Janelles eyes bounced back and forth between Josh and Ximena. Josh was literally shaking with anger. His knuckles were white from how hard he was gripping the island counter separating him , Ximena and her brother - Sebastian. The kitchen was quiet, the only thing that could be heard were the sounds of Josh's harsh breathing and the theme song to Spongebob Square Pants.
"Have you lost your fuckin' mind?" Josh asked lowly, he was trying his hardest not to fly off the handle and choke the shit outta Ximena. Ximena smacked her lips and threw her hair over her shoulder.
"I just wanted to see my son Joshua."
"Man get the fuck outta here with that." Josh said as he pushed away from the counter and tried to walk closer to Ximena but stopped once Janelle placed her hand on his shoulder. Janelle pulled him closer to her and whispered in his ear.
"You need to calm down. I understand you're upset. Don't do something that'll get you arrested and put your job and Xavi in danger." He nodded and took a deep breath trying to calm himself back down.
"Awe isn't that cute." Ximena said, narrowing her eyes at Janelle. "So you're the woman that's been taking care of my son?" Janelle ignored her and kept her eyes on Josh. She placed her hand overtop of his when he gripped the counter harder.
"Mommy?" Everyone turned their heads to look at Xavi who was standing by the entryway to the kitchen. Ximena smiled thinking he was talking to her but it quickly disappeared once Xavi walked over to Janelle and grabbed her hand, pulling her down so he could whisper something in her ear.
"Why is my son calling this bitch mom?" Ximena asked and Janelle snapped her eyes towards her.
"I aint no bitch, but ya momma is." Ximena tried to round the counter and get in Janelle's face but Sebastian grabbed her arm pulling her back.
"She's pregnant." He whispered and Ximena rolled her eyes, crossing her arms over her chest. Janelle's dad pushed himself out of his chair and grabbed Xavi's hand leading him out of the kitchen and upstairs.
"Don't talk like that infront of my fuckin son.." Josh said. "Why are you here?."
""I just told you I wanted to see my son."
"So you had to kidnap him?" Janelle asked. "You couldn't have just contacted Josh to see Xavi?"
"Kidnap?" Ximena laughed. "I didn't kidnap my child."
"He isn't your child. You abandoned him, left him on my momma's porch and dipped. Now four years later you wanna come back. It don't work like that." Josh said looking at Ximena like she was crazy, cause she literally had to be. Why would she think that taking Xavier from school was a good idea? "You wanted to come back into his life, you should've contacted me first." Ximena's brother scoffed. "Man what? You got somethin' to say?"
"You ain't no better than she is! You abandoned him first!"
"Fuck is you talkin' bout?"
"You left my sister to fend for herself when she was pregnant aint come see the baby in the hospital or nothing. Now you somehow parent of the fuckin year?" Josh scoffed and looked at Ximena who was looking down at the floor.
"That's what you told ya family? Man you really are fucked up."
"Don't talk to my sister that way." Sebastian said, stepping up to Josh.
"Fuck you and ya sister." Josh said, pushing Sebastian away from him. "Matter fact y'all can get the fuck out my house 'for I call the cops."
"Okay we'll go." Ximena said, grabbing her brother and pulling him towards the door. "You already know we're going to court, I'm gonna get my son back." Josh scoffed ,
"Over my dead fuckin' body." He said before slamming the door in her face and locking it.
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"So that was my real mommy?" Xavier asked Josh as he tucked him into bed for the night. Josh nodded.
"Yeah, I'm sorry if you were scared today, Xavi. It won't happen again I promise." Xavi nodded and bit the inside of his cheek.
"She said that I was going to live with her." Xavi said, his eyes filling with tears at the thought of not being with his dad or Janelle. Josh shook his head.
"That ain't gon happen." Xavi sniffled and stuck his pinky out.
"Promise?" Josh linked their pinkies together.
"I promise."
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3 weeks later they found themselves sitting in a courtroom. Janelle and Xavier sat in the gallery behind Josh and his lawyer. Ximena kept trying to get Xavi's attention from her seat but Janelle blocked his view of her.
She looked over and smiled at Trin and Jon when they sat down next to her. "You guys didn't have to fly in for this." She said after giving the both of them a hug.
"Girl yes we did." Trin said. "He got all the paperwork he needed?." Janelle nodded and let out a shaky breath.
"I hope so. I can't wait for all this to be over."
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"Can you tell us why you would like full custody of your son Ms Morgan?"
"Um, because he's my son."
"But you abandoned Xavier did you not?" Ximena huffed but didn't say anything. The judge turned her attention to Josh and his lawyer. "You want to prove to the courts that Ms Morgan is unfit, correct?"
"Yes ma'am." Josh said and pulled some papers out of a folder. "He was malnourished and was kept in the PICU for 3 weeks after he was in my care." He said handing the paperwork to the bailiff.
Janelle looked over to Ximena who was squirming in her chair and looking extremely uncomfortable. Janelle watched as the judge read over the paperwork, her from deepening the further she read.
"I also have the police report from the day we found him outside. She just left him there. I don't know how long he was out there. My brother opened the front door and found him there in his car seat." Josh said, handing over the police report.
The judge couldn't believe what she was hearing and reading. She looked over at Ximena and gave her a disappointing stare. "I'm not going to lie to you Ms Morgan." She started. "I'm not liking what I am hearing. All of the evidence and statements that I have received today point to you not being the right person to take care of Xavier." Ximena scoffed and opened her mouth to retort but her lawyer grabbed her arm and shook his head.
"You honor, Ms. Morgan is Xavier's mother and Mr Fatu has Xavier calling his fiance Ms. Porter mom. And I believe Mr Fatu is doing it out of spite." Janelle and Trinity scoffed and looked at eachother.
"They scramblin' now." Jon said with a smirk on his face. "She aint gon win this."
"Objection your honor." Josh's lawyer said as he stood up. "Ms Porter has been helping take care of Xavier since he was almost two years old. Xavier views Ms Porter as his mother and nothing is being done out of spite."
The judge held up her hand, signaling Josh's lawyer to stop talking. "I've honestly heard enough. And I've made my decision. I'm granting full custody to Mr. Fatu and supervised visits with Ms Morgan only if Xavier wants. Court is adjourned."
Josh let out a sigh of relief, all this bullshit with Ximena was finally over and he could focus all his attention back on Janelle, Xavier and the baby. He stood up and walked over to Janelle and Xavier, picking him up and pulling Janelle into a hug with them.
"I want my visits Joshua, I want to get to know my son." Josh sighed and turned to face her. Janelle took Xavier and left the courtroom with Jon and Trin.
"You heard the judge only if Xavier wants. I'm not going to force him." Josh said before walking away.
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RomanceThis 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.
