Side Chick Catching Main Chick Feelings 2

by B. M. Hardin

  Drake stopped talking to breathe.

  So the whole time Kane was up to no good?

  He knew and was in on the whole plan and the murder?

  He was really a piece of work!

  He used me.

  He pursued me even though he knew that I had history with Drake.

  Could it have been just to be funny because Drake had been married to his side chick?

  I was sure that he knew that Drake and Naomi were married.

  Did he come after me because he felt some kind of way about knowing that Drake was going home to her?

  That was just like a man.

  They always wanted their cake and they wanted to bake, cut, and eat it too.

  He had a wife, but he was jealous of his side chick’s husband, so he came after me to get even.

  Straight bull crap I tell you!

  Kane was nothing more than the product of the devil.

  And if Drake didn’t make him pay, I sure as hell was.

  But I liked how they both tried to play me like they didn’t even know each other.

  Drake could have at least told me.

  “So now what? I told you why I did it. Do you forgive me? Can we move past this? I love you so much Dray. And I’m so sorry that I lied to you. I was just trying to help. I swear that was the only reason I did it.”

  I looked at Dray teary eyed.

  Hopefully we could move forward and be a family and try to get past all of this.

  There was really no reason for him to be mad at me at this point.

  The only one he needed to be mad at was Kane.

  Drake looked at me and touched my face.

  “You should have told me Moe. Sorry. But No. I just can’t let it go. Now right now. Or maybe even ever.”

  And with that, he headed back into the building.

  I exhaled loudly and got back into my car.

  Even with the truth he still didn’t want to forgive me.

  But why?

  He was just being a jerk at this point.

  I knew him and I knew that he was just being an ass hole about it because his ego was bruised.

  He was just mad at the fact that someone else had sampled my goodies other than him, and other than the time that he’d asked me to seduce Mario to keep an eye on him.

  This wasn’t about me.

  This was about his ego, his pride and his anger towards Kane.

  But I was tired of begging him.

  Either he was going to forgive me or he wasn’t. It was just that simple.

  I drove off with an attitude.

  I didn’t want to give up on us without a fight but something I said better get through to him soon, or I might have to start considering life without him.

  For real this time.

  I still had a few more tricks up my sleeve to try to get him back, so hopefully something would work.

  But first I had to make another stop.

  I pulled up at the car lot that Kane owned.

  Maybe going there was a mistake but he had to answer to me for what he had done.

  He was in on the whole thing yet he had me sleeping with him as though it was really to keep Dray out of trouble.

  Who does that?

  Somebody evil and twisted that’s who!

  As Drake said, if he would help with plans of killing his own brother, he didn’t give a damn about anyone else.

  That’s for darn sure.

  But I still had a few words to say to him and I was going to make sure that he heard what I had to say loud and clear.

  I walked into the building and straight to Kane’s office.

  I opened the door without knocking.

  Kane was sitting there.

  He appeared to be deep in thought or something but I was about to give him something to think about.

  “How dare you!”

  Kane looked at me and stood up.

  “Moet, I’ve been calling you,” Kane said as though nothing was wrong.

  I reached for the closest thing on his desk and threw it in his direction.

  He moved out of the way, but by that time, I had picked up something else and it was flying in his direction.

  It hit him in his chest, but he laughed.

  Can you say crazy?

  “You were in on it the whole time and made me think that I was saving Drake by sleeping with you! Really?”

  Kane looked as though he could have cared less about my discover.

  “I’m sorry. I really am but I couldn’t help it.”

  I reached for something else but he gave me a look that I wasn’t sure how to take, so instead of throwing it, I just held it in my hand.

  “What was the point of it all Kane?”

  “I wanted you.”

  I wanted to spit on him.

  “Fuck you Kane!”

  “When?”

  Was he really coming on to me right now?

  I hoped that Drake did something to him that he would never forget.

  Maybe he would kill his ass the same way he’d done his brother or at least put him in the hospital with a few broken bones or something.

  “You was in on your brother’s murder.”

  “So.”

  “So my ass! You’re nothing but the scum of the earth. Just drop dead Kane.”

  “Can I screw you one last time then before I do?”

  He was sickening!

  “Don’t call my phone again. Ugh stupid,” I said to him and prepared to leave.

  “Oh and by the way, I lied about something else too,” Kane said.

  I glared at him with fire in my eyes.

  “The condom broke, once, so…”

  Oh hell no!

  This baby that I was carrying was Drake’s and there was no question about it.

  “What are you saying?”

  “I’m saying that if that baby is mine, I’m not going anywhere. So until you have that baby, I’m going to call you. Whether you answer or not and once you have it, we’re going to have to make sure that it isn’t mine. If it is, you won’t keep me from it,” Kane said and sat back down.

  What?

  “Why are you doing this?”

  “Why is he doing what?” I heard a voice ask from behind me.

  Jinx.

  I looked at her as she walked closer to me.

  I didn’t know if she was going to act civilized or not so I balled up my fists just in case.

  “Jinx,”

  “Why is he doing what?” Jinx repeated her question.

  Kane looked at me and I looked at him.

  “Do you want to tell her or do you want me to?”

  Kane said nothing but I could tell that he didn’t want me to say a word.

  But what the hell.

  Why try to save his marriage when he’d ruined my chance at happily ever after?

  “Kane was blackmailing me to have sex with him Jinx. I didn’t know that he was your husband. He was the one that I had come to ask you for help about. It was him the whole time,” I said to her.

  I might as well be honest.

  “Is this true?”

  It was silent for a second.

  And then surprisingly Kane smiled.

  “Nope.”

  “No? Kane really?”

  “She’s lying. We started having sex after she saw me here that day. She ran into me a day or two later and said that she wanted to see what the D was like. I’ll admit, I should have turned her down but I didn’t. Now she trying to pin her baby on me,” Kane lied.

  I couldn’t believe it!

  “Jinx he’s lying. He’s lying. He blackmailed me to have sex with him and I found out today that he was just using the murder to get what he wanted from me and he had known the truth the whole time. And my baby isn’t his. It’s Drake’s.”

  Jinx looked confused.

  She even looked like she might want to throw a few blows but she knew that she couldn’t beat me.

  “She’s lying,” Kane repeated.
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  I looked at him as though my look could have sent him into cardiac arrest or something.

  I couldn’t believe how crazy he was and that he was sitting there lying like it was nothing.

  “He’s lying Jinx. Hell I don’t want anything to do with him. Naomi and those kids are the ones you should be worried about. Not me.”

  “But yet you’re the one here. Not her,” Jinx replied.

  “I’m telling you the truth. If you want to believe him, fine go ahead. But he’s a pervert and a liar. He’s not the father of my baby. And he’s not my problem. He’s yours. But tell him to stop calling my phone would you?” I said flashing my phone in her face after finding his missed calls.

  Her face tensed.

  Jinx looked back and forth between the two of us but I didn’t wait for her response.

  I turned to leave but then she spoke.

  “Don’t come back here no more Moe. Or you will be sorry. And if that baby is Kane’s, I suggest you take care of it, your way. Or I’ll take care of it…my way,” Jinx growled.

  I blacked out for only a second but I came back to reality real quick.

  Did she just threaten my baby’s life?

  I turned around and walked directly in her personal space.

  I was so close to her face that I could taste the gum that she was chewing.

  “Like I said, this is Drake’s baby. Not your sad ass excuse of a husband’s. And I wish you would come near it. Or you are going to be the one that’s sorry,” I said and pushed up against her.

  She already knew.

  My heart don’t pump no Koolaid nor was there an ounce of bitch in my blood.

  If she wanted it, she could get it.

  I didn’t care if I was the one in the wrong for sleeping around with her husband or whatever he should be referred to as.

  She wasn’t going to threaten me.

  And to bring my child in it, yeah, she was asking for trouble and I would be the one to give it to her.

  “He’s my husband.”

  “Sorry boo boo, but you didn’t win a prize. He’s nothing and I do mean nothing to brag about.”

  “At least I have one.”

  “One that you have to share. I guess if you consider yourself lucky, then you’re just as much as a lost cause as he is. But keep your mouth off of me and my baby, and keep your husband from calling my phone.”

  “You are going to get what’s coming to you. And I’m going to make sure of that. You better watch your back Moe,” she called after me as I walked away.

  “Likewise,” I said and slammed the door shut behind me.

  And the real drama was about to begin.

  Oh well, here we go.

  ~***~

  “What’s wrong? Is the baby okay?”

  To be honest, the baby was just fine and so was I.

  But Drake didn’t have to know that.

  He’d been mad for far too long now and it was time for him to get over himself and take me back.

  It had been well over a month now since everything had transpired and I just wanted my man back.

  Desperate times, caused for desperate measures.

  So, I faked some pain and came to the hospital.

  I’d called Dray a few times before coming but he didn’t answer the phone, so I sent him a text and told him that I was having pains and that I was concerned about the baby so I was going to the hospital to make sure everything was okay.

  I knew that the good side of him would make him come and see about me.

  Well, about the baby at least.

  I knew that if he thought even a little bit that this baby could be his, he would come and make sure that it was doing fine, and I was right.

  There he was.

  Sitting, waiting for the doctor to return with pretty much nothing to tell.

  I almost wished that something minor was wrong so that I could play at the strings of his heart.

  But I wasn’t hurting at all so I was just waiting for the doctor to come back and say that everything was fine and send me home.

  But maybe we could have a small conversation in between.

  Drake sat there with a smug look on his face.

  I could tell that he had a thousand things on his mind and I could tell that he was either stressed out or worried.

  Maybe even a little bit of both.

  Before I could spark a conversation, the doctor came in with a smile on his face.

  “The testing looks fine. Nothing there. I’m just going to do a quick ultrasound. You may be experiencing just some discomfort as a result of pressure as the baby is starting to grow. Is this is your first pregnancy?”

  “Yes…well no. I was pregnant years ago and but I had to have an abortion.”

  At my words it was as though Drake remembered the sacrifices that I’d made for him.

  It was as though he’d hidden the memory and I’d brought it back to his remembrance.

  His face immediately softened.

  The doctor nodded his head as the nurse entered and they set me up to have a look at the baby.

  I smiled as Drake stood up and came by my side so that he could see.

  The sound of the heartbeat was like music to my ears.

  And then we saw the tiny little embryo that was soon going to be the very best part of me.

  There goes my baby!

  There goes the twinkle in my eye!

  The amount of happiness that I felt at that moment was unexplainable and I started to cry.

  I’d always wanted to be a mother.

  Not quite before being a wife, but nevertheless, I’d always wanted a child of my own.

  After choosing to get rid of the first one, I wasn’t so sure if I would be blessed to have the opportunity again, but I was and I was going to be the best mother that I could possibly be.

  I was going to do everything in my power to keep my child safe and happy.

  And from the look on Drake’s face, so would he.

  He put his arm around me as I cried, and I could tell that his heart was releasing the anger that he had towards me.

  I could tell that he was going to forgive me.

  He wasn’t quite ready yet, but I could tell that he was going to.

  And he damn well should.

  He’s done worse.

  But the past was the past and I just wanted to spend the rest of my life with him.

  I wanted to build a family and do everything that we’d always said that we would do.

  That’s all I’d ever wanted.

  I somewhat blamed him for this whole mess.

  Had he not ran off and got married while I was in prison, or made me his side chick for so long, I would have never even entertained Kane in the first place.

  So as far as I was concerned, he was part the blame.

  Of course he would never see it that way, but he absolutely was.

  After a few more things and tips from the doctor, it was time to leave and Dray helped me out of the hospital and to my car.

  “Come home. Or can I come home to you?” I asked.

  He shook his head.

  Why was he trying to play so hard to get?

  Why wouldn’t he just forgive me already?

  “Why?”

  “Because Moet, there’s something that you should know too.”

  I looked at him suspiciously.

  “You see there’s more to the story about Kane and I. The truth is…Kane and I are also….lovers.”

  What the f---!

  ~***~

  I stared at the boxes.

  It was going to take me forever to unpack.

  After Drake damn near gave me a heart attack that day at the hospital, he confessed that he was just kidding about he and Kane being lovers.

  He literally let me flip out and start crying and everything.

  I tried to fight him and called him every name in the book but he didn’t break for a long while.

  He just stood there with a straight face and tr
ied to protect himself.

  Finally, he took me out of my misery and fell out laughing.

  I looked at him like he was crazy and he told me that he was only joking with me and that he just wanted to see how I would react to something like that or if he had kept such a big secret as that away from me.

  I guess he was trying to make a point.

  Point taken.

  Lying to him was wrong.

  But after all of that, he suggested that I moved into the house with him so that he could keep an eye on me.

  He made it clear that we weren’t exactly back together, but he said that since I was pregnant and all he would feel better if I was there with him.

  And he made it clear that as soon as I had the baby, we were getting a blood test.

  But I wasn’t worried about that.

  I knew who the father of my child was and I knew that Kane was lying about some random condom breaking incident.

  He was just being a jackass.

  But with months left in the pregnancy to go, I was hoping that things would somehow get back on track with Drake and I.

  But I was trying not to pressure him.

  I was hoping that he would somehow be able to erase the thoughts of Kane and I having sex and see the big picture.

  I loved him and only him.

  I only did it to protect him, at least that was what I thought that I was doing.

  Though the first time was intentional and on my own, he didn’t need to know all of that.

  So for now, I would take what I could get and work my way back to a place where maybe he would consider making me his wife someday.

  As far as I knew, he still had a bone to pick with Kane.

  He never said anything else about it though, but I was sure that he wasn’t going to just let it go.

  I figured that whatever he decided to do to Kane was absolutely what Kane deserved.

  I didn’t need to know about it.

  There was something unfamiliar about Drake but I couldn’t put my finger on it.

  He acted normal; yet he didn’t.

  It was hard to explain.

  Maybe it was just as a result of how he felt about me.

  And then again, maybe it wasn’t.

  Whatever it was, I was just hoping that he could find his way back to loving me.

  At the end of the day that was all that mattered.

  Deciding that the boxes could wait until Drake came back home to help me with them, I headed to the kitchen to get a snack.

  The house was impeccable.

  It was everything we’d wanted.