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Justice And Desire

Urban · Jenival_Enyia

Steel bars kept me caged like an animal while pieces of stale bread were thrown at me once a day. There was no need for them to bring me water. Every few hours, someone would come and hose me, the hard pulse of icy water slamming against my naked skin with such force, it felt like a thousand needles pierced my flesh. Afterward, I would lick the water from the cement floor while my body shuddered from the cold.

Justice And Desire

Urban · Jenival_Enyia

I wanted to smile. Her naivety was beautiful, and I was envious of that. There was nothing I wouldn't have done to not know a world as dark as ours. To walk in the light, and to carry the kind of happiness this woman unknowingly emitted to a hopeless, lonely, lost soul like me. And the longer I looked at her, the more I wished I had just a speck of the happiness she had in abundance. It had been so long since I allowed myself to want anything, to desire anything good, my emotions got the better of me. And it was only when the seemingly kind lady wiped a tear from my cheek.

Justice And Desire

Urban · Jenival_Enyia

James looked my way. "Some guy I know knows a guy, who knows a guy, who—"

Justice And Desire

Urban · Jenival_Enyia

I picked up my drink and walked over to the window. From this side of the house, you could see the part of the garden Vanessa had converted into a little mini-playpark. Layla and Luca were there, playing by the swings. So much had changed within our family. Vanessa getting engaged to a now ex-cop. Daniel has a son and a soon-to-be wife. My father's death. It felt like everyone was evolving, and changing. But we seemed closer now than ever before. All of them, my entire family deserved safety and security. They deserved a leader who could give them that, who would put his own life on the line to protect every one of them.

Justice And Desire

Urban · Jenival_Enyia

"Just keep reminding yourself why you're doing this. You're doing this because we need answers, and right now she's the only one who can give them to us."

Justice And Desire

Urban · Jenival_Enyia

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Justice And Desire

Urban · Jenival_Enyia