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Chapter Five: Haven't You Heard?
Gossip Ring
'Bystanders recently saw both Freeman brothers alongside mysterious women this past week in Woodcrest, Maryland. Who are these women? Are they good enough for these men? Stay tuned as we gather more info from our watchful eyes...'- Tonya Vasquez, creator of 'Gossip Ring'
Tonya's POV
"Really? What did this girl look like?" I asked my informant. Tonya Vasquez is my name, and I am the hottest queen of gossip in this industry. I get the dirt and dish it out for the public's hungry ears. I started Gossip Ring back in 2020 on November 15, yep, 5 years and going strong. Scandals sells these days, ain't no star out here with clean laundry, especially Huey Freeman. Everyone knows how scandalous Riley gets, which is awesome of course, but Huey is more interesting. I admire his attempt to come off as a righteous man for the public, who knows what he does in behind closed doors. He tries to emulate this perfect picture, but could secretly have a serious drug addiction, or could be gay even! Since his divorce was high school sweet heart Jazmine Du'bois aka HollyWould, this is the first time people spotted him with another woman. I also understand she isn't famous. Ahhh, could she be a golddigger? What is her background? I love this new information! So many stories can be molded from this!
"She's a redbone…natural hair…uhm…she's medium bulid."
"Not fat or anything? And what do you mean natural hair? She has an afro?"
"No, like spiral curls, at least that's what the Tweets are saying, no one took a picture of her, the girl Riley was with fit the same hair description, but she's a little darker than Huey's girl." I tapped my pen on my lip before I scribbled down more gossip angles.
"Alright, thanks Tracy, watch out for these two. Any new information, you know my number."
"Okay." I hung up and called my agent Grayson.
"Gray, ask Huey Freeman to stop by for an interview, and if he declines, which I'm sure he will, ask for HollyWould." I smiled. Delicious drama is sure to churn from this!
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Huey's POV
"Huey, I got a message from Tonya Vasquez's agent Grayson Hemphries, she wants you to appear on her radio syndicated program once you arrive in Los Angeles next week. Do you want to schedule a time?"
"Fuck that bitch. How many times I have to reject her ass before she understands I'll never appear on her show?" I snapped. Tonya…oh my, where do you want me to begin? She is the thorn of my sight, the witch of all witches and is the devil that the other devil goes to when he feels he's not being bastard enough. As you can tell, I think as highly of her as I do of cow dung. She wants to ruin my life with all her gossip trash. She told people I was the one who cheated on Jazmine, she said Riley caught AIDS and was only given 4 months to live, she called Cindy out for dating Caesar, a black man and she was stealing him away from black women, and even reported that she heard I was on steroids, which they actually investigated mind you. She is a bitch and she managed to make me hate her more than Jazmine. None of my circle respects her nor appeared on her stupid show. Fuck her and the hole she came out of. Wow…that was dark of me. I apologize. Had a nigga moment there…
"Hehehe, okay Huey." Haruna Otomo laughed. She was the Asian American wife to my friend DJ Hiro Hitomo. He has helped Caesar on many beats and runs a club in New York, The H Spot. Riley and Caesar support him by hosting their album releases there. She also was the agent of Riley, Cindy and Caesar. See, we don't believe in outsiders. It was always me, Hiro, Haruna, Cindy, and Riley. We keep our circle small, working with what we started with. People think Haruna must be under so much stress to look over so many people at once, but that's how she works. She's at her best when things are hectic; she loves it because it keeps her mind working. She never screws up our financial ends, being she loves math and can scan different papers without breaking a sweat. She has her time to herself of course, but when she's on the clock, she's on the clock. Outsiders in our eyes are untrustworthy and troublesome. We trust Haruna, and no one gets to us without having to answer to her, and if we don't want to do something, she lets them know that.
"How's Hiro?" I asked.
"He is doing really well! Riley's new CD is scheduled out for release July 3rd, so he is excited about the release party. I think Caesar's won't be due until August. He misses you guys."
"Great. We'll all be together again soon enough. "
"So what are you doing in your down time before your Los Angeles Final's match?"
"I'm about to go see my lady friend, since you're so interested." Haruna giggled.
"I'm no where as interested as Tonya. Be careful love, you know how ravenous these people can get."
"Fuck em." I said.
"Right! Haha—Eep! Cindy's on the other line, call ya later."
"Peace." I hung up the phone. I left my hair out in its original form and was wearing a plain black shirt with black jeans. Right when I was about to walk out the door, someone was knocking on it. I already knew it was Riley.
"Hey nigga! Where you going?"
"Sirayah's house, what's up?"
"…Oh…I was just wondering if you had time to talk."
"I didn't give her a set time, c'mon in." I let him in. Riley pulled out his Playstation and began hooking up.
"What the hell are you doing? I thought you wanted to talk?"
"You know I can't just talk to you without playing Mortal Kombat, that shit gay." He pulled out another controller and sat it where I was going to sit.
"Look, I'm flattered you wanna play a game with your ole' big brother but-"
"Stop flattering yourself nigga, no body was looking to play with you." I sighed and sat beside him as we began playing. I was Liu Kang and he was Subzero.
"So, I was wondering about perusing Alice…" he stopped talking after I delivered a 25 hit combo.
"Mmhm."
"I don't think she can handle the negative side of my career, and I'm scared that I might fuck up somehow…" he screamed when he lost, death by me shoving his face into the shredder.
"Nigga you cheatin!" he cried. "I'm being serious damn it!"
"Whose bright idea was it to play in the first place?" I frowned. "Continue." He sighed and we went another round.
"I don't know Huey…I don't think I'm built for relationships…so why I'm a still going after her you know?"
"Selfishness." I gritted my teeth as he gave a 60 hit combo.
"C'mon! I SO blocked that!" I yelled.
"…I think everyone can be selfish." He said as he won the game. My nerves were bad…I opted for another round.
"True…but you shouldn't be like everyone." I said, "NO! I WANTED TO KICK!" I screamed at the TV. Riley won three more times before I threw the controller in defeat.
"Hehehe, 15 years later, and you still cry like a woman when you lose." He smiled at me.
"Anyway, I say if you want her, get her." I concluded. "Life to short, just train her not to give a shit about what these people say, and you work on your…promiscuous ways." I nodded. Riley gave me a skeptic look, but for once decided to listen.
"I'll try…but it's not easy to switch gears after being in the fast lane for so long."
"Learn before you crash and burn." I simply told him. I decided to tell him about how Tonya reached out to me earlier today, he frowned.
"That bitch can burn in hell." He seethed bitterly.
"I know." I nodded. You know you messed up in life when you managed to get me to agree with Riley, I hardly agree with anything he says or does.
"Telling folks a nigga got AIDS. Damn, she wished she got a taste of this. Ho." His face dropped.
"Oh shit! What if Alice heard about that, and that's why she's so reluctant?" Alice seemed like a nice woman, I don't think she's quick to believe rumors like that. Her and Sirayah are more leveled than that.
"Nah, don't worry about all that." I sighed and stared up at the ceiling.
"Things could always get worse." I said.
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Jazmine's POV
I sat there, staring into Tonya's brown eyes. Huey was seen with another woman? I couldn't believe it! Who is she? Is it Nina Star? I wonder does he know she was Riley's jump off for a good minuet. No…it couldn't be her, then who was it?
"Who?" I asked.
"Ahh, are you interested Holly?" She batted her eyelashes at me, I knew she was setting a trap, I'm smarter than that.
"No, it's probably better we don't know, she sounds kinda pathetic."
"We also heard Riley was spotted with someone."
"Just another ho of the month, you'll see him with someone else next month." I put my chin in my hand as I rolled my eyes. She cracked up.
"You are too funny Holly, let's go to a commercial break and when we return, I'll put on 'S&M' on rotation for you folks. This is Tonya of Gossip Ring: one stop for hip-hop, r&b, and your healthy dose of latest celebrity news. Seriously, who were these girls? They met them back at Woodcrest? I wonder has Cindy seen them, if so, why didn't she tell me? When Tonya cut her mic off she smiled at me.
"Are you sure you don't want to know more about her."
"No, I don't know her and I don't waste time on nobody's."
"Ahh but Holly…don't you know that loose lips talk? She won't be a no body for long, and soon she'll try to come and steal your spotlight, try to make you out to be the villain when you were the victim. Huey's probably just using her to get back at you."
"Maybe. But until then, she's dirt to me. Huey can never do better than me; I'll remind of that should he forgets. And when it comes to Riley? Oh…that poor soul will be educated about him one way or another."
"My point exactly! Also, if these women turn out to be gold-diggers, we have to put them in their place! Let them know how we, the public, keep our stars interests in mind, who do these women think they are, worming their way into Hollywood? What have they done? What's so great about them? Let's let the public decide if they're worthy." I nodded, she's right! Humph, they want to get into our world? Well, let's give them a healthy welcome.
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Huey's POV
Sirayah's home was small, but modest. She had music related paintings on her walls and even had a treble cleft shaped clock! Yeah, this chick lived in her music. I was ignoring the smell of pork chops burning my nose. Apparently her mother came to cook for us, and someone forgot to tell her I hated meat. She was cooking Sirayah's favorite soul food dish. Her mom was in the kitchen frying up what seemed like the 10th piece. Sirayah had to run out to get something I could eat. Ms. Vetuldo walked into the living room, wiping her hands on a paper towel.
"I'm so sorry about this again, honey, but why don't you like meat?"
"I don't believe in eating pork or red meat…"
"Ah, okay then." I looked at her…then pulled out my vegan book.
"Here, read this! It'll tell you all about it!" She laughed nervously and backed away.
"Nah, I'd rather stay ignorant." I pulled out another book.
"Would you be interested to learn how the government would like for you to die at 62?"
"…I don't feel like getting depressed…where is my daughter?" she looked at her imaginary watch. I was honestly bored and I wanted to talk to pass the time. So I decided to tell her about the government anyway. I told her how Santa was really an anagram for Satan and how the New World Order was coming and how she should prepare herself. I also told her about the plans to destroy all black people in this country.
"You and your daughter will thank me for this information." I concluded. When Sirayah walked in, she smiled at us.
"Hey I'm back guys." She saw her mom and her depressed facial expression.
"What's wrong mom?"
"….I…I need to…examine my entire life and existence…I'm going to my room." She shook her head and walked out the room. She huffed at me.
"What conspiracy nut theory did you tell her?" Sirayah popped my shoulder.
"It's the truth!" I cried.
"Just like when the world exploded back in 2000 right?" she giggled as she carried the groceries into the kitchen. Guah! Go ahead and laugh at me, but you'll be thankful when I become your savior later. I followed her into the kitchen. Her mom will be okay, I know she still likes me; she just has to get use to my personality. She was making me a salad. I just sat there thinking. Sirayah and her mom are sweet people. Despite their disbelief of my views, I knew they still respected me matter what. After she made my plate, she got hers. She was tearing that pork chop up, and when I blinked, her spaghetti, cornbread, and greens were gone. Damn girl!
"Soul food Huey…you missin' out man." She drank her Sierra Mist. That reminded me of the movie. Big Momma died from the food they'd eat every Sunday!
"I'm good." I smiled as I shook my head at her, I wasn't saying she'll die too, if she says she keeps it moderated…hey, her choice…still wish she wouldn't though. I'm so picky…I don't think I can ever be satisfied with anything. We were enjoying our dinner together, when I thought to ask.
"How's Alice?"
"She's fine…scarred as hell but…she'll live. I talked to her this morning." I nodded, that's good regardless.
"Good, you know Riley's CD is coming out next month, how about you come with me to the release party?"
"Oh Huey! That sounds fun! Really?" I nodded. "It's going to be in New York. "
"Wow…" she stared off into space. I waved my hand into her face.
"You good?" I chuckled.
"Yeah, I mean…this all happened so fast Huey…are you sure everything is going to be okay?"
"I promise."
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Tonya's POV
It was the end of another day. Nina Star was sleeping with Ciroc, after being jilted by Riley, Stephen Stacks produced Jaz's album, you know, I did basic norm news and gossip. I was checking my Facebook when I got an interesting inbox:
'If the price is right…I can give you all the information you want. The price is definitely right if you pay up enough for a mole. Are you interested? 586-6090. Call me.'
I called.
"How much you want?"
DUN DUN DUN. Ahhhhh shit! R&R