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11. Fast

"Sometimes, I just love how naïve you are, you little girl," Stephen said. He looked disgusted. "That sounded nasty. Sorry, babe. 'Babe' is not any better..."

"My name is Stella," I reminded him with a smile.

"Yes! Exactly. Stella, I do not know how they do it on your side of the fence, but on this side... If you want to hide something, you just have to pay the right amount." He pointed to the backseat of the car. He had two cases of money back there. I had never been that close to that amount of money before.

"On our side we have a lot of snitches and they can't be bought. You can buy anything you want from us. We sell it all, just not our honesty," I fully spoke in irony. Stephen chuckled. I liked that.

"These snitches must have not seen our money then," he uttered with pride.

I knew my people, but I continued to joke around. "How much are we talking about?"

"3 million." I was shocked. All the air from my lungs had vanished. "Easy, Stella. To me that is breakfast."

"I did not know these operations cost so much," I admitted. I was thinking around 1000. Not MILLIONS.

"It is not an operation. They will take my sperm, and insert it into your v.agina." That was too graphic, but thank you very much. "You will barely feel a thing and they do not need to anaesthetise you."

"And what are the millions for, Stephen?" I started to have doubts about the insemination.

"I told you. With my kind of money, people tend to beg me to make them shut up."

"I do not want you to spend that money on me," I revealed.

"Do not come with that. It is too late now. I am too bored to return the money to the bank," he joked. I liked how much more easy-going he was without his father around. "Plus, you are giving me a child soon. That is priceless."

***

The procedure was quicker than I had thought it would be. After twenty minutes we were done. Stephen joked, "You are lucky I am fast, Stella."

Then he offered the doctor the money. A few words were exchanged and the doctor took a closer look at me, but all in all, we were back home after being gone for two hours.

Suddenly, my pulse became normal again and I came down from my adventure high. I remembered about what I had discussed with Mr. James before he left.

"Stephen?" I knocked on his door. Thank god there were no moans around this time.

"Come in!" he shouted. Stephen looked like he was working out on the floor.

"I want to tell you something."

"Go ahead, mother of my child."

"I talked with your father before he left." That was all it took to annoy Stephen.

"He is gone. Do not mention him. I have enough of him when he is in the house. I do not want to face him when he is not even here," Stephen uttered.

"Please listen to me. I asked him to try ans better your relationship. I told him that I will not let my child live in a loud household with a job-obsessed family."

Stephen was stunned. "What did he say?"

"Mr. James demanded that I should convince you and then you can become a happy family again," I said carefully. I was pushing the limits one more time.

His only words were, "Well, f.uck."