Nirvana 2: A Kingston Heights Novel (Nirvana: A Kingston Heights Novel) by Miss Candice

Author:Miss Candice [Candice, Miss]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Miss Candice Presents, LLC.
Published: 2022-10-28T04:00:00+00:00

8

“Hey, y’all!” Aria sang as she strutted into the room with a Coach bag on her shoulder. “What’s wrong with Kadeem? I just walked by him and he didn’t even speak.”

Everyone in the room eyed Aria from her stiletto clad feet to the top of her head. She had come down to the hospital dressed as if she was going on a date. Not only had she dressed to impress, but the Marc Jacobs’ Daisy perfume she wore filled the entire room. She didn’t have on much makeup, but the dramatic eyelashes she wore were full-on glam. And the way she wore her locs tossed over to the side was pretty much glam, too. She was different. Everybody noticed it, and it had nothing to do with what she had on. It was the way she carried herself.

“You look nice,” Phyllis complimented as she eyed her up and down. “Business at Lucky’s sure is picking up, huh?”

“Right,” Maia added. “Lucky’s.”

She was on a roll. Maia was usually quiet and reserved when it came to voicing her opinion about people, but not anymore. She had reached her wit’s end weeks ago. Between Aria’s absence and Kadeem’s bullshit, Maia wasn’t sweet, caring Maia anymore. Not towards them, she wasn’t, at least. She didn’t even have an attitude, she was just tired of other people’s bullshit. Aria had been on her shitlist since she left her the night Juvie was shot. Since then, their relationship had been on a continuous down spiral.

“Dang, Lucky’s paying like that?” Charm asked, eyeing Aria up and down. “People be sleeping on Coach, but I just got an email about that bag last week. It’s new and was around four hundred when I checked the price. You eatin’ out here in lil’ ol’ Kingston, huh?”

Aria nervously smiled and set her bag on the side table before approaching Juvie’s bed. The swelling in his face from fluids had gone down sustainably. Now looking down at him, it was almost as if he was just sleeping, excluding the tube and all.

“Nobody told me what was wrong with Kadeem,” Aria said, changing the subject.

She didn’t want to talk about her. She hated that the only clothes she had at Tonia were new, fancy clothes. She would have thrown on a pair of biker shorts, a tank top, and a pair of thong sandals if she could’ve. Aria knew the heeled sandals and the coral maxi dress would raise a few eyebrows. The entire ride to the hospital, Aria was on pins and needles about seeing her family dressed the way she was. She knew Phyllis would raise a brow and mention Lucky’s again. She planned on telling her mother about her new job, eventually… maybe. Aria didn’t think she had to. Why would she have to? She was grown and out of the house, so she could do what she wanted to do… right? She didn’t owe Phyllis an explanation. She didn’t have to correct or clear anything up, so Maia’s little snide remark held no weight.

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