🥀In Loving Memory🥀

Chapter 1

It was a rainy day, and a 30-year-old woman was driving down the road to meet her father. That 30-year-old woman's name was Huelene Freeman, and she was indeed looking for her biological father, Huey Freeman, as she was told.

She was apprehensive about meeting or even seeing him. This was her first time, and she didn't want anything to go wrong. She began on a search for her father when she first discovered who he was. She didn't succeed on many occasions because the sources always led to his old home. 

That included his hometown of Chicago, Maryland, where he later moved, then he was in Washington during his college years because he attended Howard University, where she also attended, then he moved to New York when he became a lawyer, and from time to time he would travel to Asia or Africa, and finally, he moved to Georgia with his wife, Adaline, where he worked as a lawyer and also had three kids. 

But, not long ago, he relocated to Oklahoma, where he has made his home. Which was wonderful for Huelene because she could now pinpoint his location.

Huey Freeman was difficult to track down because he was always on the go, according to everyone else. She had already met his and her mother's family members before meeting him. She met her grandparents, Sarah and Tom, who were both quite nice, but she didn't get to meet her other grandparents or great-grandparents on her father's side because they were all deceased.

Aunt Cookie, who was barely hanging on to her life, was the only elder from her father's side she met. Huelene was saddened by the possibility that she would soon be joining the angels. She despised the fact that most of her biological parents' family members died before she could ever meet them or learn about them.

Aunt Cookie was questioned about her parents, but she struggled to respond because she couldn't recall any of them. Before meeting her father, she tried to learn as much as she could about him. Aunt Cookie just informed her that he was serious about his work and kept to himself most of the time. But he was all about helping his community, which was often misunderstood.

And, because Aunt Cookie was having trouble remembering things, Huelene decided to ask her mother's parents. Her questions, however, could not be answered because they would cry about the subject before even talking about it.

It annoyed her, but she kept quiet about it.

During her search for her father, she met Huey's younger brother Riley Freeman. She tried to talk about Huey with Riley, but she was irritated by his lack of interest. Because he was constantly calling her father a gay ass nigga, a McHater, with a dry ass afro, and a Karate Kid off-brand version.

Huelene also attempted to question Riley about her parents' relationship, to which he responded with a snarky comment. He claimed that her mother was an annoyance and that he had no idea how they met, but that it was none of his business because he hadn't looked into it much.

But it also perplexed Huelene because Riley grew up with Huey and Jazmine and must have witnessed something.

Then, when Riley attempted to reach Huey, Huey would never answer.

It made her realize Huey didn't like Riley as much as she didn't like Riley.

Huey was only found because one of his old friends gave her the address where he was currently living. She noticed a lot of trees and not many houses as she drove closer to his house. It's as if he and the others each had their own tiny corner of the area.

Her maps led her into a forest with a route leading to his house, which she followed. But it was giving her Friday the 13th vibes as she was driving, and she felt compelled to turn around. Huelene, on the other hand, could not pass up the opportunity to meet her father. She'd been looking for him for far too long and was now ready to meet him.

She eventually came to a halt in front of a log cabin that appeared to be suitable for a small family. Even though it was raining outside, it appeared to be very relaxing. "You got this!" Huelene said as she shut off her car and took a long breath.

She snatched up the documents she'd been able to gather on both of her parents and clutched them to her chest, not wanting them to get wet as she fled from her car.

She was dripping wet when she arrived at her father's front door because it was pouring rain. Before ringing the doorbell and waited for him to answer, she took another deep breath. However, as she waited, a slew of questions raced through her mind as she heard footsteps approaching the door.

Will he believe I'm his daughter?

Will he even recognize me?

Do I get most of me from him?

Will he accept me as one of his own?

Will he and his wife get mad that I'm at his front door?

Are the DNA results actually true?

Will he tell me about him and my mother?

Did he love her?

When the door was finally opened, a tall brown-skinned man with a large afro, a smattering of facial hair, wine-colored eyes, and a tight long-sleeve shirt and loose jeans emerged. Huelene noticed that he didn't appear to be much older than twenty. He had a few grey hair strands, but not much if you didn't look closely.

But she was about to tear up because she finally got to see her dad for the first time in person. But now it felt awkward standing at his front door looking like a scarecrow. 

"Can I help you?" Huey asked, perplexed.

Huelene chose to start with a casual greeting before going on about how he is her father without frightening him. But she failed when she blurted out, "Hi, my name is Huelene Freeman, and I believe I am your daughter."

She covered her mouth because she rushed into it and the sudden news had left Huey Freeman in shock.

Thank you for reading the first chapter of In Loving Memory. I hope you enjoy it when I start to get into it and update it once I update the other Juey book(s).