Köhler (Book 9 of the Köhler Series)

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"I thought all I did was get high all of the damn time," Elijah said, turning down a blunt that one of Barkley's older cousins was handing to him. Xerxes and the others couldn't believe their eyes. Eli had finally encountered someone that could out-smoke his ass.

"Mi, know yuh not turning down tha blunt, mon."

"Mi, know that I can't hang with you fools. I got fucking asthma. You're not about to kill me nigga. I know when I have had enough, and I have had enough."

"Surprising, can you see straight? Or do we look like little green aliens?" Xerxes laughed while Elijah smirked, shaking his head. He was getting back to himself every day, but he was still a little off from losing his twin.

"Mel would have loved this. Getting high looking out at the ocean at night while the moon reflected off it. Damn, I tell you, I miss her here with me."

"Whose Mel?" The man asked, making Xerxes realize he wasn't there that night. Ziggy was Berkley's underboss and cousin, but that night his wife was in the hospital in labor, so he had to enlist another man to come with him.

"Our sister...."

"Ahh, sorry about that, mon. Mi don't know how it is to lose a twin but a sibling; Mi know. Mi wish I could tell you it gets better, but Mi can't. Everyone heals at their own pace, yuh know." Ziggy spoke, handing Elijah a cup.

"It's hell, but I'm getting better, and I don't drink. I did enough of that the last few months to not want it anymore. Plus, I never was a big drinker. Always been more of a smoker, but you are making me reconsider that. Then again, I don't think I could live without weed." He said, taking the blunt once more. "What the fuck you are looking at, Ape Nigga!" Elijah yelled over to their dad, staring over at them. Luca replied with his finger causing Ziggy to laugh.

"Mi like your dad and Mi see where your brudda gets his jackass personality. Yuh seems laid back, but I see yuh like to talk shit too. Tell me why your beautiful wife is so quiet over there through? She needs to unwind, enjoy Jamaica and her freedom from her duties as a Donna while she's here." He spoke, pointing at Riley, looking like she was mad about something. Xerxes didn't answer. He didn't have time for his wife stuck up ways. Four days into the trip and she was ready to go back home. She couldn't change if she refused to do this one little thing.

"She's good." He spoke after he quickly got up, making his way inside the bathroom while hoping Riley would come around soon. It was getting on his nerve that everyone was asking him about his wife and her actions. Riley was thirty-something years old and couldn't understand that things couldn't go her way. It was sad, and he had to deal with it, but how could he blame her when it was the way she was raised. Although, he didn't help the situation by following her every demand.

"Mi was wondering when Mi was going to get the chance to see yuh alone." A woman said as Xerxes came from the restroom, causing him to turn to her quickly.

"Excuse me?"

"Boi, yuh heard me. Mi was looking to get yuh by yourself. Without your breddas, friends, and the woman yuh call your wife." The woman spoke, walking up to Xerxes, causing him to look around. It had to be a joke that one of his brothers or the other asked this woman to do, but she was brave as hell following it and coming up on him the way she did.

"I understand you may have an attraction to me or something, but you have the wrong man. I don't cheat, and I'm interested. Go find somebody single, but I doubt you will find someone in my family." He said, turning to walk away when the woman gripped him by his shorts, putting him back. Before he could say anything, her lips were on his, and she was shoving her tongue into his mouth. For a second, X got lost in the kiss or the aggressiveness of it as he grabbed the girl by her hair, forcing her against the wall until he thought about what he was doing and quickly pulled back.