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JJE01 You Have Been Judged/06

Dealt in personal security for the rich and famous, even if the current clientele were neither rich nor famous. The large man looked out of dark brown eyes from beneath a heavy brow. He had caramel-colored skin with jet black hair, all of which came from a melting pot of ethnic influence—exotic beauty in a seductive man-candy package. He was the hired muscle, to protect Rivka, assuming he could get hired. Nicknamed Red. Considered his capabilities to be in the "A" class quality. Nicknamed Red.

JJE01 You Have Been Judged/09

“What motivates you, Red?” Rivka asked while reviewing the case file. “A good workout. The hot dancers at an All Guns Blazing bar. The usual stuff.” “That’s not what I mean.” “What is your motivation to do what you do? You know, be a bodyguard?” “All my life I’ve been keeping people safe. I knew I wasn’t smart enough to be a leader, but I’m smart enough to know that they can’t do it alone. As a child, I was bigger and faster. That has value. I sold my services way back then and protected whoever could pay, bullies or bullied alike. Didn’t matter to me.” “You’ve been a bodyguard your whole life? I guess it’s true that sometimes a profession chooses you and not the other way around. If you don’t mind me getting personal, what happened to all the money you’ve made along the way?” “I do mind. I’m not a gambler or a big drinker, but it went somewhere that mattered to me.” Red glanced at her from the corner of his eye. He didn’t want to share that he had used his money to bail his mother out of a series of bad debts, and then she had died as soon as she was free. The whole affair had left him bitter, and the last thing he wanted was to talk about it.

JJE01 You Have Been Judged/15

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