Huey and Riley dropped Lillian off at her house before heading to their old home. Finally doing what they should have done so many years ago. They spent the majority of the day pulling off dust covered sheets off of the furniture and unpacking things that were boarded up by strangers after Grandad's death. They spent the day laughing at items that brought back memories of their childhood, be them good or bad.
"Light saber that don't cut," Riley shook his head, tossing the now broken toy over his shoulder.
"Hey, you got to beat Jazmine and Cindy with that thing. Stop complaining,"
Once the house was looking similarly to how it was before, Huey wiped the sweat off of his brow and smiled back at his younger brother, "You think this is a good idea?"
"Shoot man! All my ideas is good ones!" Riley snapped, "You got half an hour fo ya gotsta go get yo baby's momma so get yo ass cleaned up! I'll try to finish up round here,"
"Thanks man,"
"No prob,"
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Jazmine sighed as she stared at herself in her full length mirror, holding up the lovely new red dress that she had just bought. Huey liked red, didn't he? She couldn't remember.
She giggled as she slipped into her black heals and slid in her red earrings. She hardly noticed her daughter standing the doorway of her bedroom looking puzzled.
"Hey Baby," Jazmine smiled.
"I like him, Momma," She muttered, "But is okay if I'm still mad at him?"
Jazmine sighed and walked slowly over to her hurt daughter, dropping into a crouch and touched her face, "Oh darling," Lillian stared up at her with pained eyes. Jazmine's expression was almost identical, "I'm… still mad too. But… I don't think we're mad at him,"
"Who we mad at?"
"That we couldn't tell him about us," She replied thoughtfully, "He's… so miserable with himself right now about all of this. He feels lower than dirt for hurting us even though it really wasn't his fault,"
"I know that," Lillian said, looking at the ground, "But… I'm still mad,"
"Oh baby. You're not mad. You're hurt,"
Lillian burst out into tears and hugged her mother tightly, "I promise, Mommy! If he… if he goes away again… I'll take care of you! I will okay!?"
Jazmine's heart melted and she held onto the single most important thing in her world tightly. She could live without Huey, no matter how much it hurt her, but she couldn't live without her daughter. That was never a question. Lillians little tears dropped on her mother's thin shoulders, trying to find comfort in something she could trust and feel safe with.
"And I'll take care of you,"
"Like to see that happen," a dark voice from behind snapped. A loud bang was heard and Jazmine's eyes dialated. Her body lunged forward and collapsed with not another sound. Lillian back up, so not to be trapped under her mother's life less body.
"Mommy!!"
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AHHH!!!
