Page 78 of Regancy & Savior
“Yo, this what you got out of bed for? To hear your sister whine?” I recognized his voice, even though he was behind me. I turned around, and the love of my life was standing behind me with a smirk. Leave it to Taurus to wear an olive-green Ralph Lauren polo sweat suit into a business-casual restaurant and still look better than everyone in here.
“You’re here.” I giggled and hopped from the seat, immediately hugging him. Around Taurus, I was a giddy kid. I had even forgot that my brother was at the table in the middle of him giving me one of his “you’re not better than me” speeches. I was so caught up in the presence of a man who I spent almost every waking moment with. When I did look in Joseph’s direction, he had a look of disdain on his face. I mean, he was literally seething with hate, and it had nothing to do with Taurus. It was with the fact that I was happy and there was no way he could intervene or bring me down. Joseph and I would always be estranged because I loved who I was, and he hated it. He hated it because he wasn’t me, and I saw that now. I didn’tbother to introduce Taurus to Joseph. Instead, I grabbed my purse and threw it on my shoulder.
“You finished here, or you—” He started to question, but I interrupted him.
“Yes. Where are we going?” I immediately grabbed his hand as he led the way from the restaurant.
“I know yo’ ass ain’t ate. It’s a nice ass burger joint right up the street, and I know they have some type of chicken on that fucking menu.”
I giggled. It was a quick walk to the restaurant because it was literally two storefronts away from where we were. As soon as we walked in the restaurant, Taurus was pulling me in the direction of the back. He led me to the back where I assumed it was private dining. I assumed right because the moment I turned the corner there was a single booth in the corner.
“You’re so sweet.”
“I know. You be getting down, and I ain’t want these people to see my baby mama stuffing her face.”
“Baby mama? Where did that come from?” I questioned. He had referred to babies a few times, but I ignored it.Oh, great. First, my mama, and now, him. Was it some bug in the air biting everyone except me?
“Right here. I want a baby.” He looked with a serious expression.
“Why so soon?” I asked.Or at all?
“Why not soon?” he questioned. “Yeen going nowhere, and neither am I. So I say we get this show on the road.” He had a charming expression plaguing his face.
“Taurus.” I shot him a pointed look.
“Lane.” He returned the same look.
“Have you been talking to my mother or something?” I questioned.
“What?” He looked confused.
“She was talking about babies today… just like you are now. What is?—”
“So you’re saying you don’t want to give me a baby?” he questioned, disregarding what I was about to ask.
“Of course I’d give you a baby, but I’m asking what the rush is.” I shocked the hell out of myself with my response. He was him though. He could get whatever he wanted out of me, and I bet he knew it.
“No rush. I just want you to stop taking that shit. I want whatever happens to happen on God’s time.” What he didn’t know was that we were on God’s time since before he got shot.
I couldn’t help but laugh. “You mean your time because we both know if I get off my pills tomorrow, I’ll be pregnant next week messing with you.”Who did this nigga think he was fooling?
A smile a mile long stretched across his face. “We don’t know that.”
“That we don’t, but you and this evil ass grin on your face makes me think that you’re trying to trap me.” I tilted my head to the side. Having a child by him wouldn’t be bad, but I definitely never saw myself being anybody’s mother. It wasn’t that I didn’t like children, because I did. For Christ’s sake, I had a goddaughter that I adored, but that wasn’t the point. I just felt like being a mother was something for women equipped to handle it. The women who were blessed with that extra something that made them phenomenal mothers. On the other hand, I feel like I could be a bomb ass godmother and auntie. Then again, I never thought I’d find real love, and now here he was. Maybe I was looking at it too hard or analyzing it like a potential case instead of what it was. “Is this a plot for entrapment, Mr. White.”
Of course, this nigga laughed like I had just cracked a joke. “I don’t ever have to pop you off to trap you, Lane. I have youmentally, physically, and emotionally. You feel the entrapment to a nigga because I feel the same to you. So…” His sentence trailed off as he waited for my answer.
“Fine.”Maybe this wouldn’t be so bad, or a baby would be just the thing to drive me insane.
CHAPTER
SIXTEEN
SAVIOR
The week didme a favor by speeding past, and now here I was, ready to go start my shit. I was up top of the morning, making sure all of baby girl’s gifts were in the living room, ready for her when she woke up. She agreed to go to school today, and tomorrow the festivities would flow. I had to do a lot of promising, but I think shit worked out. Pulling my hoodie over my head, I made my way back to the room where Regancy was. I expected Regancy to still be asleep, but instead, she was standing in front of the mirror examining her stomach. It was just starting to form, and she couldn’t stop looking at it.
“What are you doing up?” I questioned, walking up behind her.
