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Aaliyah St Patrick
"They think your mom ran a drug buisness."Davis said as we sat in the chapel.
"Our mother didn't do any of that.Aight? Our father did that was his buisness.He was the boss."Riq said
"Exactly what she said."Davis said
"That's the truth."I said
"What you don't believe her?"Riq asked
"I don't know what to believe Tariq.Your mother didn't tell me she had a history with the feds.Neither did the both of you."He said
"I didn't think it mattered."I said
"That was a local case."Riq said
"Now that Saxe and the feds are involved this is personal."I said
" okay what motivation would Saxe have to target your mother?"He said
"I honestly don't know."I said
"Right. Alright.im going to work the political angle, Aaliyah . But until I can make this all go away, we have to assume that your mother is going to face a jury, which means we need the jury pool to know exactly how dangerous and violent your father was."He said as I looked down.
"Hey, we need you to deliver his eulogy tomorrow and blow his ass up."He said
"With him right there in the ground?"Tariq said
"It's his legacy or your mom's life kid.Get some balls."Davis said to Tariq getting up.
"I'll do it."I said as he smacked his teeth.
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Tariq St Patrick
"Dude!Where you been?"Brayden said catching me as we continued walking.
"I been busy, bro."I said
"Your father's funeral tomorrow right?Do you want me to like come? "he asked
"Fuck no.I mean thanks though."I said
"It's all good. Hey, if you need a hug? Come on bring it in."He said as I looked at him crazy. "No? Okay cool.Cool,cool, cool,cool,cool."He said
"I'm headed this way—
"Dude how much fun was that strip club the other night? I mean I think I gave cabernay my Venmo password, but honestly it was fucking worth it!"He said
"What?Bro you fucking crazy"I said laughing
"I saw you macking on that other chick too man. She was fucking feeling you dog.she moving weight for you?"He asked
"What? fuck no."I said
"Dude it's cool I just...I want to get back in. We were fucking balling out at choate."
"No bro actually. She say she already got someone.There's nothing to get back in on, all right?"I said
"Yeah right.whatever you got going on, you can't do it by yourself. I can help. But hey, uh, my brothers having a party tonight at his frat if you want to hit that. I mean he's a fucking dick but what else is new? "he said
"If you don't fuck with him then why would you go?"I said
"Um, pussy? Why does anyone go anywhere?"He said as my phone buzzed.
"You're right. Damn bro I can't go though I got plans tonight.My fault."I said as zeke texted me.
__________ Aaliyah St Patrick
"You sure you don't want something, Aaliyah Mmm, delightful."Stern asked as I shook my head.
"When I was a student, all we had was Folgers and cocaine."He said as I sat up.
"What are we here to talk about?"I said
"Just like your father, always eager to get right down to business."He said
"I'm nothing like my father."I said
"Fine, fine. I got a distressing call from Davis MacLean today."He said
"He wants me to speak bad about my father at the funeral."I said
"Yes, I gleaned that from his tone, and I have to say,I think it's a terrible idea."He said glancing at my book picking it up.
"Oh, I remember reading Great Expectations back in my Stansfield days. Classic tale about one's moral code being more important than ambition, and that's why it's a story for poor people. The thing about your father, Aaliyah, is that he could never accept that his ambition was his moral code. He thought they were two separate things, so he was always at war with himself."He said
"I never thought of it that way. I never thought of him that way."I said
"Splendid. But that's not all. Your father's image is in need of a little... zhoosh, and his funeral is a wonderful opportunity. Now, you know I'm happy to pay for a send-off worthy of our dearly departed, but the real showstopper would be a glowing eulogy from his Eldest daughter."He said
"Well, MacLean wants me to trash my father to help my mother. You know, I have to do anything to help my mother."I said
"See? Just like James. He was great at looking ahead, but he could never see from above. I know you care about your mother. I do too, of course. But you and I are business partners now, Aaliyah, and the first thing you always have to ask in business is, "How does this benefit me?" James' flailing reputation will be bad for our ventures and for his estate as a whole. I'll be fine either way, of course, but that could be financially devastating to you and your family."He said
