Page 16 of Too Many One Nights

“Not anymore. Goldie is going to be my personal bartender from now on,” he announced, leaving me speechless.

“Are you fucking her?” she seethed.

The tension was thick, but the silence was loud as hell. The look displayed on Buck’s face terrified me enough to make me spill my guts right there on the floor in front of him.

“Arghh!” I hurled everything I had inside of me onto the floor. Embarrassment immediately flooded over me.

“Nasty ass bitch,” Armani seethed.

I cleaned my mouth as best as I could with the napkins that Kasha had come over and handed me.

“Are you okay?” she asked.

“Yeah. I’m fine.” Looking at Buck, he had an unreadable expression on his face. “I’m sorry about that,” I apologized. “Let me go get cleaned up before your guests arrive.”

“Nah. You can leave. I’on know if that shit is contagious or not. Go get yourself together and be ready for your next shift.”

Nodding, I excused myself and went to get my things so that I could go by Walgreen’s before going home. While I waited for my rideshare, I saw the guy that I knew was Buck’s brother. He was on a black motorcycle that had a fire flame on the side.

“Wassup, Goldie,” he spoke as he approached me. “You leaving?” he asked as he looked me over.

“Yeah. I don’t feel so good, so I’m taking the rest of the night off.” I saw lights approach, so I got up from the bench that I was occupying.

“Aight, be easy,” he said. I noticed he didn’t go inside until I got in the car, and it pulled off. Laying my head on the seat, I closed my eyes and prayed that this feeling subsided soon. Maybe some rest was what I needed, and I intended to take full advantage of it.

***

“Shit,” I grumbled. What I thought was just a twenty-four-hour bug turned out to be a positive pregnancy test. I was good at concealing the fact that I was still sick at work, but I couldn’t deny the fact that something was wrong. Mel put in my head that I could’ve been pregnant, but the thought never crossed my mind. I wasn’t too drunk to where I didn’t know that he wore a condom. I smoked a blunt with him, but I don’t recall any slip ups.

“This can’t be happening,” I blurted, with my sister standing beside me.

“Well, those bright ass lines say otherwise. I thought you said y’all used protection,” she asked.

“We did.” I was still trying to wrap my mind across the fact that I was pregnant and by Buck DeLuca, of all people.

“Maybe you were too into it you didn’t realize that he didn’t put one back on. Didn’t you say he turned your ass every way but loose that night?” Just thinking back to that night caused my body to react. “See, that’s how you got yourself into this situation.”

“I don’t remember him going into me unprotected,” I countered.

“Then the condom had to break,” she spoke.

That thought never crossed my mind. That could be the only explanation.

“You got to tell him,” she insisted.

“What am I supposed to say, Mel? Oh, hey Buck. Remember the night we had sex? Well, yeah. I’m pregnant, and it’s yours.” I frowned.

“That’s exactly what you say.” I left her standing inside of the bathroom and went back into her room. “Listen, I know this is not what you expected and whatever you decide, I’ll be behind you a hundred percent.” She pulled me into a hug and comforted me. I was scared as shit to tell this man that I was pregnant. He was already an asshole, so I can only imagine how he’d act if I told him I was pregnant. He would definitely think I was plotting on him.

“He’s going to think that I was trying to trap him. Shit! I’m going to lose my job.” I panicked. If I had this baby, I needed to be able to work so that I could take care of it.

“And I’ll beat his ass. He pursued you. Not the other way around. If he doesn’t want to support whatever decision you make, then fuck him. I’ll be your baby daddy.” She smiled.

“Thanks, sissy.”

“Here. Take my car. I’ll stay here until you get back.”

After freshening up and getting my nerves together, I took my sister’s keys and headed downtown where Buck’s condo was. When I got there, I pulled into a visitor’s spot and went inside. I knew I couldn’t just go up, so I stopped at the receptionist desk.

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