by Lucinda John
“I don’t know who fathered my child, Stacks! I don’t know if this baby I am carrying belongs to you. That is why I wanted to abort it.”
“So, why not tell me about it?”
“I was too ashamed. What was I going to say? Bae, I’m pregnant, but it might not be yours. How would you have taken the news, Stacks?”
“I would have been upset, but if there was a chance of me being a father to that baby, I would wake up every day feeling like I lost another child. It was hard for me to lose two fucking kids, Lala, I can’t let you terminate this pregnancy and this could be my baby.”
“But, what if it’s not?”
“Then that’s a bridge that’ll we will have to cross.”
“Would you leave me?”
“No, I wouldn’t. Even if that baby in you wasn’t biologically mine, I would still take care of it as if it was my own. What the fuck do I look like letting another nigga come up in my fucking house just because he have a baby by you!”
She just sat there looking at me unconvinced by my words. I just prayed that she didn’t kill that baby because if she did, it was going to be a wrap for us. I needed Lala to learn how to trust me. I was a man of my word and I wasn’t going to leave her for getting knocked up by some nigga that she was fucking with because she was under the impression that I was dead. I wasn’t that type of nigga, and I also wasn’t the type that was going to force her to kill a baby because there was a chance that it wasn’t mine.
I finished packing the kids bag and gathered all their things to put in my truck. Once I had their car seats hooked in, I buckled them in, and pulled out of the driveway. I was going to come home and fuck Lala and if she didn’t allow me to it would have been because she aborted the baby against my wishes and I was going to make good on my word and take my youngings and clear it on her ass.
I took my kids to the mall so that we could do some shopping. They were now eight months and starting to outgrow all of their clothes. I drop bands after bands on each store we went to buying nothing but the best for my shawtys. I even picked up a few things for Lala. Walking inside the Victoria Secret store, I was in search for something sexy for Lala to wear for me tonight. As I was looking at this black sheer see through negligee set, a woman approached me.
“Hey, are those your kids?”
“Yes.” I smiled down at them.
“They are so cute!!” she gushed.
“Thank you.”
“You buying that for me?” she flirted while pointing at the negligee set I held in my hand.
“Nah, for my wife.”
“You’re married?” she asked as she inspected my ring finger.
“Not yet, but I will be soon.”
“In that case, I have a chance to prove to you why I should be wearing that for you tonight.”
I laughed at this thot bitch that was standing in front of me. She was nowhere near my type. For one, she was all bones. I was a real man not a dog, so I needed some meat on my woman. I needed something to grab on when I was hitting it from the back. She looked like she would break if I tried to give her the dick.
“I’m good ma’ wifey already earned her place in my heart, plus she blessed me with my babies ain’t no way a bitch replacing her.”
“Well, if you change your mind here’s my number,” She said and handed me a card. These hoes had no type of chill. Even when you tell a bitch the truth about you having a woman at home, they still be trying to throw the pussy at you.
I paid for the outfit then went to the Gucci store to find her a bad pair of pumps to wear with it. I was about to go to the bank and cash out and have her put on a show for a nigga. It’d been a minutes since she made that ass clap for me and now that it was now more fuller and juicer I wanted her to do a spilt on my face and make that ass jiggle.
I took the kids to Jump Zone, a little inflatable bounce house place that was located next to the mall. I watched them as they interacted and played with the other kids that were in the baby area. The smile on their little faces were priceless and these were the moments that I cherished the most.
I could only imagine my mother doing this on her own while she was raising me, that was why I made it my priority to spend quality time with just my kids and I. I never wanted them to feel as if their father was not there.
The kids started rubbing on their eyes and getting cranky. Looking down at my watch, I noticed that it was naptime. Picking them up, I carried them to the car and strapped them in. As I was putting the stroller in the trunk, I could have sworn there was an unmarked car parked in the far corner of the parking lot. I got in the car and made sure that the gun that I had registered in my name was under my seat. I just prayed no motherfuckers were bold enough to bring any heat my way while my youngins were in the car with me.
I started my ignition and began to pull off and that was when the unmarked car speed off. I tried to get the license plate number, but the driver drove off with so much speed that I couldn’t. I wanted to follow the car, but my whining babies in the car changed my mind.
I made a mental note to double up security around my kids at all times. I was now sitting at the top of the ladder. Niggas needed me to eat. With that much power came with a boatload of haters that’ll do anything to get at you even if they had to involve innocent children.
Stopping at Boston Market, I picked up dinner for Lala and I then headed home. I asked one of the guards to give me a hand carrying the sleeping babies inside. Placing them in their crib, I bent down and kissed both of their chubby cheeks before turning on the baby cameras I had installed.
Entering the master bedroom, I spotted Lala in the bed knocked out. She was dressed in the same thing only she was pants less and the way her ass was eating up them boy shorts had a nigga ready to bust one. I decided to let her get her rest because right after I fed her, I was going to put that ass to work.
Chapter 26
Joey
Sitting down at the Starbucks, I went over my case files on Stacks while waiting for Jimmy to join me. He had been under the FBI observation since he was back in Flint, but due to lack of evidence, they were never able to nail him.
Stacks was a very smart man. He never dealt directly with the dope so even when we did a few raids, we were never able to catch him. With all the surveillance and bugs I planted, I had enough information to bring Lala down, however, since Stacks was now back in the picture, she was no longer a priority.
“You needed my services detective?” Jimmy asked taking a seat across from me.
“Dear brother, long time no see.”
“You ain’t no brother of mine. Money talks, so what’s up?”
“I have a few people I want you to check out for me.”
“When you say check out, do you mean you want me to give you information on them?”
“Yes, you are a P.I. right?”
“I don’t do the type of work you want done.”
“What type of work do you do?”
“None of your fucking business pig!”
“Ouch! You still in your feeling over the death of your mother?”
“Fuck you! I should kill yo ass right now,” he seethed. I could see the anger arise in his eyes.
“That would give you the death penalty.”
“Suck my dick bitch!”
“I need you to look into these people for me, oh and I’ll tell father you said hi,” I said and slid the folder toward him and before getting out of my seat.
“Fuck you and that pussy nigga!
“Later solider,” I laughed and walked out of the coffee shop.
It was very ironic how my father spoke so highly of Jimmy when he could care less about him. My father cheated on my mother and as a result, he ended up with Jimmy. My father paid Jimmy’s mother off just so she’d keep quiet.
Eventually, she did and moved on with the neighborhood dope boy that was under investigation by my father at that time. She ended up pregnant again with her daughter and shortly after, my
mother found out of my father’s infidelities. Out for revenge one night, my mother cut the cords in their car in the attempt of killing all of them, but ended up only killing their mother and her boyfriend.
Being that my father was an officer of the law, he was able to cover it up for her and make it look like an accident. On the day of the funeral, my father and I went together where he decided it was finally time that we met. That day Jimmy made it clear that him and his little sister wanted nothing to do with us and that his real father was the man that was being buried along with his mother. My father always kept tabs on Jimmy and always made it his business to rub all of his accomplishments in my face.
When Jimmy decided to leave the coffee shop, I followed him. He stopped in front of Lisa’s house and sat in the car. I figured since she was one of the people that I had in the file I gave him that he decided to start working. I sat there and watch him observe the house then make a few phone calls.
Thirty minutes of sitting there and watching him do nothing, I decided to drive off. I sent a copy of his license plate to one of the officers and had them put him on watch as well. I still had to figure out his ties to Ashley.
Lala: Meet me at Joe’s Crab Shack by the beach in fifteen minutes.
I read the text from Lala and made an illegal U-Turn in the middle of the road to go meet her. She had an appointment with the abortion clinic a few days ago, so I wanted to know if she went through with killing my baby or not. I was at the point that I was about to have her ass arrested since she felt the need to ignore my calls.
I made it to the restaurant before Lala, so I took a seat at the bar and sent her a text to let her know where I was sitting. Flagging down a waitress, I placed an order for a side of coconut shrimp and a Corona. I was just about to pull out my phone and call Lala when someone took a seat next to me.
“Lala couldn’t make it, but anything you can say to her can go through me,” Stacks said removing the Fendi shades that probably cost more than my mortgage from his eyes.
“I think this is between Lala and I; no disrespect.”
“Say what you have to say now because the next time you call my wife’s phone, the next visit I make won’t be a pleasant one.
“You threatening the wrong one.”
“Partna’ I don’t make threats, I tell it like it is.”
“Tell Lala to make sure my child is alive and well,” I said purposely trying to hit a nerve.
“Your child,” he laughed. “Nothing that comes out of my wife belongs to you. I suggest you lose her number and go about your business.”
“We’ll see.”
“I’m done talking, try me.” The waiter came and brought me my food. He went in his wallet and pulled out a gold money clip. Pealing off two fifty-dollar bills he dropped it on the table before walking away. I couldn’t wait until I was able to bring down that cocky motherfucker.
Chapter 27
Lala
“Quit or the food is never going to get done,” I said smacking Stacks on the arm as he tried to pry his fingers between my legs.
“Damn, ma, why that pussy gotta be so wet though?”
“Stop being nasty. I need to hurry up and finish the food.”
Today we were throwing Anna a surprise birthday cookout at the park. We invited all of her family to come help us celebrate. For her birthday, we sent her to Hawaii and her flight was scheduled to land at three, so I had less than five hours to have everything prepared.
“Let me get a little taste,” Stacks begged while licking on my weak spot.
“Nooo,” I moaned as he pinned both of my hands up on the wall and pulled my dress up above my waist. He pulled my panties from the side and entered me with one thrust. I was still a little sore from the so called miscarriage that I had, plus I really didn’t want to have sex until I went to the doctor for my follow up visit and got a depo-shot.
“You good?” Stacks whispered in my ears as he kept stroking me.
“Yesssss,” I replied praying that he wouldn’t nut inside of me.
It’s not that I didn’t want to have a baby again, I was just feeling guilty. The day after Stacks stopped me from getting an abortion, I called up the clinic and bought the abortion pill. I went through a series of cramps and started to bleed blood clots. When Stacks took me to the doctor, they ruled it as a miscarriage.
I hated to have to deceive Stacks, but I knew it wasn’t going to work if the baby wasn’t his. I felt in my heart our relationship was going to change for the worse. Right now, I just wanted to focus on the twins and working towards actually getting married; a baby wasn’t meant for us to have at the moment anyways.
“SHIT!” Stacks yelled out as he dumped he seeds in me. I was low key mad that he didn’t pull out, but I didn’t let it show. I went to the bathroom and pushed all the nut out of me before hopping in the shower and cleaning off.
“You peeing out my nut is not going to prevent you from getting pregnant, I’m packing some heavy hitters,” Stacks said as he entered the bathroom.
“How about I get on birth control?” I suggested.
“Why would you want to do that?”
“To prevent pregnancy.”
“What’s wrong with having my babies?”
“Nothing is wrong with it, it’s just that the twins are still young and we still are not married.”
“Is this what it’s about?” he asked getting in the shower with me. “Is this about us not being married?”
“Yes. I mean, I want us to have kids as husband and wife so I know it’s real.”
“Lala, look at me. This is as real as it gets. Me marrying you is just some bullshit ass paper. As far as I’m concerned, you’ve been my wife.”
“I want a wedding.”
“Plan it ma, you already own my heart, I gave you the ring, so set a date and plan the wedding, I’ll be there,” he said and slid his dick in me from the back.
An hour and a sore pussy later, I was back in the kitchen finishing up the side dishes for the party. I made all of Anna’s favorites which consisted of BBQ baked chicken, collard greens, potato salad, baked macaroni, Marconi salad, mixed veggies, rice, cabbage, green bean casserole, corn bread, pineapple upside down cake, sweet potato pie, and banana pudding. Covering all the dishes with foil paper, I laid them across the table so that Stacks could load up the car.
Once the food was loaded inside the car, we headed over to Tropical Park where the festivities were being held. I had the whole pavilion area rented and section offed as a private party. I would have rather rented out a nice banquet hall and had a nice party for Anna there, but she was so country that she enjoyed having a nice family BBQ instead. Lisa had the park beautifully decorated and Ralph was on the grill doing his thing. The DJ was just setting up his set and people should be pouring in any minute now.
“You did a great job chick,” I complimented Lisa and then picked up Amire out of her hand. I placed sloppy kisses all over his plump, juicy cheeks making him laugh out loud.
“Your nasty ass is should have been here. I’m glad you finally decided to hop off the dick to join us,” she laughed.
“Oh, shut up. It wasn’t even like that. Do you see all that food I had to cook?”
“Boohoo, you should have had it catered.”
“Now, you know Anna was not about to go for no catered food.”
“I know that’s right them country folks love them some greens and ham hocks,” she joked.
How long has she been sleep?” I asked feeling on Amiracle’s diaper.
“Twenty minutes now, that little diva is something else.”
“You know Stacks the only one that can handle her spoiled butt.”
“Speaking of the devil, here they come,” Lisa said as she nodded her head toward Stacks and Ralph as they headed in our direction.
“It’s time for you to go pick up Anna,” I told Stacks.
“I’m on my way now. Where my little mama?”
“She sleep,” I replied po
inting at her as she peacefully slept in her portable crib.
“Iight then, Ralph you gon’ be good?”
“Yeah, I’m straight bruh.”
“I’ll be back,” Stacks said kissing me on the lips before leaving to go pick up Anna from the airport.
Anna’s family started pouring into the park. Some of them I knew and others were introduced to me by her daughter.
“This is my brother Tarrio, but everyone calls him Tazz,” Anna’s daughter Tamika said as she introduced me to her brother that I had never met.
“Nice to meet you, Tazz.”
“Likewise,” he greeted and flashed me a smile filled with golds. Something about this cat didn’t seem right, but I didn’t want to ruin Anna’s birthday party, so I just charged it to the game.
The party was now in full effect and all of her family members were here and they were showing out. For Anna to be so well mannered, her family was a bunch of ratchet folks. Her drunk cousin kept trying to hit on Ralph and it was so funny because Lisa was seconds away from pulling out the nine on her ass. I had to hold Lisa back a couple of times when she started to grab on Ralph’s ass.
“Ms. Anna got some interesting family members,” Lisa said as we watched the grandpa’s old ass trying to do the Hot Nigga.
“Yeah, these some real country folks.” My phone started beeping. I had two texts; one from Joey that I ignored and another from Stacks telling me that they were on their way.
“Everyone, Anna will be here shortly,” I announced to the crowd of country folks. Tazz caught my attention. He was just lingering in the back not really doing anything. I caught him on the phone arguing with someone a few times, but other than that, he made no attempt to be around his family.
A bad feeling began to run through my body. I made sure that my gun was securely tucked in the small of my back. If anything was to go down, I was well prepared.
