Walk With Me 1

35

Nicki

I'm almost blinded. This is a fucking mansion.

"Robyn quit with that damn bag!" I rip it away from her.

She has tears streaming down her face.

I wipe them for her and get out the car first when I find somewhere to park. She did something right, I hope.

Robyn moves to get out the car but I stop her. Then I help her out and stand in front of her belly.

She hangs onto me by the shoulders.

If worse comes to worse, I'm gonna pick her up and run and toss her in the trunk because she moves too slow.

I get to the front door and knock.

Robyn moves so my arm is over her shoulder. A 6 foot tall guy answers.

"You Shawn?"

"Well hello to you."

"You go to Ariana's party?"

He crosses his arms and looks at me. He's got an unbuttoned white shirt and some slacks and a toothpick between his teeth.

"Ariana who?"

"Johnson." (She took that last name from our parents).

"Yeah."

"Remember me?" Robyn speaks up.

Shawn looks down at her stomach and almost shuts the door. I stop him.

"Yo, what the hell? Y'all ambushin' me? Serrín' me up."

"You fuck her that night? Yes or no?"

Shawn leaves the door open but goes into the house. He's rich. I take it old money by the decorations.

Robyn clings to me tightly. I cling to her tightly too. I hope he isn't going to get a gun or something.

Instead, Shawn returns with a notebook.

"Look, you take this information, it's my assistant's I'm taking a paternity test before dropping any money on that mothafucka."

"You mean the baby." I cut him off.

"Yeah, yeah." Shawn says. "You get full custody. I don't want it."

"Can I get a picture at least to show him when he gets older?"

"It's a boy?"

Why do men only care when they have a boy?

"Yeah."

"Look, get that test done and I'll give you all the money and more to provide for him."

"You don't wanna meet him?"

"Hell no!"

Shawn pulls out a business card with his face on it.

"There's your picture."

He shoos us away from his front porch.

I grab onto Robyn because he has no right or morals at all to be touching on a pregnant lady.

"Let's go, Rob."

"Aye--"

We stop and look back.

"Take care though if that really is my baby. Email the sonogram photos to my assistant. If he is mine."

I honestly believe Robyn should pay him dust.

By the time we get in the car, Robyn looks upset.

"You okay?"

I mean it's understandable.

"I opened my legs up for that... I don't even remember but I feel like I set my baby boy up." Her voice cracks and she cries.

I get in the driver's seat and hug her. That's all I can think to do.

"Thank you so much Nicki." She says. "For this and for being there for Jazmine always."

"Don't thank me, I wouldn't have allowed myself to not be there." I say and add. "And hey, Rob if he doesn't step up, Bey and I can. That's Jazz's little brother we won't mind. You don't gotta do this alone. Ari too, she's told you."

Robyn just cries even more. I get to driving back to Rob and Ari's place.

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