Endless || MJ Romance (18+)

Chapter Twenty-Six

To seek peace is to forgive.

Keyann

"Sweetie, in order to move forward you have to make peace and forgive Amos." I listened to Mama Katherine on the phone. I called her because it had been awhile since we talked. After the family gathering, I just never used my phone unless I needed to. After Aurora's seven month check up. I wasn't really trying to be distant but I just wanted to know if I needed to really make peace with this. It was far from over. With Amber pregnant as well as myself now, there's still ties with their divorce and me settling with my best friend who is trying to make me happy along with balancing out his own happiness.

"Mama, what do I do, I haven't even made sense of everything. Why would Amber want everyone to believe that it's Michael's baby she carrying and she's been with Amos all this time?" I asked.

Two weeks ago Janet had called Michael, almost pissed but asked if she was about to be an Auntie. Knowing that nobody knew that Keyann was now sharing a baby with him, really. Everyone told him, even down to his brothers that Amber called and shared the news. His father ain't say shit. It was all a blur up until this point.

"Baby, I know my son and I know all the trouble Amber has caused even before they got married. I found out so many things that people said about her to be true." She said as she sniffed.

I stirred the macaroni and cheese and checked the baked chicken in the oven. I decided we needed to have a talk over dinner tonight. Michael worked hard and agreed that I just relax and he would take care of everything but I felt like I wanted to cook for him. He's been doing a lot to please me. And he disregarded the fact that I was okay but insisted that I sat down mostly because he didn't want me to go into early labor.

"I didn't know she caused so much pain for you guys and for Michael. I will try mama k. I will try for you. Do I have to bring Aurora too." I asked, scratching my head a little, it was aching a little bit.

"I would because this would be a memory to him. The last conversation unless y'all co-parent. But if not, you have all of us for back up. We are family blood or not." She said. I nodded as if she was standing in front of me. "Your right." I spoke and then I hear the car pull up.

"Mama K. I love you and I always will. Imma finish this dinner and sit down. Michael been having a cow but only in his sweetest ways." I said smiling. She laughed, "Okay baby, tell my son to call me." She said and I responded then we hung up.

I took a breath, "I guess we have to do this little guy. Bare with me please." I spoke as my stomach, underneath my plain white shirt, showed imprints of our soon to be born son, moving around in my stomach.

I rubbed my stomach and enjoyed every bit of feeling this again. The door opened and Michael came to a halt to the dinning room. He jerked his head back looking until our eyes met. He wanted to say something but he locked his lips as he looked at me up and down.

"Uh, what's all this? Hey babe." He walked over as I turned around to take the food out the oven and he kissed my cheek. He reached down and kissed my belly.

"Your mother was on her feet all day won't she?" He stuck his ear on my stomach. "I know she was and she doesn't listen. Yes baby boy, I know." He looked at me grinning from ear to ear.

"Baby boy had spoken." He said as he grabbed my waist. "I thought I said I would do this?"

I leaned my head to the side, "Michael this took nothing but thirty or forty minutes to cook. I sat at the table mostly. Plus, you have done a lot for me. Please understand, it's like your the housewife and I'm the lazy husband." I said.

He shakes his head really quickly about to deny it, "I don't feel that way. I just want everything to be perfect, no mistakes. That's why I been kinda going overboard." He said.

"Babe, relax. Come sit, dinner is ready. I want to talk to you anyway." I gave him a kiss on the cheek and we walked hand in hand. He helped me in my chair and he sits down. He said grace and we started putting food on our plates.

"What did you want to talk about? Are you having second thoughts about us. I mean, the divorce isn't finalized and I still can work a little extra to make this work and—"

"Babe, babe. Breathe!" I almost yelled a little. He paused as I touched his hand, shaking my head. He takes a long breath and took a moment. He leaned his head down, " I'm sorry babe. I just want to make sure I'm doing enough." He said.

"Everything your doing for me is wonderful. That's not what I want to say and I'm not having second thoughts. I was talking to Mama Katherine and she was saying that if I wanted peace, I needed to make amends with Amos. Amber on the other hand I might have a small issue with."

He took time to process what I was saying. He nodded and he looked up at me. "You want to make amends?" He asked again.

"In order for me to push past what he took me through. I want to let this pain go. I just..I just never told you because I wasn't sure of how it would make you feel. I thought you would get mad and you already doing so much." I said.

He touched my hand, "I'll be right there with you. I think Amber may have me go to court but I'll have everything I need to get all this settled and then we can start fresh. I been on the phone in meetings and my lawyer called me. You have my full support. I love you." He said.

"I love you too." I said. He reached over and kissed me on my lips and we finished up eating and then he placed the dishes in the sink.

"Can I run you a bath babe?" He asked and I shook my head. "No. I'll run you a bath babe, come on." I reached my hand out and he walked towards me. He grabbed my hand, "What type of woman are you?" He giggled as we walked upstairs.

"The woman who loves you."

The Next Day
Michael

I paced as my thoughts ran through my mind. Keyann going to resurface back to the past and making up to all the hurt she had with Amos made it seem to be the wrong idea. Last night I thought back to how she reacted when Amber kissed me.

She hauled ass and sped down the highway risking her life and our child's life. She wouldn't stop and I had no choice but to speed at her. She successfully made it back to the house and by the time she got to the door. I was able to catch up and just hugged her. I kissed her and told her how much I loved her. And how the kiss me and Amber shared wasn't what she was thinking. It wasn't true nor did I have any feelings towards Amber. It made everything worse for her but not too much harder for me. My love for Keyann never faded. She is the love of my life and she meant so much that we needed each other.

I went to shower and start breakfast. I finished it off cooking eggs, waffles bacon, fruit, orange juice and some sausages. I snapped my fingers going into the fridge getting some pickles for her.  The cravings consisted of everything with pickles and I cringed. "Eww. Aw gosh." I spoke as I then walked upstairs.

This is going to be a long day..

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