Is This the Score of a Lifetime — or the Start of a Silent War Between Brothers?
The Bag’s Open
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Sin crouched down, fingers curling around the zipper. As he dragged it open, vacuum-sealed packs of weed peeked through—tightly packed, untouched, an unknown grade.
It was a vault waiting to be cracked open.
He ran his fingers over the plastic, feeling the weight, the density. Stacked too neatly, airtight—this was dealer-level supply, not some corner stash.
Tens of thousands, easy.
Sin grabbed one pack, tossing it lightly in his hands, using his heightened sense of touch to weigh it.
A pound.
He glanced back at the duffle.
Fifteen, maybe more.
“Easy work on mofo ass!” Sin thought, smirking.
Rico grabbed one of the packs, flipping it in his hands, feeling the weight.
"How we doing this?" he signed casually.
Sin shot him a look, then at the pack in his hands. His eyebrows flicked up just slightly—amused, but only a little.
"We? You interpreter." Sin signed back, his expression flat.
Rico grinned, shaking his head. Boyish, playful—like a little brother trying to push buttons.
"Ah, come on. You know I just play."
The crew glanced between the two, silent but watching.
To them, this wasn’t a game. Blood or no blood, splitting profits too much wasn’t happening.
Nobody would cross Rico—he was solid, had always been. But sometimes his easygoing nature, his privilege of being “just the interpreter,” grated on them.
Sin felt it too.
Rico don’t get it. Streets different for deaf. Different for me.
Not enough to cause a problem.
But enough to make them wish he took it more serious.
(To be continued…)
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About The Silent Mob:
A crime thriller about Sin, a deaf hustler who turns his so-called weakness into an untouchable advantage—until his silence becomes his greatest flaw. Based in NYC’s Lower East Side, this novel explores the fine line between power and overconfidence. Coming soon.
These criminals are extremely sensitive, don't play games. I like the way you point out the everyone is watching and assessing everyone else.