Southern Comfort by La Jill Hunt

Author:La Jill Hunt
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: La Jill Hunt

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“What kind of business did Aaron have wit Dax?” Sydni asked him.

Darrius nearly fell out of the chair. He didn’t hear her come in the room. It had taken a lot for her to come in there. She hadn’t been in her brother’s room since he died.

“Wha-what?” he said, catching himself on Aaron’s desk.

“You said Aaron had to meet Dax and take care of some business. What business?” Sydni looked him in the eye and waited for him to answer her.

“He . . . Dax . . . look, it’s not important,” he told her. Darrius knew she wanted the truth, but he didn’t want to tell her the full details.

“Tell me, dammit! What business?” Sydni demanded. She knew that Aaron didn’t hang out with Dax that often. He was on a whole nother level and Aaron didn’t really associate with him outside of general conversation when they ran into each other. She could not figure out why the hell he had even gone to a fucking strip club. Sydni had always believed it had something to do with Darrius.

“He had gotten his refund check from school and he had a little money that he had saved,” Darrius told her. He fought the urge to lie and decided that Sydni needed to know the truth. He had told her this much and there was no sense in stopping now.

“And? What did that have to do with Dax? Was Aaron trying to buy some drugs or something? I know that’s a lie, because my brother never put a drop of liquor in his body, let alone anything else. Don’t even try to feed me some bullshit story like that. Are you sure it wasn’t you that had the business with Dax?”

This was the Sydni that Darrius was used to, the bitch with attitude who knew everything. His eyes matched her stare and he made sure they were face to face.

“No, it was Aaron’s business,” he said slowly.

“What was it?”

“He wanted Dax to flip the money so he could give it to you.”

“That’s a lie!” Sydni shook her head. She knew Darrius was making it up. There was no way Aaron was killed because of her.

“He wanted to get the money so you could go back home,” Darrius responded. Sydni felt as if someone was sitting on her chest and she fell onto Aaron’s bed. He was dead because of her. All because she wanted to get the fuck away from New York.

Darrius got up and walked over to the bed. He reached for Sydni and pulled her into his arms. She tried to pull away from him but he refused to let her go. As she buried herself into his chest, he clicked the remote on the stereo, knowing what disc was already inside. The sound of Destiny’s Child filled the room as Beyonce crooned out “Dangerously in Love.”

Sydni heard the song and could not help smiling. It was Aaron’s favorite. He often joked that Beyonce was his future wife and she was going to serenade him with this song at their wedding.

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