"Did you and Jazmine ever talk after the event?" Huey asked.
"Not really...I was honestly avoiding her and whenever we did encounter each other it was strictly for work. I always made it seem as if I had meetings and patients to attend," James answered.
"Okay, then when did you give her AIDS?" Huey asked.
"I gave Jazmine AIDS when she came to my apartment and she thought it was going to be our last encounter," James said.
"How did you even give her AIDS or where did you get AIDS is my question," Huey exclaimed.
Around the time Jazmine and I weren't talking because she was enjoying being an engaged woman I had spent some time thinking.
It really bothered me what I had seen happen between her and Huey. They were so in love and it was different from our passion. Jazmine looked at me in a certain way but didn't look at me the way she did Huey.
There was something about Huey that had just driven her past the limit. Almost everything she told me about them was starting to make sense. From the beginning, she did everything out of love for him and her.
She left her family, and they moved in together to start a new life, she worked at a shitty ass job that barely paid her anything but I think it worked out for her because she took advantage of the resources the hospital provided for their patients, she took on extra shifts, tried prostituting, went to jail, then took me up on my offer to pay her for sex, she stood up for him against her parents and other people who doubted them, and at the end, she made one of the biggest moves I didn't expect: marrying him!
I wouldn't be surprised if she kill someone for him!
But now that I see all of this, I now know that everything between us was a lie! The sex, gifts, talk about the future, and possible relationship was all a lie.
Every time I thought about it I would feel sick to the stomach. I usually would drink or take meds to not think too much about it. The more I did it, the more I started to not recognize myself.
It's as if I was becoming a different person and not a good one. I was just losing myself!
Every time I would get a call from work I would act careless of the situation and not go in, my body started to feel different because of what I had been eating and I wasn't working out as much, my beard was growing out, and just day by day I stopped caring.
Stuff like this would always happen and I always got hurt in the end. I started to notice this and I stopped caring.
But when Jazmine came along she changed me and I fell in love with her. Then I started to care about her and our future, but since she has shown me that she doesn't want a future with me, and has left me heartbroken for the last time then I think it's about time I stop caring again.
I'll stop caring about Jazmine and finally let her go!
I was sitting in my chair in my study and I was holding a tube of blood in my hands. The substance belonged to my ex-wife, Jane. Every now and then she always goes to the doctor to get her blood checked to see how she's doing.
She takes her medication but she doesn't see much improvement every visit. I always snag a substance of her blood as a reminder of what she did.
I could look at it for hours and ask the simple question, why?
What really led to this?
This all could have possibly been avoided if she just opened her mouth. She deserved what she got to her but many women who do the same thing she did don't get a taste of their own medicine. They don't suffer the consequences of their own actions.
They all get to go home and pretend as if nothing happened.
One of the worst ones who definitely should have suffered this was Sarah. She was the worst out of the whole bunch. I didn't think it was possible for a woman like that to get around with every guy. I was surprised she never caught any type of sexually transmitted disease.
I could go up to a guy and ask if they ever had sex with a Sarah DuBois and they would say yes. That's how bad it is! It's as if every guy in America has fucked her.
Another bad thing about it is that no one has ever had the guts to expose her ass. They all had families and girlfriends on the side they didn't want to disappoint. Hell, I had Jane and Jazmine on the side and I didn't want to disappoint either one of them.
I only started having sex with Sarah at the time because Jane was cheating on me with other men, and then Jazmine, I didn't want her to be disgusted with me. It's not like I intended to have sex with Sarah then her. It all came out of nowhere to me.
But if you ask me, Jazmine is starting to remind me of Sarah a little bit. I thought she was like Tom who was completely innocent and naive about the world but she's just like Sarah. She looks and acts just like her.
The little apple didn't fall far from the tree!
Huey is just like Tom in this situation. History is about to repeat itself again. A young black man who wants to become a lawyer to help out his people and a young woman who's having a hard time figuring out what she wants in life.
Doesn't it seem quite familiar?
I would think someone like Huey would be smart about the situation and notice the signs but he's completely being naive about the situation at hand because he doesn't believe Jazmine would do something like this.
I don't blame him because Jazmine doesn't strike me as a person to be manipulative. Don't judge a book by its cover!
She's done too much behind both our backs and she needs to be stopped. If she does continue to have a life with him then she's going to cheat on him just as Sarah cheated on Tom.
I don't necessarily agree with what Huey has done on his part but at this point, the guy could do better if this is how Jazmine really is. He never deserved her but she also didn't deserve him, but it's obvious neither one is going to leave the other.
Jazmine is not far off from being like Sarah and it's about time she gets a taste of her own medicine!
I heard a knock at the door and I got up with the substance of blood still in my hand. I couldn't answer the door with it in my hand so I decided to store it in the refrigerator.
I walked to the door and answered it to be met with Jazmine who was innocently standing there. She looked a little scared until she sucked it up.
"Hi James!" she awkwardly spoke.
At first, I was excited to see her because my heart started to beat but then when I noticed the vibe it went away. It didn't feel the same anymore.
"Hey, Jazz!" I softly spoke.
She stood and looked at me until she asked: "Can I come in?"
I stepped aside and she entered my apartment. I shut the door behind her and then turned to look at her to see that she looked nervous.
She kept fiddling around with her ring and then she took a deep breath.
"So what brings you by?" I asked walking back to my living room.
"I came over to talk," she simply answered.
"About?" I asked.
"I came to talk about us and what happened at the banquet," she answered.
"Oh, you mean how I had to find out from your fiance the two of you are engaged," I pointed out.
"Yes, I didn't mean to hide that from you or the others it just wasn't a good time to mention it," she said.
"So your family doesn't know about this?" I asked wanting to see how she would respond.
"No, my parents don't know anything about this," she simply answered.
"Okay, enough with the apology why did you really come over here then?" I asked as she sighed.
"I came over here to let you know that I want to end our sexual relationship," she answered.
I felt weak in the knees but I made sure to stand my ground. I couldn't let her know this was affecting me.
"Okay, is there a reason?" I stupidly asked already knowing.
"Actually there is a reason...Huey and I are planning to get our marriage licenses in a couple of weeks since we're finally going to have the money to pay for it. We already signed our names and provided the country clerk's office with all the information that is needed. They have it in holding at the moment and all we have to do is pay the fee," she explained.
"So what are you trying to say?" I stupidly asked once again.
"What I'm trying to say James is that I want to end this. I don't want to enter my marriage with lies and secrets. I love Huey and I don't want to continue this when the two of us get married. I want to be loyal to him and him only. It hurt to do this from the beginning and it's hurting now. I can't continue doing this any longer," she says as I wanted to bust out laughing at her but I held it in.
"Okay!" I simply said.
"Okay?" she said surprised by my response.
"I understand...you love him and I'm not going to stand in between that, so I'll let you go," I said surprised.
"Oh okay, you're taking this easier than I expected. Thank you for understanding James," she said smiling.
"No problem, I just want you to be happy!" I lied.
"I'm going to be happy with him...but I better get going get. He'll be home from work in a couple of hours," she said smiling at the thought of it.
"Okay, but before you leave, I have a simple request?" I said gently grabbing her.
"And that would be?" she asked looking at me in the eyes.
"Can we do it one last time?" I asked as she rolled her eyes.
"James I just told you I didn't want to do this anymore," she sighed.
"I know, but you and Huey haven't officially gotten married yet and I just want this to be a goodbye thing. It seems forced too fast," I said as she seemed unsure.
"James I don't know, I should be getting back home," she said looking towards the door.
"Please, Jazmine!" I simply pleaded, not letting her go.
"I guess so!" she said still a little unsure.
I gently pulled and we went to my bedroom where I went down on her for the last time. I surprisingly didn't feel anything when this happened. No emotion, no love, and I didn't care. I think she felt the same way because our last time having sex together was just like before.
When Jazmine was taking a little nap I couldn't help but stare at her. She was looking so peaceful while sleeping. I don't know why I had the urge to want to kill her. Someone like her didn't need to live. She would hurt people like me and mislead them. I'm pretty sure I'm not the first she's done this too.
I could use a pillow, a phone cord, a knife, a gun, or my bare hands. But I would get caught if I did any of those things. What could I do to kill her but not get caught? I can't make her commit suicide because it wouldn't be possible. The world might be terrible to Jazmine but she's too headstrong about it.
What can I do what can I do?
Maybe I can inject her...
Yeah, inject her with poison...
But if I do that then people can easily find it in her system...
I have to do it with something that can easily be accused by anybody and not just me...
What can I use?
Maybe AIDS...everybody gets AIDS from having sex and Jazmine is one to definitely have sex, and so is Huey. If I give Jazmine AIDS and she suspects she got it from Huey because he moves around then maybe she'll no longer want to live.
Yeah, I can do that!
I left my room and went downstairs to the kitchen to go retrieve my ex-wife's tube of blood and also retrieve a shot I had stashed around my desk. I went back upstairs to my room where Jazmine was still sleeping.
I set the materials down on my dresser and quietly opened my drawer to pull out some alcohol and cotton. I opened the bottle of alcohol and put the cotton on top then turned it upside down so the cotton could absorb some of the alcohol.
I put the bottle back on the dresser and then started to softly rub Jazmine's arm. Thankfully, she didn't wake up!
I grabbed the tube of blood and the shot and put the shot inside the tube so I could collect some of the blood. After having the right measurement I stuck the needle inside Jazmine's arm and pushed the blood inside her system.
I was praying she wouldn't wake up. When I pulled it out I made sure to massage it so it could move around.
I pulled my hand off Jazmine and just watched as she was peacefully still sleeping. She is a really deep sleeper. I don't know how she didn't wake up.
I cleaned everything up before she left and went back home. I was just going to watch everything unfold with her.
"You're joking, right?" Huey rhetorically asked James, upset.
"No, I'm being serious, this actually happened. That was the night I stopped caring and I also believe that was the night we conceived Nicholas because Jazmine and I didn't have sex like that. And I highly doubt I used a condom that night," James said.
"I'm still confused about how I didn't get it," Huey said a bit taken aback.
"Did you have sex with her before she left?" James asked.
"I did but we didn't do it for a while," Huey said.
"If we conceived Nicholas that night then the two of you could have conceived Huelene that night as well. In order for twins to have two different fathers, they would have both had to have been conceived on the same day," James added.
"It's possible, but did Jazmine ever confront you?" Huey asked. "I know she mentioned that you killed people for the cure," Huey added causing James to look at him confused.
"I never mentioned to Jazmine about killing people," James defended.
"Yes, you did!" Huey sternly spoke.
"If I did mention it then it was highly unintentional," James defended.
"Unintentional...you're involved in a murder that you could possibly be sent to jail for," Huey pointed out as James started to laugh.
"Freeman, do you, Jazmine, or Ebony have any proof that I killed anybody?" James asked as Huey just glared at him.
"Are my fingerprints on the person or weapon, do you have me on camera committing these crimes, or has anyone stepped up to confess? You know you have to have proof of something before people start to believe it, right?" James asked.
"I didn't think so, besides I didn't actually kill these people. The only person who I will admit to killing is Jazmine which you already know of," James shook off.
"Then why did she say that you killed and stole the cure from other doctors?" Huey exclaimed.
"Well, I wouldn't say I killed or stole the cure from other doctors. I'm not one to intentionally kill someone without a reason. Like anybody, you don't know the story behind these deaths," James started.
"The reason I haven't been caught or sent to jail is that I didn't actually do it. The so call government did it. And you Huey Freeman know good and well the government is behind 99% of the shit that goes on behind the publics backs," James said.
"The doctors were killed because they were messing with the finances, not literally, but they were. Doctors know a lot of stuff and we can find cures for anything nowadays but it's rarely mentioned to the public because if it were then everybody would try to get the cure then they'll no longer be sick. The more sick people out there the more money our government gets but the fewer sick people the less money our government will get. That's why instead of making it permanent with cures we're making it temporary with pills and treatments so you could spend loads of money on this stuff that barely helps you unless you keep using it," James explained.
"I as a doctor am always doing research on cures to help save people. I also had other doctors who were doing the same research I was doing and we would all meet up to work on this stuff. Now, these are doctors coming from other countries trying to do the same thing I do. Whenever we were too close to figuring these things out the government would step in. I, myself, almost got killed because of this. So, instead of being killed, I decided to rat the other people out to save my own skin. I would have the research on the cures and they would work but I would never introduce them to the public. I always set out pills so money can keep coming in. The only reason I started to produce these cures is that after a while people started to be self-aware of this and someone could get easily blamed for their sufferings," James explained.
"So, Jazmine trying to expose me would have never worked because she would have gotten killed if she opened her mouth," James ended.
"You're still no better because the blood is still on your hands," Huey said shaking his head.
"Whatever Freeman, your daughter, and my son would have never survived if it weren't for my medicine so I would keep my comments to myself if I were you," James said glaring at Huey.
"Anyway, what happened when Jazmine came to confront you about the AIDS?" Huey asked.
I was in my office at work doing some paperwork. Jazmine hadn't checked in yet so I had some time to focus. We had been on good terms when she ended our sexual affair and everything went back to normal.
I hated how she was being so casual about everything!
And I also hated how she would talk about how good Huey was to her and how much she loved him and how she couldn't wait till they got married.
I wanted to throw up at hearing the sound of his name. Even when she wasn't in the room people would still find a way to mention him. It didn't sit right with my appetite, my mindset, or anything!
I just wished he would either disappear or she realize how much of a bum he is and leave him. Why would she choose him over me? Is he that good of a man for her to stay with?
It's sad that she prefers him over me but it also hits hard when you have people like Sarah saying she prefers Huey over me. She's known me for years and she thinks I'm not a good enough man for her daughter.
She literally has seen Huey grow up and most likely do some bad stuff as a kid and she still prefers Jazmine to be with him?
Are women just lowering their standards for anybody nowadays?
I thought the standard would be a well-educated man who's either a doctor or lawyer, has a six-figure salary, can provide for his family, and has a great personality. But it seems women lower their standards for men who have a low-income job, do drugs, sleep with a bunch of women, act out, and can barely handle themselves.
The worst part about this is that it's a nigga who won her affection. Nigga's don't win shit in this society. If people knew that Jazmine and I were dating and they saw that she shows a nigga over someone like me then I would be the laughingstock of the year.
It's like she's an exact replica of Sarah!
I heard a knock at my door and I looked up to see it was Jazmine who looked a bit nervous and sad.
Speak of the Devil!
"Hey," I said partially concentrating on my work and her.
"Hey James, can I talk to you?" she shyly asked.
"Jazmine, I'm kind of busy at the moment," I said looking back at my work.
"Please it's important...just meet me in the laundry room," she said with pleading eyes. I just slightly nodded at her before she left. I put my stuff down and got up from my seat.
I left my office and started to head to the laundry room to meet up with Jazmine. I took my time because I didn't want people to know or ask why I was in a rush. Plus I didn't care!
I wanted her to be nervous!
When I finally made it to the laundry room I looked both ways before entering. I didn't want people to know I was in there.
I closed the door behind me and turned to see a nervous Jazmine.
"What's the problem?" I asked as she was fiddling with her fingers.
"James I have to talk to you about something," she nervously spoke.
"And that would be?" I asked wanting her to start.
"If I tell you this can you please stay calm?" she asked.
"Yeah, just tell me, I don't think it can be that bad," I said.
"Okay," she said taking a deep breath.
"I just found out I have AIDS," she said, I was not surprised.
Yeah, no shit, I injected you with that a couple of weeks ago.
"Really?" I asked acting surprised as she nodded.
"Who did you get them from?" I asked.
"I don't know, that's what I was going to ask you. I wanna suspect it was Huey but I don't want to go into assumptions and start accusing him so I'm asking you because I only slept with him and you," she said.
"You think I gave you AIDS?" I asked pointing at myself.
"It's a possibility...I don't believe Huey would do something like this around the time we're fin to get married so the only suspect is you," she said. "Be honest...did you sleep with anybody a few weeks ago?" she asked as I shook my head.
"I would never! I haven't slept with anybody since we started sleeping together," I said as she looked unsure.
"I don't believe you..." she said shaking her head.
"Jazmine, why wouldn't you believe me? If I slept with anybody while we were dating you would have known. If I were you I would go ask Huey if he's slept with anybody recently," I suggested.
"I would ask but I'm not because I know he didn't sleep with anybody," she denied.
"You don't want to ask him because you're in denial and you don't want to get caught by him just in case he says no," I said calling her out.
"Well if you think him saying no is going to be his response then you would have something to do with me having AIDS," she said pointing out my choice of words.
"Now I'm going to ask you again, did you or did you not give me AIDS?" she sternly asked.
"Jazmine, I did not have sex with anybody other than you," I defended.
"I'm not talking about sex James," she said.
"Well, that's the only way you could have gotten AIDS," I reminded.
"Or you could have done a blood transfusion," she pointed out.
"What?" I said nervously laughing.
"Don't play with me James, you're the only one out of the two who can do a blood transfusion. And you're the only one who knows of AIDS because of your wife. So tell me, did you or did you not give me AIDS?" she sternly asked me once again.
Her green eyes pierced into my soul and I didn't have the guts to lie to her then.
"Yes..." I mumbled.
"You did..." she said taken back. Her eyes started to water and it looked as if she wanted to cry.
"Why, why would you do something like this? You know I could die, right?" she asked as I just looked at her without a care in the world.
"I know," I said.
"Then why...are you trying to kill me or something?" she asked as I just stared.
"Oh my God you are..." she said out of realization.
"Is this because of me and Huey?" she asked.
"No, it's not just because of you and Huey, it's because you played with my feelings for the past couple of months and you brushed it away as if it was nothing," I simply explained.
"James, I did not play with your feelings, we had a simple sexual agreement," she reminded.
"Yes, but it was one that you kept tampering with," I said.
"How did I tamper with our sexual relationship?" she asked confused.
"You put all of these ideas of us having a future together in my head and you know I wanted that for us but you dumped it all and you left me for him," I said referring to Huey.
"I was already with him and we were never together," she said as I felt a slight tug in my chest.
"I need you to stop playing around with me and take this away...I know you're popular for your research and I damn sure know you have the cure," she sternly spoke.
"Take it away for what...give me a damn good reason why I should take away this disease from you?" I rhetorically asked.
She took a deep breath and said: "I'm pregnant!"
"Bullshit!" I denied.
"I really am," she said sounding serious.
"Okay, if you really are pregnant then how many weeks are you?" I asked.
"I don't know how far along I am...I just know I'm pregnant and I need you to take this away, or it's going to affect my baby," she pleaded.
"No, you and that child should both suffer the consequences. That way Huey will know what you have been doing behind his back," I said.
"No, please no, James I'll do anything for you to give me the cure. I'll give you back your money, I'll keep this a secret, I'll move far away, just please tell me and I'll do it," she pleaded.
"Okay, I have two suggestions; one you leave Huey and be with me, or two, you tell Huey about everything that has happened between us," I said laying out my two offers.
"No..." she said shaking her head.
"No?" I questioned.
"No..." she said with her voice cracking.
"I can't do either one of those," she said shaking her head.
"You could you just don't want to. The easiest one you could do is tell Huey everything that happened between us and I'll take away everything," I said laughing.
"But he'll be hurt!" she exclaimed.
"Yeah, well he's going to have to suffer the same pain I suffered," I exclaimed.
"You know what, if you don't give me the cure I can easily expose you and let the public know that you stole a bunch of cures and killed a lot of doctors for it," she said as I laughed it off. I would be nervous if it were true.
"You didn't think I would know about that, now would you," she said thinking she did something.
"Oh, I'm so scared...with what proof Jazmine? You don't have any records of me doing any of this stuff. So what if I had stolen the cures and a bunch of doctors died because of it, it's helping people with their problems and I'm pretty sure you don't want to get in the way of that. Even if you do go to the public about this, they're just going to look at you crazy like they already do now," I carelessly spoke.
She just glared at me and I glared at her back.
"I can't believe the kind of person you turned into...what happened to you, James?" she asked.
"You..." I simply answered as she looked me in my eyes and just shook her head. Jazmine turned around to leave and that was the last time I had seen her before she left Washington.
"All at once, she stopped working at the hospital and the next time she was supposed to come into work she wasn't there. I had to find out from Ms. Grace that Jazmine quit that day she confronted me. Then on top of that, you were coming in looking for her and posting these fliers of her all across Washington," James said.
"She left because of you," Huey sadly mumbled.
"She did, but she could have simply told you what happened between the two of us and she would have never left," James pointed out.
"She knew I would have been mad," Huey pointed out.
"Yes, you would have been mad but she still would have been here or she probably would have left you either way it went," James said.
"No, I feel we would have worked through it," Huey truthfully spoke.
I came home from a long day of work to see Jazmine in the kitchen cooking. I closed the door behind me and smiled because she was the only thing that was keeping me going in this world.
"Hey, Jazz!" I said scaring her.
"Huey!" she said looking up at me and catching her breath.
"You scared me," she said taking a deep breath.
"My bad," I said walking up to her to give her a kiss on her lips.
"How was work today?" she asked me.
"Shitty like any other day," I turning around to go to the living room. I took a seat on the couch and started to remove my shoes.
"Oh really, what happened?" she asked.
"Same old same old, my boss acts as if nobody else works at the place, niggas coming in and being niggas, and my coworkers being lazy," I said.
"Seems about right," she agreed.
"That's what I'm saying," I said setting my shoes aside.
"Enough about me, how was your day at work?" I asked checking in on her day.
"Umm, I didn't go to work today," she nervously spoke.
"How come, were you off today?" I asked as she shook her head.
"No, I didn't go in because I umm quit my job," she said mumbling the last part.
"You what?" I re-questioned.
"I quit my job at the hospital," she repeated.
"Why?" I asked a little concerned.
She started to fiddle with the stuff in the kitchen before she walked over to me in the living room and took a seat on the table in front of me.
"Huey...I can't work there anymore," she sadly spoke.
"Jazmine, did something happen?" I asked, concerned.
She nodded her head and she started tearing up.
"Jazmine, what happened?" I asked.
"Huey, I have to tell you something," she said gently grabbing my hand, "and I need you to stay calm."
"Yeah, what is it?" I asked awaiting her response.
"I have AIDS..." she said which caught me by surprise.
"And I'm pregnant..." she added which also caught me by surprise.
I don't know why but hearing both of those made me upset.
"Are you joking with me, Jazmine?" I asked checking.
"No, Huey, this isn't a joke and I'm serious about my disease and pregnancy," she said as I nodded. My heart started to rapidly beat and it wasn't in a good way.
It felt as if it was trying to rip through my chest and run away.
"So, how many people were you sleeping with?" I asked.
"What?" she said.
"How many people were you sleeping with behind my back?" I sternly asked glaring at her.
She looked down ashamed of herself and answered: "One..."
"And who was it?" I asked.
"Dr. Anderson..." she answered once again.
"So the guy you work with," I said as she nodded.
"Okay," I simply said getting up from the couch and walking away.
I walked past all of our photos of the two of us and went inside our room. I opened my drawer to my nightstand and started to fiddle around my stuff. I found my pack of cigarettes and grabbed one of them out of the box.
I started trying to find my lighter so I could light it and relieve myself.
Jazmine followed me into the room and just stared at me.
"Huey, can you please say something? I don't know what you're thinking or feeling and right now I feel like I'm fin to pass out from your silence," she nervously pleaded.
"What do you want me to say, Jazmine?" I rhetorically asked.
"Anything!" she exclaimed.
"I can't handle this in silence," she said, frustrated.
"Fine, since you want me to say something so bad," I started.
"I'm mad that my fiance decided to go behind my back and fuck her coworker and catch AIDS because of it. I'm mad that you're pregnant and the baby can possibly be either his or mine. I want to break something but I don't want to hurt you so I'm trying to smoke to calm my nerves," I honestly spoke.
"Can you please not smoke it's not good for you," she pleaded as my hand started to shake.
"Jazmine can you please just give me space?" I pleaded to try to calm my shaking.
"No, Huey, I don't want you to do anything stupid or destructive," she said shaking her head.
"I promise I won't do anything stupid or destructive...just give me space for a couple of hours...I need some time to think about all of this," I said as she nodded. I got up from the bed and just walked pasted Jazmine.
Before I left, she said, "Huey can you come back safely?"
"Yeah," I said.
I left the house and started to head down the street. I kept walking until I eventually go tired and I stopped. I didn't even know where I was at. I looked around to see there was nothing but trees around me and standing on the bridge.
I realized right then and there I was at the trial walk where I proposed to Jazmine.
I didn't know why I walked here exactly. I just know that when I was here I was nervous, mad, and scarred. I didn't know why I was feeling all of these emotions at once.
I was mad at Jazmine but I couldn't react in a violent way when she told me the news. I wanted to desperately destroy the house but I didn't want to scare her. As mad as I was I would never try to do that.
I'm nervous because I don't want to do anything I will regret and I'm scared of the outcome of all of this.
How do I go about this in a mature way?
I don't want to lose Jazmine to all of this. We shouldn't be together because what she has done can't be forgiven. But I also can't bail on her or the baby.
I might be cruel but I'm not that cruel!
I'll take responsibility and step up. I know deep down that Jazmine doesn't want to get an abortion and I don't want to push her towards that.
I decided to walk back home and finally confront Jazmine. I'm pretty sure I will not break anything.
I came back home to see Jazmine nervously sitting on the couch waiting on me. Oh wow, she actually waited. I'm not surprised, but I'm still amazed.
"You're back!" she said relieved as I walked into the living room.
"Yeah," I said sitting on the table in front of her.
"I need to talk to you," I said as she focused her attention on me.
"Yeah?" she asked.
"For starters, I will allow you to still live here but you need to help me pay bills, so you need to get a job. I prefer you to work somewhere else that's not where Dr. Anderson is and where you don't have to overwork yourself with long hours and hard labor," I started.
"Okay, done!" she said agreeing.
"Second, I'll support you throughout your pregnancy, but in the end, if the baby is not mine and it's Dr. Anderson's, you and him will have to handle your business with you guy's child. I don't think it's my responsibility to take care of another man's child," I said.
"Okay, that's understandable, I can deal with that," she said.
"Last, but not least, I want my ring back and I want to end our relationship," I last spoke.
"Huey..." she sadly spoke.
"Jazmine, don't make this harder than it has to be. This hurts me more than it hurts you," I said holding out my hand.
Jazmine sadly looked at her hand that had my mother's ring and she slowly started to remove it from her ring finger. She fiddled with it for a little bit before putting it in my hand.
I put the ring in my pocket and I had gotten up from the table. I was about to head to the room to go take a shower. Before I entered I heard Jazmine say: "I'm sorry, Huey, I didn't mean to hurt you and ruin what we had. I thought I could help us get out of our struggle and it ended up backfiring. I know we're not going to be together but I'll always love you and I hope we can work through this."
I wanted to turn around and say something but it was just better to walk away. I knew she meant every word but I didn't want to say anything. I just went inside the room and got ready to shower.
"You really believe you guys could have worked all of this through?" James asked in disbelief.
"Yes, I believe we could have worked it through. We wouldn't have stayed together but we would have worked through it," Huey said.
"I love Jazmine, and I will admit I was mad when I found out she cheated on me, but I feel I would have lashed out if I had to find out on my own and she kept it a secret, but if she would have told me then the outcome would have been different. I just wish she would have told me instead of running away to spare my feelings," Huey admitted.
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