“Nah, I got this shit. It’s personal as fuck right now,” Allen said before he closed the door.
“Do you think we’re gonna need bail money for that nigga by tomorrow?” Lamelle asked with a laugh.
Everyone else joined in the laugh except Nell. She silently prayed that the lord didn’t take him away from her after she just got him back.
Chapter Two
Nikki lay in the bed hooked up to what felt like every machine in the hospital. She looked over at Pain sitting in the corner with his face in his phone. She was pissed that she had even assumed he had changed how he felt about her when he came rushing through the doors when she got there last night. Him sitting there not even acknowledging her gave her a hard dose of reality. She thought the baby would put him in a position to have to communicate with her, only to find out that she was wrong once again.
“Are you going to just sit over there and not talk to me?” she asked Pain.
“That’s the plan,” he said as he continued to look at his phone.
“If you’re not gonna talk to me then why are you even in here?” Nikki asked mostly out of the increasing frustration she felt.
Pain put his phone down in his lap and looked at her like she was the stupidest person on the planet right now.
“I’m here because your ass lies, man. You could lose the baby, but I’ll never know unless I hear it from the doctor’s mouth. You would try to make it seem like your ass was still pregnant. I’m not here to check on you. You’re carrying the only person I care about in this room besides me. Ain’t no love, compassion, or none of that other bullshit involved.
“You’re sitting over there hoping that I lose the baby. What type of fuck boy shit are you on right now?” she asked him.
“I’m here checking on the status of my seed, man. Straight like that. It’s all about my child. Fuck you. I’m not hoping you lose the baby, so don’t even insult my character like that. The baby is innocent in all this. It’s my only regret that you’re the one to have my kid. I know you’re not sitting over there thinking this baby is gonna make us be in a relationship because it’s not. Actually, you can sign my kid over to me after they get here. That way, I won’t even have to deal with your ass. You can go back to ol’ dude that’s paying for the condo you’re living in,” Pain told her.
“You sound a little salty over there because he’s paying for my condo. If you want, I can call him so you can get the information to pay for it, baby daddy,” Nikki said sarcastically.
“You wish I would pay for anything for you that doesn’t come on a dollar menu,” Pain said.
Nikki was about to respond when her door opened. Her blood pressure went through the roof when she saw who was standing in front of her with a clipboard in her hand.
“Oh, hell no, you might as well turn around because I don’t want you as my damn nurse,” Nikki said.
Pain looked up to see what her problem was. He was shocked and delighted to see Connie standing before him.
“I’m not a nurse. I’m the gynecologist standing in for your regular one today. I will be making my rounds twice today. Since this is my first visit with you, I will take this time to let you know that I may be a doctor, but trust and believe I have my sophistirachet (so-fis-ta-rachet) card that is ready to be pulled,” Connie told Nikki.
Pain just watched in admiration as Connie let Nikki know where she stood.
“I know you’re not sitting there eye fucking her when me, your baby mama, is sitting here in pain,” Nikki said, turning her verbal assault on Pain since she wasn’t gonna have the upper hand with Connie.
“Shut your hoe ass up. The way you’ve been running your mouth, the only thing hurting on you should be that big ass mouth of yours with your loose pussy ass,” Pain said.
“You weren’t saying all that when you were up in my mouth and pussy not too long ago,” she countered.
“You should start charging niggas too. I’m glad I graduated from that scared straight program for hoe and thot resistance. After dealing with your bird ass, I’ll never cheat on my girl again. Fuck all that, even if a chick hit me up with that ‘hey bighead’ shit, I’m gonna block and delete they asses. Some shit ain’t even worth all the extra shit. You taught me that shit, so thank you,” Pain said.
Nikki sat there blank faced as Connie tried to hold in her laugh.
“Are there any concerns that you feel the need to address?” Connie asked.
“No,” Nikki said with an attitude.
Connie checked her vitals and asked a few more questions before turning to leave out.
“You knew that bitch was gonna come in here?” Nikki asked Pain.
“What? Hell nah, I’m happy as fuck that she did though. Now I know where she works,” he said with a smile.
“You make me sick. I’m sorry I’m even pregnant by you,” she said.