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four

Sitting under the nighttime sky with his fire pit lit in the backyard Adonis relaxes and sips his Hennessy in silence. His three best friends were visiting along with the other man he wasn't too fond of at the moment. The one thing he wasn't going to do was let Jason's presence bother him in his own home, which is why tonight was so important to him.

The strong smell of weed consumed his nostrils as he sits back in his chair letting his brown eyes flutter closed. Having had a line of the powder he sometimes indulged in with his wife along with smoking and drinking he was cross faded and feeling good.

"You said you a chef bro?" Trey ask Jason who was sitting across from him.

"Yeah, been cooking since I was 15."

"Well shit you should whip something up while you here. I'm down to try." Hood responds.

"Oh we know you down my nigga." East chimes in.

"Fuck you." Hood spits as he sips on his drink.

"I can do that, long as it's cool with Don."

Adonis shrugs his shoulders never letting his eyes open. He didn't give a fuck what Jason did because after tonight shit would be different.

"Ever thought about doing something else? Something that'll make you some real money?" East questions his tone mono and serious.

"I'm happy doing what I'm doing now."

"So basically you good with being a broke nigga?"

Jason looks over at East and shakes his head feeling the tension grow between the two of them. Jason was beginning to feel uncomfortable since he was currently outnumbered in the home.

"Money ain't everything. I'm happy with my girl and the money I'm making."

Hood, Trey and East all share a laugh between them. Adonis finally opens his eyes and sits forward in his seat locking his brown eyes on Jason. Anastassia's words replay in his mind from the night before. Honestly Adonis had been patient more patient than he had ever been before. The old him would've walked right out of the guest house and put a bullet right in his head without hesitation. The only thing that was saving him was his son and the love his sister had for him.

"Oh so you happy with my sister?" Adonis ask fiddling with the diamond wedding band on his finger.

"Very happy."

Adonis nods while twisting his lips to the side. Everyone knew Adonis didn't like to be lied to. Him being able to spot a lie before it left your lips was a gift he had developed at a very young age.

"If you so happy with my sister why you tryna fuck my wife?"

Trey chokes on his his drink while East and Hood laugh at his question. Jason chuckles nervously while shaking his head, Adonis doesn't let the glare leave his face. He thought it was cute that Jason assumed he was joking with him when in reality Adonis was dead serious.

"I don't know what you're talking about." Jason finally responds once the laughter dies down around him.

"You don't? So my wife is a liar?" Adonis questions lowly.

"I don't know what she told you but I've never stepped outta line. I only have eyes for Rayn."

"That's a lie." Trey chimes in. "I know at least two other women you been fucking around with since you been with Rayn."

Jason laughs and shakes his head knowing he had been caught. He gulps down the rest of his drink and sits forward in his chair as well, his cool demeanor suddenly disappearing.