Page 51 of Love me Like XO

By the timeI left the bar Celia was long gone and the only thing on my mind was getting to Empress before she called and cursed my ass out. We would for sure be late to the appointment because I stayed too long at the bar. I had to get what I needed done even after Celia left. When I pulled up to her place, she was standing outside in an olive form fitting dress that went no further than her thighs. Yeah, she had me fucked up, but I couldn’t say anything to her since I was late as fuck coming to her.

She reached forward and turned my music down, before turning and mugging my ass “Twenty minutes?”

“Ran over that, but I’ll make it up to you, baby.”

She blinked a few times, then turned her head to look out of the window. I don’t know if that meant she accepted my apology or what. Instead of asking, I pulled off into traffic to get us to our destination.

When we arrived at the doctor’s office, I let her get out in front to go up while I went to look for a park. Today was a busy day at the hospital so by the time I found one she had already texted me what floor and suite to come to.

On the way up to her floor my phone vibrated in my hand, letting me know that I had an incoming call. I glanced down and saw that it was from an unknown number.

“Yo.”

“You will pay for everything. Every part of pain that you have inflicted on us,” a distraught voice filled my eardrum.

“You took my shit and have yet to return it. But you got yo’ ass on my phone delivering threats word of mouth. Something about that doesn’t sit well with me. You got a day to return my shit, or I’ll make sure y’all never see a dime in these streets again.” I hung up the phone seconds later right before the elevator notified me that I was on my floor.

I slid my phone into my pocket and went into the suite right across from the elevator like her directions said. When I walked in, I spotted her sitting on the chair in the corner engrossed in her phone. Walking over and taking a seat next to her, I noticed the looks I received walking in and already knew the vibes. This motherfucker was full of miserable bitches.

“You good?” I asked as soon as I took a seat.

She wasn’t able to respond because her name was being called. Immediately we were both standing to our feet and walking in the direction of the nurse in the doorway. She had Em confirm her birthday, before we were led to the back into a small room with an examining table in the middle of it.

She hopped up on the table, then laid back. “Do you think we’re moving too fast?”

I was caught off guard by her question, so it took me a minute to respond. “No, you?”

She shook her head no. “I jus?—”

“What happened between now and when I left yo’ bed this morning.”

She giggled. “Nothing. I just realized that we’re really having a baby. Like us.” She finally turned her head to look at me and I could see how unsure she was. Hell I was unsure too, but neither of us could voice that. One of us had to know where this was going and steer this ship.

“We good. I got us. You trust me.”

She nodded her head. “Yes.”

“Then that’s all that matters.”

The doctor walked in a few seconds later. From there everything seemed to be going so damn fast. We went from the doctor asking her how she felt and what her symptoms were to them rolling a machine in the room and holding out some shit that looked like a whole ass wand. I was about to ask what they were about to do with it, but Empress squeezed my hand, right before they began to set up for it.

A couple minutes later there she was. Of course she wasn’t far enough along for us to know the sex yet, but something told me it was a girl. Call it an inkling or something, but I felt it. Then the sound of a little thump filled the room. It sounded echoed, which had me wondering if their machine was broken.

“You’re well into your first trimester, and from the looks of everything nine weeks along. See here is your baby.” The doctor pointed to the small dot on the screen. “The baby is right here.”

“Alright, Doc. Then what is that?” I pointed to the other dot on the screen. It was no bigger than a grape like the other.

“That Dad, is baby number two. Congratulations Mom and Dad you’re having twins.”

I blinked a few times attempting to see if the doctor and that damn screen were playing a trick on me. “Nah, you’re just fucking with us, Doc.”

“I’m afraid not. You two are having twins.” She pushed her chair back and the lights came back on within seconds. “Ms. Phillips, I want to see you back here in two weeks. With twins this becomes a different ball game which means we have a lot of decisions to make and Dad, it’ll be okay. Just breathe,” she said before leaving the room.

The fuck did she mean just breathe? A nigga had come to grips with one kid, but not the second she found in there. I’msure I would, but right now I was completely thrown for a loop and so was Empress.

EMPRESS

His hand rested on my thigh while he drove in the direction of the mall that I requested he take me to before we found out that twins were in our future.

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