🥀In Loving Memory🥀

Chapter 15

It was 11 a.m., and Huelene was just beginning to stir from her slumber. She sat up and stretched her back out in bed. She looked at the clock and realized she had been asleep for quite some time. Huelene jumped out of bed and took a deep breath. It smelt bad, very bad.

It smelt as if there was an intoxicating scent in the air.

The last time she smelled this she was at a protest with a bunch of hippies who were smoking and having sex.

Huelene had gone to go look for Huey to find out where the smell was coming from. She left the guest bedroom and walked down the hallway towards the kitchen where the smell was getting stronger.

"Huey!" she called out as she covered her nose.

There was no answer!

"Huey!" she called out once again. 

She went to where the kitchen was and she couldn't find him. She even checked the living room and there was still no sign of him.

Huelene decided to go look outside, where she spotted him by a tree. He was smoking and he had liquor in his hand.

"You gotta be fucking kidding me," she angrily mumbled under her breath.

She angrily stomped towards the front door and opened it to clearly see Huey right next to the tree.

"HUEY WHAT THE FUCK ARE YOU DOING!" she yelled.

Huey looked up at her carelessly and made his way toward the house.

Huelene had just stood there wondering what caused him to start smoking and drinking. 

Huey was a bit wobbly as he was walking. He eventually made it to his front porch where he leaned on the rail.

He looked at Huelene who was very disappointed.

She had her arms crossed and was giving him the look just like Jazmine did.

But he didn't care!

"What?" he asked irritated.

"Why the fuck are you smoking, I thought you quit," Huelene asked out of concern as Huey made his way up the porch.

"I just needed to clear my mind," Huey carelessly answered as he entered his house.

"And drinking and smoking is the way to go?" Huelene rhetorically questioned. 

Huey headed towards his bathroom with Huelene following him.

"Yes, I do it every once in a while," Huey lied.

"No, you implied you haven't done it in years. You said you spent time working on yourself and you were able to get better and stop smoking," Huelene reminded him.

"I was, but somehow the feeling came back," Huey said out of disappointment. 

Huey entered his bathroom and started grabbing his toothpaste and toothbrush. 

He put a little paste on his toothbrush, splashed it with water, and then started brushing his teeth.

"What happened, you seemed fine yesterday," Huelene asked.

Huey didn't answer her as he was brushing her teeth.

"You were happy talking about my mother, and then all of a sudden you act as if you heard some bad news," Huelene reminded.

What she yet to know is that is exactly what happened.

Huey finding out that Jazmine had cheated on him and died from AIDS had really bothered him. He cried over it last night, but he was soon mad. He was pissed off to know the love of his life had done this behind his back.