“Yes this is Meeka Brown. I need to speak to Gloria if she is available.”
“Oh yes, let me get her.”
Meeka waited nervously on the phone. She scanned through the multiple pages and then stared at the spot that required her signature.
“Meeka, how are you? I know you didn't really want to be involved too much in this process but we're at a stage in the case now where we need you. Did you get the settlement agreement?”
“I did. How did this happen? I thought we had to go to court again next month?”
“We did, but the doctor gave in and said to just pay it. Maybe his conscience got the best of him, who knows? You won’t have to worry about him working around here or anywhere else again.”
“Why do you say that?”
“A settlement over a million dollars? He will never be able to be insured again, his rates would be astronomical.”
“Oh.”
“You don’t sound happy. I thought this is what you wanted.”
“It was.”
Meeka told the woman what she really wanted done and Gloria was quiet on the other end.
“Make sure you send him a good bill.”
Gloria brightened up on the other end and even though her client was going against her recommendation, she drafted the paperwork she had requested.
When Meeka got off the phone with the lawyer, she felt a little more at peace.
Chapter Eighteen
Rick was in agony. He missed Meeka so much he did not know what to do with himself. She would not answer his calls or return his texts. He had even went over to her apartment a few times, but as soon as he said his name, she would not respond. She didn’t yell or scream, she just said nothing. Rick would have rather she scream at him, than the stone silence she gave him.
A few times Rick had found himself outside the restaurant she worked at, but he couldn’t muster the courage to go in. He also didn’t want to cause issues for her at work. She was pregnant and didn’t need any added stress. But it was his baby, he kept telling himself. He should be there for her, but she did not want it that way. Rick had told his lawyers just to settle with her. They were upset, but he already knew what would happen when it went through. He didn’t care if he couldn’t work as a doctor anymore. He loved his job, but he loved Meeka more.
His lawyer called him later that evening and he thought he was going to hear that she had signed the settlement papers.
“Rick, it seems that the lawsuit has been dropped. I just got all the paperwork from the lawyer, though it looks like she has sent you her legal fees bill. Once that is paid, the lawsuit will be dropped.”
“What?”
“I know, I can’t believe it either. This is great news Rick! You won’t have to quit your job and the insurance premium shouldn’t go up that much.”
Rick breathed a sigh of relief and his heart filled with hope. He hoped that her dropping the lawsuit meant she forgave him. He didn’t want to get his hopes up too high, but he figured it was definitely a step in the right direction. Rick was tempted to call her, but he didn’t want it to look like he was gloating. He could not take the chance of making things worse between the two of them, though he wondered how much worse it could actually get. He did not exist as far as Meeka was concerned.
He had one of his colleagues look into where Meeka was going for her prenatal care and he spent the afternoon looking over her charts. She had an ultrasound schedule the next week and he wanted to be there with her to see what the sex would be. Either way he would be happy, if it was a boy or a girl.
***
Malik was not letting it go. He asked his mother about Rick almost every day and every time he mentioned his name, she wanted to cry. For a child so young, Malik was very opinionated and he had a bit of an old soul already showing with an understanding far beyond his young years. He was making her feel bad and she was getting frustrated trying to explain it. As smart as he was, there was a lot of the emotional spectrum that he was just not privy to yet.
There were a lot of things that Malik knew about that happened with his father, but Meeka had not had the heart to tell him about Rick being the doctor that failed him. She never knew how to say that to him, but in her frustration, she blurted it out.
“You don’t understand Malik. Rick was the one that killed your father.”
As soon as Meeka said the words, she regretted them. The look in his eyes changed and she was not prepared for the strong reaction that he had.
“He shot him!”
“No baby, of course not. He was the doctor that worked on daddy in the hospital.”
“Well I am sure he tried his best mom. You are telling me all the time that no one is perfect. I miss Rick.”
“Me too baby.”
It hit her then that she had been so wrong and was really just looking for someone to blame. Her emotions had taken over for her, and it didn't help that her hormones were out of control due to the pregnancy. It was sad that it took her young son to make her realize it. With everything on the table, Malik just wanted Rick back in his life and so did Meeka. She still wondered why he didn’t tell her, but she figured that her overreaction was part of the reason. There was also the lawsuit in court. It was just all too complicated, but all she wanted to do was call Rick. She just missed him.
Chapter Nineteen
Meeka had not seen Rick for almost four months and she hadn’t gotten a phone call from him in two weeks. When she went to her first ultrasound and found out she was going to have a girl, she had almost texted him, but she lost her nerve when it came time to hit the send button. Her mother had scolded her several times. She usually didn’t push her, but even Meeka had to admit that she was not handling the situation very well. It should have already been resolved, she knew what she had to do. It was what was best for everyone involved, including herself and her unborn child.
***
When Meeka got off of work that afternoon, she brought her son over to her mother’s house for their weekly visit. Her parents were taking him overnight once a week to give her time to unwind and get things ready for the new baby. Meeka had recently found a bigger rent controlled apartment that had more room and there was so much that needed to be done.
For all of her business though, she still thought of Rick and what she should do. Her heart told her that she was in love with the man and she was afraid that her stubbornness would cost her the man she was supposed to actually be with. She knew in her heart that it was some kind of weird twist of fate that they had found each other. Meeka did not believe in coincidence and the two of them together was definitely not one. When they were together, she knew that she was made for him.
Her hands played with the phone after she got back to her house. She brought his number up on the screen and looked at it for quite some time. She first started out texting him but decided that that was the chicken way out, so she called him. His phone rang several times and when his deep, baritone voice picked up, her heart melted.
“Meeka?”
“Hi Rick.”
Rick had never been so happy to hear those two little words and Meeka was never as happy to say them. He could hear her voice quivering and he didn’t know what to say. Rick was afraid of upsetting her and her disappearing again. She was like a baby deer that was skittish at even the slightest movement, or at least that is what Rick had imagined. What he failed to see was that Meeka was strong, but she valued her happiness and her son’s.
“I have missed you Rick.”
The statement was so honest and clear. He had always liked how she was so blunt and just said what was on her mind. He had never had a woman ignore him so perfectly, but it seemed that she was ready to talk. The way the conversation began, he really hoped that the rest of it would be of the same ilk.
“God, I have missed you too Meeka. It has been so long since I have heard your voice. I was starting to wonder to myself if I would ever hear it again. Can I see you?”
“When.”
“Now?”
“I need to take a shower. I just got off of work. How about you come over in an hour, so we can talk about a few things?”
“Okay. I will see you then.”
“Wait, did you know that I moved?”
“No, just send me the address. I love you Meeka and I will see you in an hour.”
Meeka just looked at the phone as she pulled it from her ear. They had always had brief telephone conversations, but that was especially so. There was a lot that needed to be said between the two of them, but she was happy that he seemed to want to hash it out face to face too. Though she may have needed some time to think about everything, her mind had finally changed. She wanted and maybe even needed a man in her life and she just hoped that they could salvage some part of their relationship. She wanted them all to be one big happy family.
While Meeka should have focused on how she was feeling, she was more interested in what she was going to wear and if it were possible to feel his hands on her body again. She hated to admit her, but she thought of him every night and she would give anything to feel his lips on hers.
Her shower was hot and a bit too long. She had just gotten out when the buzzer on the wall by the door, signaled someone was downstairs. She pressed the button and asked who it was.
“Rick.”
A shiver ran down her spine with that one word and she looked down at herself. Her skin was dripping wet and the towel was held on to her body with one little tuck under her arms. She could hear him getting closer to his door and when he knocked, Meeka took a deep breath and pulled it open. He had the same look in his eyes that he had the first time they had been intimate and all of the feelings from that night came crashing back to her. She asked him if he wanted to come in and her voice sounded breathless even to her own ears.
Rick’s eyes burned into hers. He wanted to take her into his arms, but restrained the urge. He did not know where she was in her mind. It was the first time he had seen her in months and he stood there drinking in her view. His eyes went to her front. Her breasts were even bigger than before and she had the beginnings of a rounding to her lower abdomen. For lack of a better word, she was glowing and it made him want her even more. Knowing that she was carrying his child filled him with a possessiveness that he had never felt before.
“Hi.”
Meeka’s deep brown eyes met his and she smiled a heart-stopping grin that made his heart flit.
“Hi.”
“Look Meeka, I am so sor…”
Meeka pressed her finger against his lips. While she had made up her mind, she didn’t want to talk about it just yet. They say time heals all wounds, and in this case that may have just been what they needed. At that moment, all she could think about was the soft lips she was touching. She wanted those lips on hers and everywhere else. Meeka needed him. His close proximity was driving her body mad. Her face came towards him and their lips touched when she moved her finger out of the way.
The light contact pushed Rick over the edge and he couldn’t stop his arms from enfolding her to his body. His hard body yearned for her soft one and he growled when her large chest pressed against him. He could feel the tips of her nipples hardening underneath her shirt. Meeka moaned softly as his hands searched for an opening in her towel. She gasped when he found the towel’s tucked and undid it. Her body was revealed and the pink cotton fell below her to the carpeted floor. He pulled her back up against him and groaned with her fleshy touch.
“Oh Meeka.My Meeka. I have missed you so much.”
He mumbled and his lips sucked the side of her throat, moving down to her naked shoulders. She could feel his excitement against her hip and she moved her hand down to cup the bulge in her small palm. His noise was akin to a strangled cry and he pushed her hand away quickly.
“Please don’t Meeka, I don’t know if I will be able to control myself.”
Rick whirled her around and held her ass against his hard groin. She was unable to touch him, but it opened her up to his touch perfectly. She whimpered as his hands cupped her own heat and one hand started to twist and pull on her erect nipples. Her head fell back on his shoulder as her eyes closed to the pleasure his hands created.
“Who says I want you to?”
Her words surged blood to his member and he ground the stiffness against her ass cheeks with a hiss. It was what she had said the first time and he was feeling less control than he had that night. They hadn’t been together in so long that he felt an overwhelming desire to bury himself inside of her. He tried to slow down and closed his own eyes, but that just made the feeling of her tits in his palm softer and the cleft in between her pussy lips wetter. Meeka backed her ass up into crotch and rubbed her ass against him with a steady rhythm.
A couple of the man’s thick digits pressed into the woman’s center. Meeka’s insides gripped his intrusion and a moan went to the woman’s soft lips, slipping between before she could stop it.
“Oh Rick.”
Rick’s teeth bit into her shoulder and she squealed with the sudden sharp pain. While it hurt a little, the aggressive move flooded her pussy with fluid and she whined. His fingers were never going to fulfill the aching throb deep inside of her. She needed his long, thick cock inside of her and she willed him to realize that. Meeka did not need him to make love to her, she needed to be taken.
Chapter Twenty
“Meeka you are so wet baby. I need to be inside of you.”
Rick pushed her towards the back of the couch in the living room and pushed her forward, presenting her tiny rosebud and soaked love tunnel. He gritted his teeth together from the sight and his hand went between her slim dark thighs. His white hand glowed against her ass and she pushed her ass back till his finger penetrated her tight hole. With only his index finger inside of her, Meeka started to engulf his digit in her silken tight folds.
“So wet.”
Rick was not talking to her, he was now just mumbling to himself. His cock throbbed painfully inside of his pants, but her weeping center left him fascinated. His hand shook as he finger fucked the slippery hole, making her ass shake around his vibrating hand.
“Oh Rick, don’t stop!”
Her voice was high-pitched, one of her many telling signs of orgasm. He slowed down the penetration and used his other fingers to rub on the top of her slit. Rick’s hand played her to the edge, but then pulled her back before she could plunge. His hands did this several more times as he sucked a large mark on her neck. He sucked on her flesh as hard as he wanted to pound inside of her.
Meeka was almost to tears and she gripped the edge of the couch tightly in her small hands. She tried to press her ass back to push herself over the edge, but then Rick would take away the stimulation. Meeka begged Rick to take her, fuck her and give her the needed relief to the build up inside of her.
“Please Rick, I need you inside of me. I want that big fat cock of yours inside of me now!”
There was no doubt of the extra urgency in her voice and her body reacted with the same fervor as her words. She heard the sound of a zipper being undone behind her and her warmth quivered in anticipation. She felt Rick getting closer again and the hot flesh of him in between her legs. He pressed alongside of her lips and Meeka whimpered his name again. Instead of pushing inside of her hungry hole though, he slid past it and pushed in between her legs.
Meeka made an inpatient noise and willed him where she wanted him. Rick grabbed her hips to stop her movement and held her in place to maintain his control. He didn’t want to hurt her, but it had been so long, her smell was making him feral. By the third thrust through her soft thigh and against her wetness was as much preamble as he could manage. When he pulled back out the fourth time, he positioned himself against her and surged forward until he felt the suffocating walls and Meeka’s womb. She cried out with her face buried in the pillow on the couch.
Rick growled deep in his throat and ground his hips against her quivering ass. The body underneath him starte
d to shake and liquid poured out of Meeka. Her eyes were shut tight as wave after wave of pleasure flowed through her body. Each time it washed over her, her insides constricted around Rick’s throbbing meat and he grunted in response. It took everything in him to give her body a moment to adjust to him again. Every inch of him was engulfed in burning hot heaven.
When Meeka calmed down some underneath him, Rick pulled out in a rush. Meeka whimpered and stuck her derriere higher in the air. Her head lifted up from the cushion and her eyes pleaded with him to slide back in. He knew that she liked it fast and he slammed back inside of her with one quick thrust. The plunge was so hard that she went to her tiptoes as he rocked her forward and up. Rick grabbed her right thigh and pushed it higher till her knee caught the top of the couch and stayed.
Rick’s hand delved into Meeka’s hair and pulled her head back to meet his lips. Her body was pulled back against him, enabling only short, fast strokes up. He continued to rock in and out of her quickly. His hands had fallen to her swinging chest, cupping them from behind as he pummeled her insides. When she came again, the extra fluid aided him to fuck her deeper and faster. The loud squelching sounds were drowned out by the her cries. Her noise fell on deaf ears though.
Squeezing her dark nipples and twisting them with his fingers, Rick lengthened the strokes as much as he could. His hips moved slower as he bit his lip to hold back the inevitable. He wasn’t ready to end it. He pulled her leg down and let her head fall back to the couch in exhaustion.
As Rick slid out, he heard the same whimpering from before. His fingers touched her red lips and she objected to the loss of his member. She wanted to feel him blast her insides with his cum, but he did not come forth again. Meeka stood up on wobbly knees and turned around to find him standing back to watch her. She walked forward with a fire in his eyes and their lips met for a passionate kiss. He was rock hard and slid perfectly between her legs. His hips started to piston in and out of her, rubbing her tender clit in the process.
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