My Brother's Wife 2: What The Heart Wants

by Mona

  “Not yet,” Arianna replied.

  Although she wasn’t experiencing any current pains, she was, in shock once her water broke. “Dammit, I don’t know why I listened to you about wanting some damn Baskin Robbins ice cream. We should have never left the house. Dre is going to kill me. At least if we were still in the house, I could’ve called the ambulance, but your water chose to break while I’m driving. Sweet Jesus. Just hold on tight. We’re almost there.” Rolanda told her.

  “Well, where the hell is Dre? First, he leaves the house in a rush talking about it’s an emergency and then he hasn’t been answering his phone. Where is he?” Arianna asked.

  “I don’t know honey. But just try to not stress yourself. I left him a message letting him know we are heading to Jersey Shore Hospital,” Rolonda said to Arianna.

  As they reached a red light, Rolonda squeezed Arianna’s hand to reassure her everything will be okay. As the light turned green and Rolonda pulled off, her Blackberry rung a total of three times before she finally answered it. Pressing the talk button, she then placed the call on speaker phone as she continued making her way to the hospital.

  “Hey, Ian, honey, I’m driving so I have you on speaker phone. So go ahead and talk. I’m trying to get Arianna to the hospital,” Rolonda spoke into the phone. “Hello. Hello. Ian, can you hear me? Hello. Ian?” Rolonda called out into the speaker phone. As she approached a red light once again, she lowered her head, viewed the phone screen and noticed Ian was in fact sill on the line. “Well, what the hell is going on? He’s still on the line but it’s as if he cannot hear me.”

  “You know how these Blackberry phones are,” Arianna commented.

  “Yeah, well I’m hanging up and I will just call him back,” Rolonda stated. As she attempted to press on the talk button, the red light turned green and she continued driving. “Ari, can you please end the call for me?” Rolonda asked. Before Arianna was able to end the call, Ian’s voice followed by a woman Rolonda did not recognize echoed through the speakers.

  “Yeah, like I was saying, she’s served her purpose. Matter of fact, she didn’t serve her purpose. She led me to my son, but he won’t speak to me. I’ve been asking her all these months to get him to speak to me but her ass can’t even do that. It’s bad enough I had to pretend I love her ass and fucking propose to her, and she can’t even deliver what I was using her to do in the first fucking place. She was useless when we were kids and she’s fucking useless now,” Ian’s cold tone echoed through the phone as Rolonda and Arianna listened on in shock. “Oh, and don’t forget, fuck her. Remember, you had to fuck her too. I’m sure you enjoyed that, huh?” The unrecognizable female voice said.

  “No baby. I didn’t enjoy that shit. You know the only woman I enjoy fucking is you,” he said in a lower tone.

  “Yes, I’ll let you tell it,” she woman responded.

  “Focus baby, focus. Now it’s about to be over because I’m tired of pretending with her ass. She can get Andre to speak to me so I can get some money out of him, then fuck her. She works my goddam nerves. Instead of concentrating on getting Andre to come around and quit hating me, she seems more focused on that damn son of hers. Talking about he’s ready to take a paternity test, like I really give a fuck,” Ian continued.

  “Well, little does Malachi know, no paternity test is needed, because you really are in fact his biological dad,” the woman said rather amused.

  “Yeah, and that’s another thing with Rolonda. She’s dumb as hell. She actually let me convince her to pretend we don’t know if I’m Malachi’s dad. All to impress me. I always hated that about her. Always eager to please a nigga. She was like that when we were kids and that’s why I loved Justine and not her.”

  “Yeah, well for someone you didn’t love, you sure didn’t have any problems putting two babies in her.”

  “Yeah, well, what can I say. I was young and the bitch had some good pussy.”

  “But, you didn’t enjoy fucking her in these past few months, huh?”

  “Oh My God! Mama Ro!” Arianna suddenly screamed before everything went black.

  ________

  “Okay, Arianna, I’m going to need you to push one last time,” Dr. Chu coached.

  “No, no I can’t do this without my husband,” Arianna cried as Lorette held her hand.

  “Dr. Chu, something is not right,” the assisting nurse announced as she checked Arianna’s vitals.

  “Wait, what’s wrong?” Lorette asked with concerned.

  “She’s fine. Now, all I need is for her to push, because I see the baby’s head,” Dr. Chu informed.

  “Ready, Dr. Marshall?” Dr. Chu turned to the second Dr. who specializes in delivery.

  “Alright, Mrs. Aeikan, all I need is one final push and you will finally meet you daughter,” Dr. Marshall ordered. “Let’s go Arianna, one more time, push,” Just as the doctor coached Arianna to push once more, Andre ran into the room.

  “Baby, I’m here,” Andre said out of breath as he rushed to her side and grabbed a hold of her free hand.

  “Oh my god, babe, where were you? I couldn’t do this without you,” Arianna cried as Andre caressed her face.

  “It’s okay baby. I’m here now. Now please, go ahead and push, baby. Bring our daughter out, okay. Please do that for me, baby,” Andre coached and spoke to her as he gently squeezed her hand and continued caressing her face.

  “Okay I’m ready!” Arianna cried. Once she gave one final push, Arianna cried more tears of joy as she heard her baby cry. Once Andre cut the umbilical cord and the baby was taken away. Andre quickly bent down and kissed her lips. As Dr. Marshall was tending to Arianna, he along with Dr. Chu exchanged strange looks of concerned.

  “Okay, I’m going to need everyone to clear the room, immediately!” He demanded. “Nurse, please get everyone out of here,” he said once again. Dr. Chu turned her attention to Andre. “Andre, I will need you to step out as well, but you can stand right out here in the hallway, but I’m sorry, Mrs. St. Jean you will have to wait out in the waiting room.”

  “What the hell is going on?” Andre asked as he continued holding Arianna’s hand.

  “Andre, please, just let us do what we have to do, but we just noticed something is not right. Now, please, the both of you, please, step out now,” She said once again more with more force.

  Kissing Arianna lovingly on the forehead, Andre and Lorette reluctantly left the room.

  Two Hours Later:

  Andre entered the waiting room still wearing the hospital scrubs and immediately locked eyes with Malachi. Dr. Chu and Dr. Marshall joined him seconds later. Andre’s eyes were blood shot red and wore a solemn expression.

  “What’s going on, Andre?” Lorette and Rolonda asked at the same time.

  “Are you okay?” Andre asked Rolonda, referring to the minor fender bender she and Arianna experienced.

  “Yes I’m fine. How’s Arianna and the baby?”

  “The baby and Ri are doing good, except there were some problems,” Andre said as he rubbed his face in frustration.

  “What kind of problems?” Lorette asked.

  “Man, the doctors will explain it better to the both of you,” Andre stated.

  “Okay, well basically, during Arianna’s pregnancy, I noticed some abnormalities in her blood work and tests; however, since we always saw only one baby on the ultrasounds, I simply brushed aside my suspicions. “To put it to you folks as simply as possible, Arianna was pregnant with twins all along,” Dr. Marshall explain.

  “Oh my god! twins? My baby had twins?” Lorette asked over joyed.

  “Not quite, Mrs. St. Jean. See, the second baby was delivered still-born,” Dr. Marshall explained further causing both women to gasp in shock. Malachi, however remained quiet.

  “Oh my god,” Lorette expressed as her and Rolonda embraced in a warm hug.

  “So, if you folks have any questions for us, we would be more than happy to answer them for you. Once again, we are so sorry for your loss,�
� Dr. Marshall expressed before walking away. “Andre as soon as you are ready, you can return to Arianna’s side,” Dr. Chu said to Andre.

  “Andre, what was the sex of the baby?” Rolonda asked as she was in tears.

  “It’s a girl too,” Andre replied.

  “Dear god,” Lorette whispered as she and Rolonda hugged once more.

  “Excuse me, doctor?” Malachi suddenly called out before Dr. Chu could disappear through the automatic doors. “I have a question?”

  Dr. Chu made her way back to where they all stood and faced Malachi. “Sure, I’m listening. Are you a family member also?” Dr. Chu asked.

  “Yes, I am,” Malachi confirmed.

  Andre clenched his jaw as he stared at Malachi with extreme venom.

  “Mal, what are you doing?” Rolonda asked nervously.

  “Doctor, I was just curious. Twins. Is it possible for twins to be conceived separately. You know, two different fathers?”

  “Yes. Fraternal twins and the name for that is Superfecundation. Heteropaternal. Superfecundation occurs when two different males father fraternal twins,” Dr. Chu explained.

  Andre edged closer to Malachi. Once Rolonda noticed she immediately stood between them.

  “Dammit, Malachi, what are you doing?” Rolonda asked in him.

  “Mom, I need to know if one of those babies are mine? And if so, which one? Or maybe they’re both mines?” Malachi asked as he stared directly in Andre’s eyes.

  “Nigga, I’m really getting sick of your shit! How about none of them are yours!” Andre attempted to move closer to Malachi; however, Rolonda continued to stand in between them.

  “Okay you two, calm down. Malachi, please leave and Andre go back to your wife,” Lorette suggested.

  As Andre attempted to walk away, Malachi refused to leave well enough alone. “No, I’m sorry. I need to know. I need a paternity test on both babies. And if you refuse it, I’ll get a court order. Since Arianna and I did engage in sexual intercourse, I have every right to request this, Dre. Whether you like this shit or not, this is what it is,” Malachi called out.

  Without warning, Andre rushed Malachi in full force, grabbed him by his throat and pushed him against the wall with a violent thrust, causing Lorette, Rolonda and Dr. Chu to scream out in horror. Andre applied extreme pressure on Malachi’s neck. As Malachi attempted to pry Andre’s hands way, Andre continued to apply pressure, followed by blow after blow to his face. The women continued to scream. They were unable to break up the violent confrontation between them. As three hospital security guards finally approached them and were able to break up the altercation, Andre delivered one more blow to Malachi.

  “Nigga, instead of walking around worrying about my wife, why don’t you worry about that C.O you were fucking in Bordentown. Yeah, nigga. You didn’t think I knew? Yeah, her ass is missing and dropped her fourteen year old daughter off at Grover Manor with a note to Arianna. That’s why I had to go over there real quick. The security guard called me after that little girl was crying, all hysterical and shit. Nigga, if you want a paternity test. Why don’t your ass get one on that little girl, because she looks just like our sister Candy…”

  TO BE CONTINUED…

  QUESTIONS:

  Is Malachi the father of one of the baby’s and if so, which one did he father?

  Will Andre and Arianna’s marriage survive this final blow or will this be the end?

  Who truly has Arianna’s heart?

  Is Malachi the father of the mystery 14 year old girl?

  Will Malachi and Andre find their way back to brotherhood since they are biological brothers after all?

  FIND OUT THE ANSWERS IN:

  My Brother’s Wife 3

  (THE FINALE)

  “No Me Without You”

  ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

  To be all the way honest, it took me quite a while to complete this second installment because my anxiety to live up to the first one was at an all time high. But with the support and encouraging words of some awesome people it was able to get done. Sooo! With that being said, let me start with the one and only Ivy Symone. This all started with you. Who knew going from a reader of your books, to your admin for your group would turn into so much more. You are a friend, a mentor and have become like a sister to me. Your support and your feedbacks made it easier for me to complete this and for that I say Thank You!!!! Special Shot out Novia Queen, Tisha Andrews and Alsia Denay. It is safe to say that I consider you three friends. You guys are great. Thank you for your support. Special, Special shot out to Yolanda Morgan, Diana Nae Nae Williams and Tijuana Griggs. Thanks for your feedbacks and support. Special,Special, Special shot out to Carmen Doster Johnson. You have to be one of the sweetest, nicest person I’ve ever met. I want to thank you from the bottom of my heart for your support and new found friendship. How can I forget Tremayne Johnson. You are truly one of a kind. You are cool as hell, damn what they say! I would also like to give special thanks to my beautiful mom, my brother Fritzner Altidor and Wadalyn Stelus. You guys have no idea what your encouraging words mean to me. Thank you!. I cannot forget Charae Lewis and Rochelle Simmons. OMG You two ladies are amazing and I feel truly bless to know you and have you as two of my support systems. Thank you so much. Special Thanks to my fiancé Robert Garner. Your support has been everything. Special shot out and Thank you to Fatima, Denese, Quiana, Lenika, Stacey and all the ladies of DRMRAB. You guys are truly the best!! If I have missed any one, please forgive me!! Last but not least to all my readers and members of Talk Of The Hearts Readers Group and My Brother’s Wife Fan Page!!! Thank you!!! Also KPG!!! Thank You!