I had totally forgot about this one XD Thanks AND U KNOW THIS for reminding me of this… even if it kinda scared me 0o

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"Huey! Telephone!"

"Ugh! Ahh!" Huey shouted, accidentally slamming the hammer on his own thumb. This caused snickers from the other gentlemen around him. The laughter didn't cease when he stuck his injured appendage into his mouth to try and nourish the sore flesh.

"Looks like Robert never taught you boys how to work,"

"Whachu talkn bout, ol' man?" Riley snapped, "That's Huey who can't do it-cos he gay,"

"Yeah, I'm the gay one," Huey muttered sarcastically as he headed for the ladder, his thumb still stuck between his lips, "Forget that I have a wife and two kids,"

"So did that gay piano dude ya love so much,"

Huey shook his head as he climbed down the large wooden ladder. It had been about a year and a half since Dedrick showed up in the Freeman's lives again. They didn't kick off like best buds or anything, but had kept in relative touch. For being a secret agent, Dedrick was actually really great with kids.

Tom and Huey Jr ran up to their father and shot him with toy guns that didn't fire anything but imaginary sounds, and those were made from the children's mouths.

"Pow! Pow! You dead, Daddy!"

"Yeah Daddy! You dead!"

"Ouch," Huey said nonchalantly, not halting in his walk to his destination. He poked his head inside the door and saw his wife chopping up some vegetables for supper. The phone was off the hook on the counter beside her.

"Hello?"

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"Aye Grandpa!" Tom hollered from the ground, "How much longer!?"

"Not too much longer, son," Dedrick called back. In case you haven't figured it out, yet. The three men were building a tree house for the two boys to play in as they grew up. Huey and Riley secretly always kinda wanted a tree house, so it was no shock (for Riley) when Huey had asked them to help him build it.

"Yo, Dedrick," Riley said, still not used to calling him anything but his first name, "hand me that hammer over there,"

"Sure thing,"

Riley started hammering at the wall of the house that was supported by a large branch that curled upwards. The nail sunk in hard at the mercy of the hammer, bringing a satisfied smirk to Riley's lips.

He had just got the nail in before he heard giggling coming from the street. He looked up and saw two very attractive white women walking by, each had a little dog on a pink leash. They were eyeing him, making his smug grin grow bigger.

Yep. Rich white house wives. Riley loved them. They were half the reason he liked hanging around his brother's neighborhood. Hoes loved handymen and Riley most certainly looked like one in his wife beater, jeans and work gloves.

He gave them an acknowledging nodd and they burst out into a fit of giggles.

Suddenly, a hammer went flying across the sky and smacked the young player in the head. He cursed and looked up only to find his big brother climbing up the ladder again, his usual frown on his face.

"Stop trying to be cool,"

"Why ya gotta mess with a nigga's play, eh!?" Riley smacked.

Huey shook his head and started back to get to work. He looked back up at his father and at Riley. Heh. They looked like they were related.

Huey still harbored some dark feelings for Dedrick. The forgiveness came, with the help of Jazmine, but it was still hard to get over his memories and fears. They never talked about anything too serious. Dedrick was invited to Christmas and Thanksgiving and Kwanzaa. Birthday parties and special occasions. Riley and Huey continued having Sunday dinners. They thought it was important, but never spoke of it.

None of them ever spoke of their hurts or pains. At times it seemed their silence is what united them as a family. They were all living with the pain, even though they couldn't really seen it.

Huey smiled.

Why was pain the only thing binding him to people?

Pain.

It was all he knew, right?

"Daddy! Is it done yet!?"

Another smile.

"Almost, Tom,"

No. Not all he knew.

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Sorry this took so long and im sorry this chapter sucks so much XD

Hope u have closure now