“Tammy, when I met you, you were a girl. I barely looked twice at you, but I thought you were a brilliant student with a lot of potential. Years later, I’m seeing how you have truly blossomed. You aren’t a little girl, you’re a grown woman. I love you… I love who you’ve become. I know your full story and I admire you all the more for the pain that you’ve been through. Tammy, you’re a survivor. I’m glad that I finally got a chance to meet your son Jabari like this because it has imbued me with further confidence to do what I am about to do….” Victor started.
He reached into his pocket and pulled out the ring. The 18 karat white gold shone brilliantly even in the dim living room light. Tammy slapped her hand over her mouth to stop herself from screaming in joy. This was the perfect ring. A robust emerald was in the center of the ring, surrounded by diamond sidestones. The ring looked like the type of ring a queen would wear.
“Tammy Powers… Will you marry me? And Jabari… Will you accept me into your family?” Victor finished.
Jabari’s eyes were glued to the ring Victor had just given his mother. If someone could love his mother that much, he must be worthwhile. Jabari was completely ready to give in to Victor’s request and scream: yes! yes! yes! He just nodded and waited for his mother to give her answer.
Tammy burst into tears and nodded. She couldn’t believe that this was happening. Her dream of getting married to the man of dreams was actually going to happen. Tammy couldn’t stop her hand from shaking as Victor slipped the one of a kind vintage ring on her finger.
“I love you,” Tammy blurted out through her tears.
Victor couldn’t stop himself from tearing up too. “I love you too,” Victor said.
At this point, Jabari had his phone out and he was snapping pictures of his mother’s beautiful moment.
Victor stood up from his knees and pulled Tammy close for a kiss. Jabari felt a little weird taking a picture of his mother with his teacher’s tongue down her throat…
“Okay that’s enough! There’s a kid here remember!” Jabari announced.
Tammy and Victor broke apart from their embrace and gestured for Jabari to join in their hug. Jabari joined them and for once in his life felt like he had a chance of having a complete family. Sure it would be a long time before he could consider Victor his “father”, but at least he would have someone besides his mom to talk to about the… awkward stuff. Jabari had plenty of awkward stuff to talk about these days.
That night, Victor stayed over at the Powers’ house and for the first time, Jabari knew what was going on. Tammy and Victor lay nestled in each other’s arms the entire night. The only thing that hadn’t been discussed was the fact that Tammy was certain she was pregnant. She didn’t know how on earth she would break the news to her new fiance. How would he react?
Chapter 14
The entire week had passed before Tammy worked up the courage to tell Victor that she was pregnant. Tammy had taken a pregnancy test on Wednesday and found out the truth. Her birth control had failed her and now she was going to have a baby for her new fiance. Victor had been staying over every night that week and he’d taken over the cooking. He was a far better cook than Tammy was and Jabari wasn’t afraid to tell it like it is. In fact, Jabari was thrilled to have Victor around to help with his Spanish homework. His grades were better than ever.
What’s more, Stan Duffy had completely laid off his attack on Victor and Tammy. Even Stephanie had backed down too. Ever since getting dumped by her fat, older lover Stan, she was completely depressed. Sure she still had her husband but Stephanie needed some good dick while her husband was gone to keep herself sane. How did people live like this?
Randall was the only person who was truly unsatisfied with the way things had gone. He couldn’t believe that Tammy had gone so far as to get her fancy pants lawyer to stop his claims for custody dead in their tracks. Randall was furious and now it was time for payback. This bitch wouldn’t win. She thought she could hoe around town and keep their son? On the same Saturday that Tammy planned to reveal her pregnancy to Victor, Randall planned to pay a visit to the Powers’ household. After all, he still had the right to see his son.
That morning, before Randall arrived everything seemed peaceful. Victor had whipped up a breakfast spread that would put a short order cook to shame. Eggs, bacon, toast, pancakes… He had it all. Tammy wondered if he cooked like that every day. It was certainly something that she could get used to.
Around mid-afternoon, Victor was upstairs in Tammy’s “office” getting some work done when Randall pulled his car to the front of Tammy’s house. Jabari was upstairs too finishing up some homework. Randall knocked once on the front door before waltzing in. Tammy froze on the living room couch. Why don’t I lock my damn door? Tammy thought to herself. She was in a complete panic. She could tell from the look on Randall’s face that he wasn’t here for any good reason.
“Randall,” Tammy choked out.
Randall was clearly piss drunk.
“Tammy! I love you Tammy!” He slurred.
“Randall, get out of my house,” Tammy hissed. She stood up and hoped to God that Victor heard what was going on.
“Tammy you’re my bitch. You’ve always been my main bitch… Please Tammy take me back. I’ll be a good father. I’ll be the man you want. Throw the pussy this way girl and stop acting up,” Randall slurred even more.
He was inching closer to Tammy.
“Randall! GET OUT OF MY HOUSE!” Tammy yelled. She heard shuffling upstairs. Either Jabari or Victor had heard her. Hopefully it was both of them.
Randall didn’t take too kindly to being yelled at. Before Tammy could gain her composure… Whap! Tammy’s face was slammed to the right. She heard the slap after she felt the sting of Randall’s rough palms. Randall grabbed Tammy’s arm before she could react and dragged her to the ground.
“Victor! Victor!” Tammy screamed as she tried to wrestle her arm free.
Tammy was on the ground and she could hear Victor thumping down the stairs. As he bounded down the stairs, Randall landed a good kick in Tammy’s ribs. She cried out loudly.
“Get the hell away from her!” Victor boomed.
Randall kicked Tammy in the ribs again.
Tammy cried out again. “Is Jabari here? Get Jabari away from here!” Tammy yelled.
Victor couldn’t believe that at a time like this, Tammy was still concerned with her son’s whereabouts.
Victor stepped over to Randall and gave him a hard shove. He might have been physically strong enough to get Tammy on the ground once he caught her off guard. But Victor was ready to protect Tammy. Victor landed a right hook on Randall’s nose. Randall started screaming as blood poured everywhere.
Tammy stood up and clutched her ribs. The baby.
“Jabari is upstairs! Call the police!” Victor yelled. He landed another punch on Randall’s face. This time, Randall toppled to the ground. He was too drunk to withstand Victor’s much stronger attack. Tammy ran to the phone and called the police. She was shaking like a leaf when she gave them her address. She couldn’t believe this was happening. She couldn’t believe Randall had just attacked her. Ow. Her stomach hurt like crazy. Tammy was starting to worry about the baby. She hadn’t even told Victor that she was pregnant.
The police were on their way and Randall was sitting on the ground bleeding profusely. Tammy limped her way over.
“Should we get him something for that?” Tammy asked. Victor didn’t reply for a moment.
“No…” He said. He looked at Randall as if he was staring at a pile of dog shit.
“Don’t fucking move,” Victor hissed. Tammy had never seen Victor so vitriolic before. Victor pulled her close and kissed her.
Victor asked “Tammy are you hurt?”
“I’m hurt, but I’m not injured… I’m just worried about my ribs,” Tammy replied.
Victor kissed her cheek.
“Are you sure Jay’s okay?” Tammy asked.
“When I heard the comm
otion I told him to lock himself in his room and not to come out until he heard your voice,” Victor answered.
Good. That was some weight off her shoulders.
“Victor… I have something to tell you,” Tammy began.
Of course, at that precise moment, the cop cars pulled up. Two medics came in an ambulance to assess the injuries.
“I’ll speak to them,” Victor offered. He was sure his appeasing white face would put the police officers at greater ease, especially considering current events.
Will I miscarry before I get the chance to tell him the truth?! Tammy wondered in frustration.
It took a full forty minutes for Randall to get cuffed and for the cops to take statements from Tammy and Victor. Medics assessed that Tammy was fine; she neglected to tell them that she was carrying a child. This wasn’t the way she wanted Victor to find out. The entire time the cops and medics were traipsing in and out of her house, Tammy couldn’t help but think about her baby. She just wanted to chase these people off and have a solitary moment with Victor. How had her day suddenly become so crazy?
Finally, it was all over and Tammy went upstairs to get Jabari out of his room. He was shaken for a bit but he seemed fine once he was sure that his mother was okay. Tammy told her son what she had planned to announce to Victor and sent him back to finish his homework unbothered. Jabari didn’t ask too many questions about what had happened downstairs. Once he knew who the real Randall was, he had decided all on his own that he wasn’t interested in a relationship with that man. Before he believed in an idealized version of Randall. Once he had a taste of the bitter truth, Jabari realized that he would be okay without him. He didn’t consider Victor a father figure yet, but he was certain that Victor would be a better father figure than his current one.
Tammy left her son upstairs so she could have a chat with her fiance. Calm had settled over the Powers’ household. Victor was locked up on assault and attempted murder charges. With the Powers’ family lawyers on the case, Tammy was sure that she would never be bothered again by her ex. She could finally live in peace with her son and her new fiance. There was just one thing left to figure out.
“Victor…” Tammy started.
Victor was cleaning the downstairs floor since Randall had dripped some blood on it.
“Yes?” Victor asked. He could tell that there was something serious on Tammy’s mind.
“I was trying to tell you this earlier but things got a bit out of control. I’m pregnant. Well… At least I think I’m pregnant. After what happened earlier I’m not sure. I didn’t want to say anything to the medics because I didn’t know how you would react,” Tammy confessed.
Victor looked stunned. “You’re pregnant? With my baby?” He asked.
Tammy nodded.
“Oh my goodness. Oh my goodness,” Victor exclaimed. He dropped everything and ran to Tammy, lifting her off the ground. Tammy kissed Victor on the lips.
“Are you happy?” Tammy asked.
Before Victor even said a word, they both knew the answer to that question.
Chapter 15
Victor Del Toro had moved out of his house and into Tammy’s. With a baby on the way, it just made sense. The move meant that Tammy and Victor’s relationship had finally gone public. At first, everyone around town thought it was preposterous. When the full story of Tammy’s proposal made its way through the rumor mill, things changed. All of a sudden people had been “rooting for them all along”. Funny how the gossip mill worked. Their minds could be changed about someone in an instant.
That was what happened to Stephanie… Her affair with Stan Duffy was exposed right along with Marilyn Martin’s affair with Stan Duffy. Tammy wondered how on earth such a physically unappealing man could manage to bang more than half the housewives in the town and keep them all under wraps. If Tammy wasn’t grossed out she would have been more impressed. Some of Stan Duffy’s uncovered affairs had been going on since she was in highschool. When everyone found out Queen B of the PTA was banging the headmaster of her son’s school, everyone turned on her at once. Tammy had already sown the seeds of discord earlier. The hoi polloi were just looking for a reason to turn on Stephanie. When they had their reason, she was ostracized from everything.
She was ejected as PTA president (the position went to Jackie) and she was banned from the country club. The women of Bible study turned their back on Stephanie too. The only person who didn’t know about Stephanie’s indiscretion was her husband. That he didn’t find out was by the grace of God alone because even people in the next town over couldn’t keep their hands off this scandal. Stephanie found herself lost. She had knocked people down her entire life; now that she was at the bottom, she found that she had no one to turn to. All her friends had become her friends out of fear and not love. Now that it was safe not to be on Stephanie’s side, she had no one.
Stephanie’s life got a little bit worse when her son was kicked out of Willowcrest. He had bullied a student with homophobic slurs. In a liberal New England town, this was beyond unacceptable. The people of the town were at the very least tolerant and the use of slurs like that were completely inappropriate. Stephanie’s biggest pride became her biggest shame. Tammy didn’t keep tabs of this scandal, but the last she had heard, Stephanie was begging her husband to take her and the kids to where he was stationed.
One Sunday morning, a couple months into their engagement, Victor had a secret to share with Tammy…
“Tammy… I have something to tell you about Jabari,” Victor announced. He was grinning from ear to ear.
Tammy sat up in bed. “What is it?” She asked. She hoped that Jabari wasn’t causing more trouble in school. She was getting used to high achieving, well behaved Jabari and she didn’t want that to change. Tammy guessed that it wasn’t anything horrible due to the fact that Victor was grinning.
“Your son… has a little girlfriend,” Victor said. He giggled.
“Oh my god! You’re joking! And he didn’t tell me? How do you know?” Tammy asked.
Victor chuckled, “Caught them passing love notes in my Spanish class… And he told me.”
“Why wouldn’t he tell me?!” Tammy exclaimed.
“Well you are his mother… Perhaps he felt it was private,” Victor replied.
Victor was so… Perfect. Tammy kissed him on the nose. “I’m glad you and Jabari are getting along, even if you are sharing secrets,” she whispered.
She kissed Victor long and hard. Victor kissed Tammy’s neck and rolled on top of her. Tammy spread her legs and pulled Victor close. Sunday morning… Jabari was away at soccer practice… This was the perfect time for some nookie with her fiance.
“How’s the baby this morning,” Victor whispered as he kissed Tammy’s chest.
“Very small… But fine,” Tammy muttered.
Shortly after Randall’s attack, the doctor had given Tammy news that her baby was okay. She didn’t know quite yet, but soon Tammy would find out that she was pregnant with twins…
Victor murmured, “I’m glad. Thank you for taking care of my baby mami.”
He kissed Tammy’s velvety brown skin and began to shimmy her out of her clothes. “Mmm,” Tammy moaned when she realized what was about to happy. Now that she was well into her first trimester she felt hornier than ever. All she wanted to do was make love to Victor. Tammy unhooked her bra to make things easier. Victor palmed Tammy’s exposed breast as he removed his own boxers. His hot tool was hard with arousal and pressed against Tammy’s thigh. There was nothing she loved more than Victor’s immense muscular weight pressed on top of her.
“I’m so wet,” Tammy whispered.
Victor kissed her neck. “Oh yeah? Tell me how you want it mami,” He commanded.
“Hard. Rough... I want you to take me and use me like your dirty whore,” Tammy implored.
Victor groaned as he began to slide his cock inside of her. “Are you sure you don’t want it sweet and slow…?” He murmured as he teased her by pushing only half his
length inside of her.
“Please… Use me…” Tammy whimpered.
Victor obliged. He shoved the remaining length of his cock deep inside Tammy. She cried out in pleasure. This was beyond what she had expected.
“Oh god!” She screamed and grabbed onto Victor’s back as he began to thrust inside of her. This was the best sex she had ever had, she was sure of it. (Funny enough, she felt that each time she had sex with Victor.) Victor thrust his cock into Tammy’s wetness hard and deep. He kissed her and caressed her soft brown skin as he made love to her. He rammed his cock into her like she was a whore and Tammy loved every second of it.
“Harder,” She begged.
Victor was happy to oblige. He pounded Tammy’s pussy until she came. “I’m cumming! I’m cumming!” She screamed. Her pussy clenched hard around his cock as she finished. Tammy almost couldn’t handle the immense euphoria she felt washing through her body. This was beyond amazing.
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