Janelle was now 8 months pregnant and she was loving every single minute of her pregnancy. Her dad was done with rehab and had moved into one of their guest rooms. Janelle was literally on cloud 9 and nothing could bring her down.
"It's Josh's mom's birthday. Do you want to come with us?' Janelle asked her dad as she, Josh and Xavier were about to head out the door to Josh's mom's house for her birthday party.
"No, it's okay. I don't want to intrude." Josh sucked his teeth and passed her dad his shoes.
"Come uce. You family." Janelle's dad smiled at Josh and followed them to the car.
"You sure your mom won't mind me being there?"
"I'm sure, now come on"
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Janelle had just walked out of the bathroom when she bumped into someone. "Shit sorry." He said as he grabbed her arms to steady her
"It's okay." She said as she tried to walk around him but he grabbed her arm to stop her.
"Damn you are beautiful" Janelle smiled awkwardly and thanked the man. She had never seen him at any of the family functions before. She tried to walk away again but he moved in the same direction she was trying to walk, blocking her. "What's your name?" He asked and she narrowed her eyes a bit. Either he didn't see that she was pregnant and wearing this big ass engagement ring or he just didn't care. "Damn you scared to talk or somethin'?" She tried to walk around him again but he gripped her arm.
"Ow, what the fuck." She said, trying to snatch her arm away from him.
"Yo!" Josh yelled and stepped in between Janelle and the mystery man. "The fuck is you doin' here?!"
"Ohh, this the new baby mama." He said looking Janelle up and down, his gaze lingering on her breast.
"What.are.you.doin.here" Josh repeated, pushing Janell behind him.
"I'm here to see my nephew and I have a message from my sister." He said pulling a folded up envelope out of his back pocket and handed it to Josh. Janelle was even more confused now. "I'll be seeing yall" He said, giving Janelle one more lingering gaze before turning on his heels and walking away.
Josh waited until the man was out of sight before turning to Janelle. "You alright?" He asked checking her wrist and arm for bruises.
"I'm fine. Who was that?" She asked, watching as he pulled out his phone to send a text.
"Ximena's brother." He muttered, clenching his jaw.
"Xavi's mom?!" Janelle said with wide eyes. "What the letter say?" Josh handed her the letter.
"I don't even care." He stressed. Janelle opened the letter and her mouth hung open in shock. Ximena was taking Josh to court in order to get Xavier back in her care. When she handed the letter over to Josh he bawled it up and threw it in the trash can in the bathroom. She was not taking his son away from him.
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When Janelle and Josh returned to the party Trinity and Maya ran over to them.
"Are you okay?" Trinity asked the both of them. "Jon and Sefa just threw his ass out. How'd he even get in here?"
"I'm fine." Janelle said as she looked over at Josh who was looking around the party.
"Anybody seen X?" Josh said.
"Yeah, your mom has him inside. He's fine." Josh nodded and looked over at his brothers when they walked over to the group.
"He said nobody invited him. Said he didn't know it was a party and was just dropping off the envelope." Jon said and Josh started to rub his temples. He didn't feel like dealing with Ximena and her families bullshit.
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Josh stayed on alert for the rest of the night. He made sure to keep Xavier close to him. Ximena and her family were shady ass people.
"Dad. I just wanna play with Jay." Xavier pouted up at Josh. Josh went to tell him 'no' but Janelle stood up and grabbed Xavier's hand.
"It's fine. I'll go over there with him." Josh tried to stop her but she just shook her head and walked Xavier over to the bouncy house.
"You gotta relax Josh. She ain't gon come here and kidnap him." Jon said, passing his brother a beer. "And like you said earlier. She doesn't know where y'all live at now. So everything is gonna be fine." Josh didn't say anything. He just sipped his beer and watched Janelle and Xavier. He knew that Ximena and her family were about to become a huge pain in the ass.
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"He's gonna sleep in here with us?" Janelle asked as Josh was carrying a sleeping Xavier into their bedroom. Josh nodded and laid Xavier down next to Janelle. "Josh, it's gonna be okay." Josh sighed.
"Is it though? That's his mom. You know how the court system is." Janelle didn't say anything because she knew he was right. Her mom had done the same thing and living with her mom was hell. She didn't want the same for Xavi.
"So what are we gonna do?" Josh shrugged.
"I don't know Nelle." He laid down and pressed a kiss to Xavi's head and her belly. "But I'm gonna keep the three of you safe. No matter what."
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Janelle woke up the next morning to an empty bed. She already had a bad feeling about today and she just wanted to stay in bed all day.
Xavier smiled over at her when she entered the living room. "Morning mommy."
"Morning Xavi, where's daddy?" He pointed towards the backyard. Josh was getting done with a phone call when Janelle walked outside.
"Thanks Paul, I'll see you next week." Josh hung up the phone and walked over to Janelle, sitting down on the lounger with her.
"Everything okay?" Josh nodded
"Yeah, I talked to Paul. He's letting me take the week off." He sighed, "I'm going downtown tomorrow to talk to my lawyer to see what I can do."
"Do you want me to come?"
"Nah. You 8 months pregnant. I need you to just stay here and relax."
"J, come here." She said as she scooted over so that he could lay next to her. "I know you're scared and I don't know what you and Ximena have been through but I'm here for you, you're not doing this alone." She felt her heartbreak as some tears slid down his cheeks.
"I don't know what I would do If I lose him, Nelle." She reached over and wiped away his tears.
"She just left him on my momma's porch. Didn't say nothing to nobody. Now four years later she wants him back. I won't let that happen."
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Storie d'amoreThis is a sequel to my story All I Want Is You - After getting back together, Janelle finds out thats she's pregnant. Follow along with Josh and Janelle as they deal with the highs and lows of her pregnancy.
