Vexed by Honey

Author:Honey
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Urban Books
Published: 2019-12-15T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Thirty-five

“I knew Jay would not accept your apology, Zachary. She can hold a grudge forever, ya know?” Jill looked at the letter she had written to Jay. Zach had given it to Jay, but she had crumpled it into a ball and had thrown it at him. “She didn’t even bother to read this. It’s a shame, because I meant every word I wrote. I’m truly sorry for betraying her.”

The sound of heavy raindrops pounding the house and the yard filled the den. Jill wondered what Zach was thinking. Did he regret falling in love with her? Had their coming together cost him Jay’s love forever? And would he blame her if that was the case? Jill lifted her head from his chest and stared at him eye to eye. He had been holding her on his lap for several minutes in complete silence.

“Before you even ask, Jill, the answer is no,” Zach said, as if he had read her mind. “I love my sister and I miss her, but I have no regrets.”

* * *

Jay guided her Beamer down the street deep in the hood. She was looking for the address that Fudge, one of Nina’s homeboys, had scribbled on a sheet of paper the other night. In all her years in Atlanta, she had never been to this particular section of town before. There was a liquor store on every damn corner, and the number of abandoned homes outnumbered the occupied ones. Half-naked prostitutes, with big, jiggling asses, were on the stroll in broad daylight, and it seemed perfectly normal. Drug dealers were bold as hell too, making transactions right out in the open. Jay couldn’t believe she had sunk so low, but Zach had started this shit. And she was about to end it.

She spotted the address, but the house was boarded up, like most of the other ones on the block. Vulgar graffiti covered the chipping wood on the front of the abandoned residence.

“I’m overdressed for this neck of the woods,” Jay complained aloud to herself as she climbed out of the Beamer. She shut her car door, then locked all the doors and activated the alarm. She took several steps toward the house and double-checked the number. It was the address, all right. “Where the hell is he?”

Fudge appeared out of thin air and scared the shit out of Jay. She patted her chest and panted for air. He stepped closer to her, his tall, stocky frame decked out in a blue-and-white Adidas sweat suit. Face-to-face, they looked like an odd couple, with Jay sporting a navy pantsuit, a starched white shirt, and a pair of spectator pumps.

“Chill, baby. You’re cool. Let’s hop in your whip and let’s roll out,” Fudge told her.

Jay and Fudge walked to her car side by side. She looked around the forgotten neighborhood. Music was booming from all directions, and the stench of weeks-old trash soured the air. It was hard to believe that only a few blocks away

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