The Bad Boy And His Baby

Chapter 40

A week has passed since Bronwyn gave birth. She was discharged the next day and the two days after, she phoned to tell me that Tobias will be taking her on vacation in the Bahamas for a week to get her mind off the birth and let her body heal. Lucky and I helped her pack and they left the day after that. I'm sitting in the living room with Lumi on my lap. She's fast asleep as I watch a reality TV show and I'm breathing in the baby smell that I've gotten used to over the weeks.

Koda takes a seat beside me with a smile on his face as he looks at Lumi and I. "Do you want her?" He shakes his head. "I want to talk to you about something." I lower the volume of the TV and look at him. "What?" A million questions are running through my head and he chuckles before placing his hand on my thigh. "Relax, baby. It's about you staying here. Have you thought about it yet?"

"Oh." I had completely forgotten about that. I've basically been living here rent free. "If you choose to live with me - which I know you will - I was planning on paying off your rent that you owe your landlord and then you stay here permanently with me." I can't help but gape at him.

"Koda... my rent... you can't..." I can barely form a sentence and he laughs at my loss of words. Lumi stirs and he immediately shuts up. I rub her back softly and look back at him. "I can and you know that."

"But what if you run out of money?" This makes him laugh even harder and Lumi stirs once more. "Shh!"

He chuckles softly and I rock Lumi slowly. "You don't have to worry about that, Quinn. In fact, look at me." I turn my gaze back to him. "You're with me now. Take my card or cash from my wallet anytime you want, I won't give a fuck. Forget about your shitty apartment, your shitty job and every other financial problem because you have money now."

I am rendered speechless. I don't even know how to thank him and tears well up in my eyes. Is Koda genuinely serious? He leans forward and moves strands of my hair behind my ear. "Don't cry, babe. Everything that's mine is yours now, alright? I'll pay off your rent and bring the rest of your things here, okay?" I nod and he wraps his arms around me. I can only manage to wrap one arm around him but I hug him as tightly as I can. He places a kiss on my cheek before kissing my nose and forehead until he's eventually littering my face with kisses and I'm a giggling mess.

Lumi stifles a whine and I compose myself before he pulls away. I go back to rocking her. "I have to go somewhere but we'll talk about this later. Will you be alright looking after Lumi by yourself or do you want me to call Kelsey?"

Will I be able to look after Lumi by myself? I've never been alone with a baby before but Lumi seems fairly easy. "I don't know, Koda. She seems like an easy baby but what if she's crying nonstop and I can't help?"

"Then you call me."

"Are you sure?" He nods. "I trust you."

"Okay. I'll put her in her crib." He leans over and kisses my lips quickly. "I'll see you later, beautiful." Once he leaves, I feel like I'm on cloud nine. Was this his way of asking me to be his girlfriend? He did say I'm with him now but I don't want to misinterpret it.

I slowly get up with Lumi and make my way to her nursery where I gently put her in the crib. She makes no fuss and I leave the door open before deciding to go to Koda's room. It's not dark yet but I want to sit comfortably in my sleepwear while I watch TV. I look around for my duffel bag but can't find it. I don't want to pry but everything of mine is inside there.

I open his cupboards and see nothing but clothes. I search every corner of the room and look inside the bathroom as well. "Where could I have put it?"

I decide to search the whole room again and I'm about to take out my phone to call Koda when I get down on my hands and knees to search underneath the bed. My hand is roaming around and patting nothing but the floor until it lands on a duffel bag. I sigh in relief and pull it out from underneath the bed. It's not mine and it's much bigger than mine. I roll my eyes.

This duffel bag seems heavy and it looks big enough to house mine so maybe mine is inside here.

I unzip the bag and nothing, not a single thing, could've prepared me for the sight in front of me.

I count silently in my head, the number growing till it stops at 20. There are 20 guns inside the duffel bag. I don't know what kind but they're definitely not handguns, they're too big. Not only that but rolled up cash as well that could easily fill up a safe of some sort.

My body is rigid and I can't even form a thought in my head. All I see are the guns and it has me all shaken up. Why the hell are there guns in Koda's room underneath his bed that I've slept on? I knew something was up but this just seems off and screams danger.

With shaking hands I zip the bag and push it back underneath the bed. There's no way I can pretend I didn't see this. It's a danger to my life and possibly Lumi's and Koda better have a good fucking explanation for this because now I'm fuming.

I immediately phone Lucky, unsure of what to do. If I call Koda, what kind of dumb excuse will he give me for having literal guns and money from who knows where in his possession?

"Hey girl. I was just thinking of you."

"Lucky, you need to come over and pick me up."

"What's wrong? Where's Koda?" I shake my head. I'm in Lumi's nursery now to see the baby still fast asleep. "Don't call him, just come over please."

"Why? What's wrong? Are you sure I shouldn't call Koda?"

"No. He's the problem. Just... get here please."

I hang up after that and look around the pink room. Koda has been nothing but nice to me and he has a two month old baby. There's no way he actually has guns in his possession. My mind is running with too many thoughts and I sit down on the rocking chair while leaning against the crib. I remember how Lucky told me he's dangerous.

And now I remember Leo saying something about a dead body but Koda and Holt both shut him up.

A dead body...

Guns...

Tobias is rich, whoever Lucky's boyfriend is, is rich and so is Koda. Kofi got Koda out of jail without a problem and the policewoman mentioned something about Corbin being in a gang.

But that can't be right...

Koda gets his money from his father being a CEO. And Bronwyn and Lucky are smart enough not to get involved with shady people. Even if this was something shady, then Bronwyn would've told me already. She'd always warn me about stuff and if she knew Koda was part of... dangerous business then she would tell me.

But the thoughts keep spiralling back and everything that seems like signs are making so much sense.

Koda always has a chain on around his neck with a charm that has two "R" back to back. Holt has that symbol tattooed on his hand and Leo has it tattooed on his neck. I've seen Tobias sport a ring with that same symbol but I'm not sure about Kofi and Nevan. My heart is in my throat at this point and I'm looking around for my phone.

It can't be. There's just absolutely no way. I spot my phone and pick it up before searching up that symbol. There's not much I get off the Internet and I decide to add the words 'gang symbol'.

Still nothing but I see an article with Kofi and Nevan's name. When I click on it I see multiple articles that are gang related and my heart might as well stop when I see Koda's picture on the cover page.