Surprise, Surprise

II

Imani's POV

I pulled up to my apartment viciously wiping away my tears. The drive from Benjamin's house was a good forty minutes and traffic made it a hour. I had to figure out a way to calm myself down before I walked in or Keith would raise hell. He warned me that this would happen.

I pulled the sun visor down to look in the mirror. My face was red and my eyes were blood shot red.

"Fuck! Get it together, I don't even know why I'm crying over this man like I knew him. I got this far in life without him what's the difference now?" I wiped my falling tears once again and took a deep breath. It didn't help I just broke down all over again. 

I rested my forehead on my steering wheel and just let the disappointment settle in. There was a knock at my window that startled me. I looked up and it was Keith, good thing my tints were dark enough so he couldn't see my eyes.

"Love! Are you okay? You've been out here for a minute? I don't hear the bluetooth so I know you're not on the phone with Lia. Let me in." I unlocked the door and he got in the passengers seat.

"Babe." He said softly. I shook my head and broke down again.

"What happened?"

I shrugged my shoulders. "It didn't go as planned."

We stayed in silence for a few more minutes before he got me out of the car and into the apartment.

"You need to calm down, you're just going to make yourself sick and we don't need that. Let's go watch some tv, maybe it'll get your mind off of it."

"Tv and some ice cream?" He laughed at me before unlocking the door.

"Yes and some Ice cream." When we walked in our puppy, she's a Maltipoo, Chloe ran over to me. I picked her up and gave her hugs before putting her back down.

"You missed mommy? I missed you too baby." I walked into our bedroom and began changing into my lounge wear.

"Babe I made your favorite- "

"Seafood Alfredo and- "

"Ceaser salad." I ran out into the living room and attacked him with kisses.

"Stop all that moving before you shake up my children." He said rubbing my bare belly.

"Oh please all the hell they out me through they can take some extra movement."

Across town

Ben's POV

"Ben! Please think carefully when the hell did you have the time to make a daughter?!" We didn't make it out to the grocery store because as soon as I told Miranda what Imani and the letter told me she started screaming.

"She's at least 20 so calm down I didn't cheat on you to have her." I said once again scratching my head.

"Ben this is not the time to be a funny man. I promise you I am not in the mood."

"Well Miranda I don't know what else to tell you other than what I already said."

"Tell me again and maybe I can make sense of it." She said sipping her tea and pacing.

"I'd rather go get some food, Miranda I'm starving. We can call her over tomorrow and get to the bottom of this." I said getting up off the couch.

"No. Absolutely not I don't want her back over here. How'd she find our address anyway? What if she just wants your money? This whole thing could be fake and we could figure that out now if you'd just think!"

"Babe it's definitely a possibility she's mine. Her last name is Warren, her mom was my first everything, and the letter is definitely authentic."

"I don't trust it Ben. Something is not sitting right with me ."

"Well maybe it would if we ate." I said under my breath walking towards the key hooks. I took my keys down and grabbed the letter off the table.

"I'm going to pick up some food, be back." I ran out before she could say anything. I pulled off in the direction of China Wok. I couldn't help but keep looking at Imani's number on the envelope. The first red light I came to I dialed the number.

"Hello?" She answered on the fourth ring.

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i'm going to try and make this a short story lol, we'll see about that though 😂
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