Not Quite a White Knight Bk. 02 Pt. 05

In early November she was accepted by my law firm for a position stating January 2 of 2008. She had to pass a medical exam but that was it.

Resha had not seen Reggie for over 6 weeks when they met in early December; Resha had just finished with one of her regulars and was closing out her book of clients. This time Reggie was not so nice, when she said she was leaving the street business he got mad, slapped her a few times, and then hit her with his "pimp stick," leaving some bruises, all while cursing a blue streak at the top of his voice. This occurred in a shopping district during Christmas shopping, so plenty of other people objected loudly and store security folks appeared. Reggie jumped into his car and escaped, but he knew the security people had his plates and video tape of the beating, so he had to make some changes.

Resha went to the hospital, the store insisted. Fortunately no bones were broken plus she got her physical for free. She only spent 2 days in the hospital, the store's insurance paid for it all but she missed her baby. She moved into the Scorpions neighborhood based mainly on the bus-line. As planned she started working for the law firm on January 2 of this year.

Reggie eventually found her, probably one of the girls in her old neighborhood told him to get him off her back. At the law firm he was chased off the grounds by our "security chief" Kurt. He went through LAPD training and was a rookie, but was bounced out on a disability when a minor injury led to a hospital visit where a heart issue was discovered, costing him his job.

Resha's strange and ever-changing hours kept Reggie confused, but finally he followed her to her house. He was trying to force his way in, making noise, which drew the Scorpions. With 4 to 1 odds they showed up looking for a good time beat down. Reggie volunteered by being on their block. He tried to talk his way out and was shown the AK-47, up close and personal in his teeth. That shut him up. The Scorpions said they did not need any competition around. He tried to talk his way out of it again but the audience was not buying it, they were waiting for reinforcements. Four more showed up. Reggie was a guy they could beat up for fun and the cops would not be called. They broke his "pimp stick" over his head - it wasn't the first blow. Then they gave him a serious beating, and even introduced his busted pimp stick to his place where the sun does not shine.

In all it was a perfectly painful beating, Reggie had all kinds of painful bruises but nothing was broken and he only qualified for aspirin as a pain-killer. He spent two weeks in the hospital, got in a fight with some nurses before he could walk, was discharged before he was well, then spent another month at home with an infection, confined by pain to a bed. When he finally got healthy all his girls were gone. So he went looking for Resha. He had forgotten which house she lived in, as they looked alike and maybe his memory was damaged. When he finally figured it out the house was ashes. She had moved. He went back to her job and followed to her new block.

The 49 have enough patrols that he was cautious this time. Resha spotted him snooping around in his "pimp-beamer" car and called me. Then she called the block captain like I told her, she organized a response for Reggie the next time he was back.

That was two days later.

There is an old story about how, when the American indians really wanted to torture brave prisoners for cause, they gave them to their females. Well, 49 does the same, and the 49 females hate pimps with a special passion. When they catch a pimp like Reggie the standard punishment is 3 broken limbs, 2 broken ribs, and a face full of bruises sufficient so both eyes are swollen shut. There may be other injuries below the waist, but I don't need to hear about that. They take the pimp's car (Reggie had a BMW worth $60k), crack every window, dent every piece of sheet metal, and smash all the lights; that way the car won't be stolen. Then they drive the car to the hospital with the pimp in the trunk and walk away.

The hospital desk gets a call a few hours later to see if they found the guy in the trunk. The police take a report but they usually note that the victim is uncooperative. The hospital financial department seizes the car to sell at auction against the unpaid hospital bill; for that reason the 49 women never mess with the engine, drive train, wheels, interior, etc. The state will issue a clean title to the new owner. It is amazing what the 49 Midnight Auto Shop Class finds at auction sometimes.

Reggie walked into the full treatment when he returned on June 11 and took a few steps from his car. He tried to sweet talk one of the women he ran into, and suddenly a crowd appeared. He saw his car was blocked in. When he noticed that some of the women had hammers and other tools he tried to run, they always do when they see they can't talk their way out. But the women brought some real nasty bitches, dobermans and rottweilers, so he got an extra helping of bites when the bitches pulled him down. A hint: dogs don't care what they bite, and they ALL want a bite of of the new chew toy. Eventually the women strolled up. The dogs finally stopped chewing and then Reggie had a real bad day finding out what the hammers were used for. There is a science to breaking selected bones, and they selected.

Resha saw the whole thing through an upstairs window.

Resha came to see me the next day. She originally thought I didn't care about her problem, that I was just blowing her off when I told her to call her block captain. But once the girls did their thing she was amazed.

I pointed out that acting together, the girls were very good at solving their own problems, it was something the gang encouraged that built confidence and ownership in the neighborhood. Clearly, not all gangs were bad in all ways.

Next I asked her if she had a passport. She did, but wondered why. I said that I wanted her to meet somebody, but that it required a degree of trust on her part. We made arrangements for dinner, just dinner with no sex, at my Casa.

Then I called Tango.

(In the next part, Abril is betrayed by her roommate/lovers. They are tempted by half-a-million in gold. It turns into a bad choice for them.)