. I was one-hundred percent sure that neither me or my girlfriend was ever going to be question about Hopkins' murder, let alone suspected for it. The police had absolutely no reasons to suspect us. He hadn't been a part of his daughter's life for a long time, and they didn't know anything about me. I had no ties to the man whatsoever. Which was exactly the way that Big Lou and his organization wanted it to be.

As for Big Lou and his crime syndicate organization, they were very pleased with my handling of taking care of George Hopkins. Although the actual fact to the matter was that, it was his own daughter who had taken him out. But to me it didn't matter, because they got exactly what they wanted. Which was for his ass to take that eternal dirt nap. So my business with them was now closed, and life for me as an assassin was now going to move forward. Big Lou offered that if I would like to become a regular, or even do spot jobs for them, that he could arrange for it. But I was pretty much a one-man show and did my own thing. I had never put myself in a position where I had ties to anyone. I especially didn't want to have ties to them, and have them threatening me that if I didn't do things their way, my ass would be taking an eternal dirt nap of my own. So I didn't want to have that kind of tie to anyone. I just wanted to remain an independent contractor. I didn't want to get mixed up in anything like belonging to a crime syndicate organization. In fact, this was my first time ever doing a job for one. I had done jobs for rival gangs a few times in the past, but nothing at all like working for a crime syndicate organization. It was a different kind of experience for me. I couldn't say for sure that I wouldn't ever do a job for a crime organization ever again, because the money was just too good. But it was an experience that I wasn't at all too thrill with getting myself involved with again. But again, if the money was right... You never know!

As for Latasha and I as far as our relationship went, I would be absolutely lying if I was to say that I could foresee this one coming, because I didn't. After the way that she had read my ass out when I confessed to her about who I was and what I did, and to have her slap and spit in my face the way that she did... I thought that we were history. Finish! Done! But strangely enough, the main thing that I was so worried about after developing feelings and emotions for her... The main thing that worried me to the point that I could not sleep, eat, concentrate, or focus at times after I had fallen in love with her had now turned out not to be an issue. Yes, when she first found out about who I was and what I did for a living, oh there definitely was a reaction. A very strong reaction! But over the last 6 months my girlfriend has now accepted me. Call it crazy or whatever you want... But she has accepted me for who I am. A couple of weeks after she had killed her father, she allowed me the opportunity to open up to her and tell her everything. I told her about everything that I had done, how I did it, and why I did it. I told her about how many people I had killed, and in what ways I had done it. I told her about how it all started, and about the rage that simmered inside of me that drove me to do it. But I also told her about how since meeting her, how it had changed me. Yes, I still killed people for a living, but it was now just what I did for a living. There was no longer any rage that simmered inside of me that drove me to do it. It was now just a job to me, what I did, and how I made my money.

Make no mistake about it, Latasha didn't just say... Okay, I forgive everything that you have ever done! She thought long and hard about it, and I know that it weighed on her conscious very heavily at times. In fact, there was a period of a few weeks in which she was very angry, and very disgusted with me. And she didn't talk to me because of what I did for a living, and because of all the people that I had killed simply to earn my money. But I was just so deeply in her heart, in her mind, and in her soul, that she just could not walk away. She just could not walk away from the love, feelings and emotions that she had for me. So eventually she had come to terms with herself and decided to follow her heart and accepted me as the man in her life, and as her partner in life. To be completely honest... I just couldn't believe it myself. In fact, I still can't! I still can't believe that she has accepted that I was a paid-for-hire hit-man. I still can't believe that she has accepted that I'm an assassin, and that I kill people for a living. I guess it really is like they say. Love can sometimes make you do some strange and insane shit! I mean, even I have to admit... If I was her father and she had brought someone like me home... I probably would have put a bullet in his ass before he had a chance to get out of my house.

Although Latasha was very pissed off at me when I had no choice but to confess to her about who I was, and what I did, very much to my surprise she had not told her mother about my background. To her mother Tameka Grant, I was still thought of as the caring, understanding, and loving gentleman that she felt I was. To her, I was still a Godsend who not only respected her and loved her daughter, but who was also the man who had gotten her son Gerald to come out of the 10 years of silence that he had been in. Part of me was very grateful that Tasha had not given me away as to who I really was to her mother, because I really did like her mom, and I wanted her to like me. But there was a part of me that felt a lot of guilt. Especially when I would hear Tameka refer to me as a Godsend. Because I was very far from that. In fact, if someone was to refer to me as evil, the devil, or even a monster for what I had done over the last 10 years, and for all the lives that I had taken, I just had no argument or defense against it. Because they would have been absolutely right. All of those words would have described me exactly. Make no mistake... My love for Latasha Danielle Grant was real and genuine. My care and concern for her mother and her brother was real and genuine. But I was evil and I was a monster. No, I would not harm any of them. But if someone came to me and wanted to contract me to kill one of their friends or associates... If they had the money to pay for the contract, I would take their asses out tomorrow if that was the request.

As far as the relationship with me and Tash's mother Tameka, she absolutely loved me. After seeing and witnessing the love, care, and concern that I have for her daughter over the last 6 months, she treats me as though I was her son-in-law. And I respect her as if she was my mother-in-law. We both have even gone out and hung out a few times together. Whenever someone who knows who I am and what I do see us together, they give us that... Miss, do you know who you're walking next to? look. But I give them that... Mother-fucker... Unless you want to catch a fucking bullet in the head, keep it moving! look. Since meeting me, Meka has gotten the utmost respect when she walks down the street or goes out in public with me. The only thing is... She has absolutely no clue as to why. She doesn't know it's because of me, and who I am. She doesn't know that it's because everyone knows better than to fuck with, or disrespect anyone who is associated with me.

Although he still has a ways to go before anyone could actually say that he's back to his old self, Latasha's brother Gerald's condition is continuing to improve with time. And a lot like Tash and her mother, the doctors believe that I'm a big part of the reason as to why. They feel that he has taken such a liking to me, and that he has a lot of trust in me, that it's assisting in his recovery. They now are very optimistic that he will make a full and complete recovery. And that he will eventually live a normal life as a normal young man. Outside of my friend and mentor Danny Nachello and my girlfriend Latasha, I haven't, nor want anyone else to become very close to me, or even consider them a friend. But because I know how much Tash's brother means to her, I have tried to develop a relationship with him. I have hung out and taken him to several different events at times. But again, the only ones that I allow to get close to me and consider trusted friends are Tasha and Danny.

As for where my relation with Danny Nachello now stood, it was at its highest height. Even though I now considered Latasha my girlfriend my best friend, and my partner in life... It was actually Danny Nachello who I trusted even a little more than I did her. Danny and I had a connection and understanding with one another that no one else could even begin to understand or comprehend. Not only did I now considered him the one person that I trusted more than anyone in the world, but he has taken me under his wings and has become a mentor and a father figure to me. He looks out for me and always has my best interest at hand. He understands who I am and what I'm about, because we both are similar in many ways. He guides me when I need guidance, and he gives me advice when I need advice. He knows and understands that who I am and what I do for a living is not morally right. But being in the same position himself when he was much younger, he understands the situation and can relate. He understood that I was who I was, and that was all there is to it. Either you got involved with me or you didn't. However, his only thing was that, he just wanted me to give people the choice and the opportunity to decide for themselves if they wanted to have me in their life knowing who I was, and what I did.

I knew that there were those who were frowning down on me and Latasha getting involved with one another. But Danny himself was actually very happy for us that we were able to work things out and come together as a couple. He just felt that there was something very special there. He felt that the connection that was needed for a relationship to be called special was obviously present between me and Tash. And it was just like he had said and explained to me. It took a certain kind of woman to be able to, not necessary accept what I did... But to be able to look beyond it. I mean, even Danny himself wasn't sure that Tasha would have been able to accept me, just because of who she was. But the one thing that he wanted me to do was to give her the choice. He didn't want me to try and force, trick, or manipulate her into accepting who I was and what I did, but to be honest with her, tell her the truth, and allow her to choose if she wanted to take the chance of having someone like me in her life. He was absolutely right.

And then of course there was Latasha's best friend La'Keisha Torres. I couldn't say what she hated more. The sight of me, or the fact that her best friend had decided to overlook everything about me, which included who I was, what I did for a living, and the fact that I had killed so many, mainly just for the sake of getting paid. Keisha was just so incensed when she learned that Tasha and I were back together, that the two almost came to blows over the situation. She kept trying to convince my girlfriend what a mistake she was making by allowing herself to get involved with me again. But Tash didn't want to hear any of it. I was just too deep in her soul, in her thoughts, and in her heart. She just could not fight what she felt for me. The one thing that I did not want to do in the beginning was to come between the two best friends. I did not want to be the reason why their friendship ended. But at this point, I just didn't give a fuck about it anymore. In fact, I was actually hoping that one day it did. I was hoping that one day Latasha would tell La'Keisha to get the fuck out of her life. Because I knew that as long as she was in the picture, there wasn't ever going to be peace in our relationship, because that bitch was going to continue to try and persuade Tash to leave me. And there was a fear in me that in a moment of weakness, or in a moment when we weren't quite seeing eye-to-eye, that she would.

Besides just feeling that I was a no good killer, La'Keisha also feared that I was going to change her best friend. That I was going to be a bad influence on her, and make her into the very same monster that she thought I was. And of course, she feared for Tash's safety and life as well. Feeling that every second that she was with me her life would be in danger. But for as pissed off as Keisha was towards Tasha for reuniting with me, she did seem to want to remain loyal to her. Tasha even begged and pleaded with her not to tell her mother about me and my background. Of course, La'Keisha wasn't at all thrilled with the ideal. But so far she hasn't told her mother about me. Of course, I knew that it all was just borrowed time, and that she eventually would. To me it wasn't even about it being right or wrong. I just wanted her to mine her fucking business. Because whether she liked it or not... Latasha had already made her decision to be with me. And like