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As she marches toward the door, a flurry of things happen all at once. Victoria screeches and lunges for Miriam, grabs a fistful of her thick hair and yanks back hard. I rush to catch Miriam before she hits the ground, clearly not expecting the attack from behind.

Wrapping my arms around her, I only have the briefest of seconds to recognize how good she feels in my hands before Tatum’s voice shouts from the door, “What the fuck is going on in here?!”

When the hell did he show up?

Then Ezra rocks us all to the core, rendering all of us speechless.

“Get your fucking bitch off our girl, Dick. She’s fucking pregnant, and she’s not stepping one foot out of my sight.”

My eyes fall to Miriam’s, and I see the truth behind the blaze of rage and promised retribution on all of us.

CHAPTER 19

MIRIAM

I don’t have time to answer Kevin’s unasked question I know he wants to ask by the way he’s looking at me. The shock from Tatum’s arrival has that vile woman freeing my hair from her grip, so I scramble out of Kevin’s arms and find my feet.

Deciding to say fuck my things, I dart for the door, yelling out, “Ustedes son unos malditos pendejos!” Because theyare all crazy fucking assholes!

“Don’t let her leave!” Ezra shouts, and goddamnit, fucking Tatum steps in front of me with arms open wide.

“Hey, pretty girl. Can you just hold on a minute so we can figure things out?” His tone is warm, but it’s his pleading eyes that have me losing my fight, if only for a moment.

Closing my eyes, I march back into the living room, staying far from Ezra, and take a moment to compose myself. It’s clear these guys had planned another weekend of fuckery and I won’t lie to myself saying it doesn’t sting. She’s gorgeous and everything I’m not. Tall where I’m short, thin where I’m curvy, and her face doesn’t seem to have any imperfections.

I’d never tellthemthat, but it feels like a deep blow on top of all the others I’ve been hit with over the past few months. One that hits every hidden corner of my insecurities.

“So,” I say, done with my wallowing. “Let’s figure things out as quickly as possible. I’d like to get the hell out of here so you can do what you’re all here to do.” I stare extra long at the blonde when I say the last part and find pleasure when her cheeks flush red.

Honestly, I’m not sure why she thinks she’s any better than I am in the grand scheme of things, aside from looks, considering it’s pretty obvious we’ve both found ourselves in the same position.

Tatum strolls into the middle of the room and looks around at his friends in the same way I do. “Wait, what the hellareyou all doing here? I knew Ez was here?—”

“How’d you know I was here?” the man mentioned, asks.

Tatum looks at him with pride. “I turned your location on, you dipshit.” Then he laughs when Ezra’s mouth drops open, like a kid caught stealing cookies.

Pulling his phone out, Ezra taps a few times, then settles back on the couch, completely relaxed. “Fixed.”

“Can we all go back to Miriam being here andpregnant?” Kevin asks loudly, arms crossed tensely as he stares at me.

I immediately get pissed by his attitude because I’ve sent him multiple emails and left messages. Just as I go to light him up, Ezra proudly states, “I’m going to be a dad!”

“When the hell did you see Ezra enough times for him to get your pregnant?” Richard scoffs, glaring at me as if I’m responsible for ruining his weekend.

“Well, I don’t know forsureif he’s mine,” Ezra quickly states. I clench my jaw, growing more aggravated that no one is letting me speak.

I open my mouth to bite back, but this fucking bitch opens her red stained lips with, “Wow, you were that irresponsible you didn’t protect yourself? Even I?—”

Rolling my eyes at this woman, I cut her off. “How are you even part of this conversation,perra?” I glance at Ezra when he starts giggling, figuring he must have heard that word at some point. Luckily, Victoria is clueless.

Instead of answering me, she turns into Richard’s side and tilts her head back, murmuring, “Is there anywhere I can go freshen up? I’d rather not be around while you guys put out the trash.”

He doesn’t get points for stepping away and scowling at her, but I might give him half of one for keeping his tongue in check by not agreeing with her. Being called trash does nothing to hurt me, it’s not as if I haven’t heard it before in my life. That’s what happens when you’ve always worked for minimum wage or done jobs people deem as beneath them.

Leaving him to his new girlfriend, I decide to ignore my kidnapper and narrow my eyes at Kevin. “To answeryou,capitán, you sure have a lot of nerve playing dumb right now. Thanks for that, by the way. Makes a woman feel real great when she realizes that she’s more reliable than four grown men.”

I don’t miss the flash of confusion slashing across his face, but Tatum moves in my line of sight, blocking my view from everyone else. “Are you really pregnant?”

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