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It smelt like flowers the last time she

Buried the friend with the kind eyes.

The last time she buried her face

into his mattress, frangipani.

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This Was my last day in Houston, TX. I didn't want to even be in the same space as my mother. I really wanted to be alone, but I had to get ready to head back to LA. I threw on some sweatpants and made some green tea. Because Shawn kept blowing up my phone, I turned it off.

Beyonce! Shawn is on the phone," My mother aid walking toward the couch.

Shawn texted me and my mother stood there watching my facial expression change.

"What's wrong Beyonce," my mother asked

"Nothing," was all I said as I put my phone away.

"Bey, Whats going on?"

"Nothing Ma. Can you drop it please," I said as I walked away.

Kelly texted me. "Hey Bey. I'm on my way."

"Alright cool," I text back. "I'm Dressed."

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"Beyonce Kelly's here," my mama yelled.

"Hey mom," I heard Kelly say.

"Where are y'all headed," my mother asked.

"We're just going for a drive," Kelly said.

"Hmm," was all my mother said as she turned to leave out of the living room. "Whatever you say," she said waving us off.

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15 minutes later we pulled up to Jay's house.

"You ready," Kelly asked.

"I think so," I said unconvincingly.

"Girl we're just going to see what he wants," Kelly said unlocking the car door and getting out. "Bey come on," she yelled from outside the car.

I huffed from my seat in the car and got out. "I really don't want to see him."

"Bey he obviously contacted you for a reason. Besides you were going to have to face his ass eventually," Kelly said.

"Kelly I'm ready to take my ass home," I groaned.

"You're not going anywhere. He texted you instead of Jasmine. Why do you suppose that was," Kelly asked me. "The hell if I know," I shrugged. "Maybe it's because I know him better than his wife, but whatever it is I could care less. The only good thing he's done for me was give me Blue and hell, I did most of the work." Kelly looked at me and laughed. "True. What does he need you for anyway?" I huffed. "Kel I don't know. He said it was urgent, but to be honest I'm more curious than anything. I really don't give a fuck."

Kelly and I walked up the steps. I knocked on the door. We waited. A few moments later Jay opened the door. "Hey Bey. I didn't know you were bringing Kelly. Anyway thanks for coming. Ya'll can come in," he said as he stepped aside, making way for us to come inside. He looked at us a bit nervously as we sat down. "Can I get ya'll anything to drink? Water, tea?" I looked at him with a raised brow. "Jay we don't want nothing from you. You weren't even this nice to me during our marriage. What the hell do you want?" Jay put his head in his hand. "Listen Bey, I know I wasn't always good to you, but I really need your help." He sat down beside me and grabbed my hand. Kelly looked over in Jay's direction with wide eyes. She looked between Jay and I. "Wow," she mouthed just before reverting her attention elsewhere. I awkwardly slid my hand out of Jay's. "Whatever you need to say you can say it without holding my hand." He looked a bit taken back, but continued to speak. "I messed up. Me and Jasmine got into an argument and I said some things I didn't mean and I hurt her." I looked confused. "Okay and what do you expect me to do?" "Bey I---I just---I don't know what to do. I don't know how I'm supposed to handle this. Can you help me figure this shit out?" I did all I could to keep the tears from welling in my eyes. I stood up from the couch. "Oh my God," I heard Kelly mumble from behind me. "I know you did not ask me to come all this way so that I could help you fix your relationship with the bitch you cheated on me with!" Jay stood up quickly trying to explain himself. The words 'but, I love her' escaped out of his mouth so quickly that he couldn't even believe he said it. "Oh. Dear Lord," Kelly sighed into her hands. She massaged her temples, "Nigga just stop talking," she huffed. Before I had time to think I slapped him in his face. I breathed heavily in his direction. "How dare you," I said through greeted teeth. "Did you feel remorseful when you cheated on me with that bitch! Did you ever think once about how I would feel!" I could feel my voice carrying around the room. The words that fell out of my mouth left him stricken. "Did you feel like this when you cheated on me?" The room was silent. "Answer me damnit!" He tried to offer me another unnecessary explanation. "Yes or no," I reiterated. I already knew his response before it formed in his mouth. "No," he replied. I scoffed and repeated him, almost to myself. "No." A small maniacal laugh escaped from my lips. "You have some nerve to ever think I would help your sorry ass." I took a moment to breathe and slowly stepped in his face. I pointed my finger at his forehead. "You know the only thing standing in between you, me, and this ass whooping right now is our daughter. I don't have time to be catching a case behind your dumb ass." Jay huffed angrily at me. I smirked at him. "That's right. Get mad bitch! I showed up in rare form today." Kelly laughed behind me. "Yes bitch set it off!" Jay backed away from me. "Aye, Bey get your hands away from me yo," he mumbled. "You just had to start some shit didn't you," he said as he stroked his chin. "I was hoping you'd be over this shit already. I just wanted some advice." I stepped back from him and cocked my head back. "So you ask me, your ex-wife, for advice on how to make things right with your new wife, so you can cover your ass? You're a mothafuckin joke nigga. Kelly you ready to go?" Kelly looked up. "I'm sorry what? You mean, you're not beating his ass today?" She grabbed her purse and stood up. "Okay if that's how you want to do things. Let's go." I grabbed my purse off the couch and side-eyed Jay as I headed towards the door.

When I turned the door knob and opened the door, I stood face to face with Jasmine. She stared at me with a mixture of anger and confusion. "Jay what the hell is this bitch doing here? You told me you were done with her ass." She pushed past me and Kelly. I stood in the doorway watching him try to explain himself to Jasmine. "Jas. Baby. It's not what you think!" She cocked her head back. "Oh yeah. So tell me what the hell I think it is Jay," she yelled. I smirked. "Yeah Jay. Tell her what the hell she think it is," I said with a grin. He reverted his attention back to Jasmine. "Baby I invited her over her, because I needed advice. I felt so terrible about what happened between us and I just wanted to fix it. I just wanted to fix it Jas. I love you." I chuckled. "Come on Jay how does that look? You asking your bitter ex-wife for advice? I mean shit, you even said I wasn't over the divorce. Jasmine doesn't even believe that shit!" Jay looked at me pleadingly. "Please Bey don't do this. Just tell her the truth." I walked over to Jay and stood toe to toe with him. "I don't owe you shit. You're a grown ass man. You wouldn't let me forget that when we were married. Figure it out." Jasmine interrupted. "All I know is you better tell me the truth, because you not about to have me out here looking stupid like you did her. Why the hell is she here!" I smirked at Jasmine and scoffed. I met her in the middle of the living room floor. "Silly girl. Don't you know that the same way you get a man is how you loose them? If I were you I'd start packing my shit now and get the hell out of dodge. Take it from someone who knows; he ain't worth much. A lesson on marriage: no matter how well you cater to a man, no matter how much you love him down, no matter how bomb you think your pussy is, he'll still leave you for a dusty ass bitch just looking for a quick fuck and a couple of dollars for a happy meal; and in some rare cases he'll marry her. Ask me how I know?" Jasmine's face went blank, her eyes wet. I knew I had said all I needed to say then. I turned to walk away and headed for the door. I looked over in Jay's direction before leaving. I said nothing and took the silence out of the room with me.

This Chapter was Written By @Ally_writes Love you Girl and Thank you