basically fucked. ( bellamy. )
‘ alright, man, whatever. ‘
bellamy’s attempt at just giving the guy the money had obviously
failed, and he was struggling to keep up his casual tone. he cleared
his pockets, all of them, and onto the ground went a pack of gum, a
baggie of weed just big enough for a joint, his keys, and his wallet.
bellamy wasn’t super concerned about any of it. his wallet only held
his license, a gift card to a frozen yogurt shop, five dollars, and his
organ donor card.
‘ i tried to give you the money, man. like what the fuck is your
problem? i’m leaving town tomorrow anyways. it’s, like, five
hundred dollars. i dunno about you, but that’s not exactly a
lot of money to me. ‘
normally, five hundred was a lot for bellamy. he had killed guys for
less. but now, it was nothing. he tried to sound tough, but his eyes
never met the man’s and his hands shook at his sides. he wasn’t very
good at being brave.
“It really isn’t a lot of money, you’re right. But look, shitbird. How the fuck would you react to losing a job, to some little shithead who’s what, you’re what, fifteen right? Alright, let’s say you’re all set up, all geared up to do a job for somebody. Then some five year old asshole, from out of town no less, comes along, takes the job, replaces you.”
And that’s really what it’s about, isn’t it? Andrew cared about money, God he loved the fucking stuff, it gave him power over others, but so did a lot of things. Doing a job for somebody, gave him a certain amount of power too, he does good by them, and they owe him.
“That’s just, that’s just not okay, is it? You might think you’re brave, but you just emptied your pockets for a guy who hasn’t even shown that he’s got a weapon. For all you fucking know, I’m empty handed here, you’ve got all the fucking cards. You could’ve had a knife, you could’ve had a gun. Hell, you still might.”
It was a thought that’d crossed his mind, the kid could have half a dozen knives tucked away in his jeans, Hell, being that it was Los Santos, it wouldn’t surprise him to find that the kid had a grenade on him. But they didn’t stay too long, nah, those were rational thoughts, thoughts that’d keep a fully functional person from verbally assaulting a ( was he even a criminal, or just a juvenile delinquent? ) criminal.
“But even with all that, you wouldn’t let somebody steal your job, would you? Wouldn’t let them replace you? Or shit, maybe you are worthless, maybe you want to be replaced. You don’t give a shit about your possessions, so why would you give a shit about yourself?” ( not everybody thinks like you do, Andrew. but maybe you’ll still get a reaction out of him, you don’t even know him, but that doesn’t matter, does it? as long as you can get a reaction, assert some control. assert dominance over somebody who’s replacing you, to make yourself sure you’re valuable. )