Queens of the game book 5

33. Problems shared

".... So where is he now?.."

"In the hold..." Julian said. "As you asked, but Charlotte is not happy... she is fighting for him.. including biting me...

Keegan frowned. "She bit you?... over this mother fucker?... Okay, I'm a pay this mother fucker a visit tomorrow... and Charlotte will get a piece of my fucking mind then too.."

"She's in love" Julian said using air quotes. "and she is not listening to reason.."

"Trust me she will...." he dapped Julian and Jago and they left the house.

Keegan headed up to the bedroom where Charisma lay on the bed taking it easy. He took his jewellery off and then his top. He sat on the edge of the bed and hung his head, he was tired.

She climbed behind him and massaged his shoulders, he grabbed her roughly and pulled her into his lap and she played with his beard and ran her fingers over his tattoos. "You wanna talk about it?.."

"Not really but I'm replaying what I saw in my head now that some time has passed... and I just can't stop thinking about it... seeing lil baby boy just laying there.. and she was so far gone she didn't even realise that he was slowly dying...
Charisma grabbed his hand and held it.
"I'm a grown ass man who has seen some fucked up shit in my time... but seeing her the way she was scared the living crap outta me... I just had to suck it up, be as calm for her as I could and act fast for her's and the baby's sake.."

"And you came through for her... you need to think about the fact that you were there and you were able to help her..." she smiled. " That's why I love you, because, although we've had our differences, I know that deep inside you there is a lot love for everyone..."

"Yeah.. I'm done talking about this..." he looked at her as he threw her on to her back on the bed and hovered over her. "Now, I remember you saying that you have stuff you need to talk to me about... And so far, I ain't heard shit, so tell me... What happened when I wasn't here?.."

She took a deep breath. "Okay.. a couple of things... first of all... Payton.. I went to see her."
She saw his face change.
"just to talk to her, see how she was, and also to tell her that the baby was able to come home..." she cheered her lip. "I... I told her that I named the baby...

"Why the fuck would you name her baby?..." he said staring at her, his face straight.

"I just didn't like the fact that the baby was sitting there without a name... I didn't expect her to keep the name, but I just wanted to push her into naming her... I chose Rhea Aurora.... She didn't like it... no, she didn't like it at all... so, instead she told me that the baby's name is Alana Rose... And she don't want me near that baby because I'm trying to steal her from her... she also said some fucked up things again... including the reason that she named the baby Alana Rose... it was so that she could name her after the only mother she knew, those were her words.."

Keegan sighed and shook his head. "So I take it she is doing better within herself... and that means I can go and give the lil brat a good talking to... but I will say to you that I did ask you not to go to the centre and talk to her... she is looking for any excuse and you're giving it to her... plus, no matter what C, she is the mother of that baby...

"She won't take care of her though and you know it... she is too damn selfish...

"I'll say it again... we will be on the side watching... she puts one foot wrong we will step in... but you have to let her make the mistakes first, or she will never learn..." Keegan said.

"So I just let her talk to me like shit and keep our grand baby from us... cos all of a sudden she thinks she's grown cos she opened her legs and is now a mother?...."

"C don't talk like that... and that is not what I'm saying... I will deal with her.. but not you as she is antagonised by you.. don't give her a damn excuse...."
Charisma pushed him off and turned over and looked away from Keegan. He pulled her back to face him.
"Stop pouting... you know I'm right...

".... I umm... I also had to see the doctor myself...

"Why aren't you any better?." He asked her concerned. He sat up and looked at her.

"I've been feeling nauseous and tired... so I asked the doctor to run some tests.." She paused. "It turns out that I... am pregnant..."

He laughed. "Yeah good one C.. now, what is it really?.."

"Keegan, I'm not fucking with you... I am pregnant." She reiterated with a straight face.

Keegan just looked at her before a smile crept over his lips. "What about the Tubal Ligation you had?."

"Well, it would seem someone's swimmers did not want to do as they're told and won't let anything hold them back.. just like the man that produced them... so, that now makes me 4 weeks pregnant, thereabouts...

"YESSS!." He said and pulled her under him, grabbing her face in one hand and kissing her lips hard. "I fucking love you..."
Charisma kept quiet about her concerns for now, she knew he was happy and that made her happy. She would keep in touch with her doctors and see how the land was lying as her pregnancy progressed.

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".... Hey baby..."
Storm looked at her dad. She smiled.
"You wanna talk to me?."
She just stared at him, in fact it was more like she was looking straight through him.
"I want you to hear me okay... I know you're still not right and I'm not going to push you to talk.. but, I will be getting to the bottom of this... cos I know someone has hurt you... can you do me one favour, can you nod if Sully is the baby father?.."

She shook her head. "He belongs to... the Devil..."

"Baby.. I'm trying to understand just who the baby's father is... can you tell me... the devil doesn't mean shit to me!.."

"Jenson..." Lena sighed. "Stop pressing her for answers... she is not right yet and the medication is under review, give her chance..."

Jenson was frustrated. He wanted to know who the father was, he knew this wouldn't be Sully leaving her this way, so he knew he needed to talk to them in the UK to understand the circumstances behind the break up, and who she was involved with there that would have fathered her child.

Lena looked at him. "Come and see the baby, he is beautiful... she named him Keegan..

"And should I be happy about that.. after their history?..." he said abruptly.

"No, but what it means is she trusts him.. after all he saved her... and don't you dare be in your feelings about that... if it wasn't for him she and the baby wouldn't be here...."
She said knowing he felt some type of way that it was Keegan who saved her and not him....