The Best Version Of Me

Chapter 6

It's been three days since Riley and her dad saw me and Dante hustling. I still haven't call her yet. To be completely honest, I'm embarrassed. She's rich as hell and want to fuck with a broke as nigga like me. I can't do nothing for myself. And on top of all that, I been throwing up for a month straight.

I can't really afford to go to the doctor so I buy over the counter meds hoping they'll help but they don't. I'm over at Ma's house with Dante trying to come up with a plan. Dante got robbed about two weeks ago. He had $8000 in product in his bag when he was jumped and robbed. The week before that somebody keyed up Riley car and stile it 2 days later.

I couldn't report it missing because it's not mine. I just been having the absolute worst fucking luck ever. Riley probably don't want anything to with me now that she know what I do.

"So which lil fast ass girl you done got pregnant?" Ma asks again.

I role my eyes at her. She been saying I got a female pregnant since I first got sick. She act like I can't throw up and not have a girl pregnant. I bet if I was a female she'll be saying I was pregnant. Old people a trip man.

"Nobody ma. I'm just sick."

"Sick for a month and a half. I don't think so. Either you got somebody pregnant or you done caught a STD." Ma say bluntly.

"Man Ma you tripping. I'm just sick." I say getting up to go lay in her bed.

"Aye I'ma bounce." Dante says and I just nod. I'm too tired and too sick to say anything else.

I wake up and hear Ma talking to somebody about me. Well it's more like Ma getting in somebody ass. I don't get up to see who it is since I want to be nosey. I lay in my spot and listen to their conversation.

"Are you trying to put my son on child support?"

"No ma'am. I'm more than capable of supporting this baby on my own. I don't want to pressure him or make him think he has to be there at all." I recognize the voice as Riley off top.

She pregnant? That's the important thing she need to talk to me about. She's carrying my seed. But she took a morning after pill. I saw it with my own eyes.

"Are you trying to trap my son? Pin your child on him so that your baby has a father?"

That's a good question.

"With all due respect Sade, only Marcel and I will know what happened in that room. I can tell you but it's not the same. I don't sleep around. In fact, the only guy I've ever been with is Marcel. If a DNA test is what you guys need, I have no problem getting one. I'll even pay for the test. I only came here to tell him. Jf he wants to be in the baby's life that's great but if not I'll understand."

"What if he doesn't want the kid?" Ma asks.

I don't know why she asking that question. If the kid is mine, I'm going to do whatever I have to do. No ifs ands or buts about it. I know I'm doing bad right now but a kid will change everything. It won't be about me no more.

"If he doesn't want the baby, I'll accept that. I mean it's my fault anyway. He said no but I kissed him anyway. I take full responsibility for my actions. As I said before, I won't put him on anything. I promise. I won't bother him about the baby or even ask him to be at any doctor's appointments." Riley says.

And I believe her. Riley is well off. If I said no to being in the baby's life, she wouldn't come back to ask again. Riley'a a beautiful girl. I'm sure another man will step up and do my job if I don't and that's not what I want.

I walk into the living room ar that moment. Mom is on one sofa while Riley's on the other. They both look at me and I can tell by Riley's facial expression that I look like shit. Well Ma did say I got somebody pregnant. I just didn't think it'd be Riley. I didn't go in any of the other females raw but y'know. Shit happens.