My Escape

Part 28

🐸Next Morning🐸

You: (roll over)

Prod: (gone)

You: (get up and go to the bathroom)

☕moments later☕️

You: (walk out the bathroom)

Prod: hey.

You: (jump) Craig!

Prod: (laughing) I'm sorry. I went to get breakfast.

You: (calming down) I thought you left. You scared me.

Prod: I'm sorry.

You: (walk over to your bed) I have work in a few. But I'm not feeling good.

Prod: what's going on? You okay?

You: (nod)

-your phone starts ringing-

You: I got to take this.(walk out the room)

-Later-

Prod: no it's nothing like that.(laughs)

Ray: (opens the car door) hey! You never know. Just be prepared when she drops that bomb on you.

Prod: (gets quiet) she was jumpy. This morning.

Ray: (looks at him)

Prod: I'm just trying to help her.

Ray: (nods)

📅Home📅

You: (open the door for April) thank you so much..(pull her end and lock the door back)

April: what are you doing?

You: Last night Roc wanted me to come by so I set him up with the police.

April: that's good.

You: (shaking your head) they caught nate and a couple of other guys but Roc got away.

April: (looking at you)😳

You: that's it April, he's going to come back for me. I'm dead, I don't know what to do.

April: first of all calm down, you know it's important that you stay calm.

You: (looking at her with tears in your eyes)

April: as long as Craig is here he won't do anything.

You: he doesn't even like Craig. He'll kill an off duty cop the first chance he gets.

April: does Craig know?

You: I don't want to tell him. He'll go looking for him. That's why I called Ray.

April: (breathes out)

**Someone knocks on your door**

You: (look at the door)

April: I'll get it.

You: (look at her)

April: (looks out the window)

You: (biting your fingernail)

April: it's EJ.😕

You: EJ?(walk over to the door and open it)

Ej; y/n we need to talk.

You: why?

Ej: about our son.

You: come in.

Ej: (looks at April)

You: April..

April: call me if you need me..(walks upstairs)

You: (sit down)

Ej: um..(sits on the arm of your couch)

You: EJ just end this. You don't understand what you're making me go trough.

Ej: end this. Then what? You continue to smoke, sell, putting our son in danger. Y/n I'm not doing this to hurt you, or to take Costa away from you. I'm doing this so you can wake up. Look you may not know this but when I first met you. I was IN LOVE with you.

You: (look down at your hands)

Ej: Before I met you it never crossed my mind one about having a kid. I mean that's how it goes right? Man loves you, man gives you child?

You: (not looking at him)

Ej: when I met you, I knew what had happened to you. So it was kind of difficult for me to try and pick up the pieces.. I told you I loved you, but it didn't make a difference because the other men told you that too huh? (Looks at you)

You: (look at him)

Ej: but I was talking about a different love...but any way, shortly after you had Costa, you begin to disappear. I guess from the stress of being a new mother, or the hate your mom gave you. You begin to disappear. Go off with that drug dealer late at night. So that night when You went home..I left. I changed my number and I left I was tired. I was tired of seeing you go downhill and turn into this completely different woman.

You: so you left me at that place.

Ej: I came back.

You: and left again,

EJ: because you got back on.

You: I thought you were here to talk about Costa.

Ej: I was talking to him last night..and that boy really loves you. He talks about you all day all night.

You: I am his mother.

Ej: It made me realize that. And realize why you were his mom and I was his dad. Because I loved you and I still do. No matter what happens y/n.

You: (look at him and stand up) is that it EJ?

Ej: (stands up and goes in his pocket to give you money)

You: what's this?

Ej: back pay.

You; why? I never had you on child support or anything.

Ej: for that year I left you alone. And for all the times I made you feel alone raising Costa.

You: (looking at him)

Ej: (kisses you)

You: 😳(break the kiss) EJ I told you I don't want your money.

EJ: (walks out the house)

You: (sit on the couch) April!

Your POV: wow.