Page 65 of Just Listen
“I…I just got some results back.”
“Okay. What type of results?”
“I…I uh had run into a old friend. She…she had a baby with her…and she said that the baby…she said that the baby was mine.”
“Oh, really?” Her nostrils flared. “When was this?”
I licked my lips. “Friday.”
“Friday?” Her eyes bucked. “The same fucking night you didn’t come home?”
I slowly nodded, and she slapped the spit out of my mouth.
Calmly, I nodded. “Okay. I deserved that.”
“So, what else happened? She told you that her baby was yours, and then what?”
I gulped. “I told her that I wanted a paternity test.”
“What did she say?”
“She agreed to it…and we got one the next day—”
“So, that was thebusinessyou was handling?”
I nodded again. “Yeah.”
“And how was all this fucking communicating happening? Better yet, where were you overnight, until y’all went to take the paternity test?”
“I was at her house,” I admitted, and she swung on me.
The blows were coming left and right, before I stood up and placed some distance between us. Touching my mouth, I realized that my lip was bleeding.
“So, not only do you have a fucking maybe baby, but you was just laying up with the bitch?” She fumed, as she jumped off the couch, with her breasts heaving up and down.
“Nah,” I denied. “Wasn’t no laying up—”
“Stop fucking lying!” She lashed. “And even if you didn’t cheat, right then, you still cheated!”
I sighed, while shaking my head. “No, I didn’t.”
She grimaced. “How the fuck is that?”
“Because. I met her the last time you called yourself putting me out. We wasn’t together.”
“Oh, wow,” she dramatically huffed. “So, so, when are y’all getting these DNA results?”
I gazed at her. “I just got ‘em.”
“And what did it say?” She bucked her eyes.
I tucked my lips into my mouth. “The…the baby is mine.”
“It’s yours?” Her eyes darkened, before tears filled the brim. “No.” She shook her head. “Tell me that you’re playing, Kahmere.”
I exhaled. “I can’t do that, baby. She’s mine.”
“She’s yours?” She cried, while charging at me. “I fucking hate you!” She screamed, while pummeling my chest.
