Allure

17| Allure Me 2

"Uh," Another officer strained out as she hovered her finger over the mouse pad of the laptop. "This is the best we could do," She rotates the laptop so Rashad, Bradley, and Officer Pensly could catch a view.

"Do you recognize this person ma'am?"Officer Pensly asked while pointing to the

Bradley gazed at the zoomed in still frame of the suspect. Absolutely nothing resurfaced in her mind causing her to shake her head now.

Averting over to Rashad, Officer Pensly asked him. "What about you sir?"

Rashad eyed the photo as well. Just like Bradley, he shook his head no as well. "Nah,"

The visual of the person was blurry and hinted to no one. Their face was concealed with a thick charcoal black ski-mask that matched their all black attire. There was absolutely no telling how many other people they brought along to assist thin with vandalizing and destroying Allure since all the other lenses were covered up.

"We're picking up fingerprints now and we'll go from there," Officer Pensly informed them both. "For your safety, we'll keep an officer on standby,"

Bradley had honestly tuned out. Her mind was too busy assessing how long it would take to get Allure back into perfect condition as it was before. She also was thinking how much money it would take to get it done immediately.

"Thank you, we appreciate it," Rashad shook Officer Pensly's hand before he and the other two officers wrapped up and exited the room.

Bradley had snapped back into reality and let out a long deep sigh. Within the exalted breath, Rashad knew there were cries and tear that were about to follow right after it.

He instantly wrapped his arms around Bradley and pulled her into his chest. Her head was buried into his chest where she just let her tears free. Rashad could feel her tears seep through his shirt as her cries rattled his ears. He consoled her by rubbing her back. "I'll help you through this Brad," Rashad assures her as he placed a kiss onto the top of her head. "No matter the cost, no matter the time, I got you,"

Those words were enough to induce more cries out of Bradley. She was glad that she had promised help from Rashad, however she couldn't help but to wish that this never happened in the first place.

After Rashad eased her, Bradley wiped the tears from her bare face. Hand in hand with one another, Bradley led the way to the front of the shop. In all angles, the damage was just horrific. "We have to start cleaning this place up," Bradley spoke in a hush tone. She couldn't muster up any of her strength to speak at a higher octave.

She felt defeated, alone, and lost. Allure was all she had— the first thing she ever had. This shop was her success story and her triumph story, now all of it was brought to the ground. Bradley honestly didn't know when she would recover from the under the belt blow of destroying Allure. It was all too much to take in at once.

Bradley and Rashad were in the middle of rounding up all of the glass that shattered around the place when Posh and Georgia arrived. "Oh my God," They both said under their breath at the sight of Allure.

Allure was their second home. This is where they made their money, but also grew as a family. Bradley made her way over to them, her tears quickly coming into play. She could control her emotions, she was currently all over the place.