Arm's Length

Jessica's Baby

     Jessica sighed as she got up out off the small yet comfortable bed reluctantly. She had spared herself fifteen minutes more,but she had to make up for it now before she was late for work.
    "Mommy,Mommy!"
The voice of her six year old daughter reached her ears and she quickly stopped what she was doing to see what she wanted.
"Coming darling!" she called, hurrying to the verandah.As soon as she reached she was pulled up short as she saw a man holding her baby girl, in his arms.
"Hello Jess," he greeted her.
  "What are you doing here?" she asked coldly,and she reached forward and plucked Jasmine from his arms,holding her protectively against her chest.
"Not even a good morning or how d' do?" he asked.
"I'm sorry,I'm late for work.What do you want,Jesse?" she asked him as she went back in the house,making breakfast and feeding her daughter at the same time.
    "Small but comfy," Jesse commented, as he made himself comfortable.
"Look if you came here to judge,just go back to wherever you came from 'cauz I'm in a very bad mood and I'm sure you wouldn't want to be mighty sore when you reach back home now would ya?" Jessica asked him sweetly.
  "You know I don't think you'd even reach home whole.I'd take my time and send back tiny pieces of in small packages.It would take.....hmmmmm.... let's say two full years, just to put back your body together for burial.How does that sound?" she asked,flashing him a bright smile.
     "I wouldn't want to get on your bad side,"Jesse remarked."
"Well you're actually on my bad side if you didn't notice after as you call its your 'little mistake',but I called our little night of a rather friendly passion and you don't know what became of it,did you?" Jessica said.
     "What do you mean?" Jesse asked,no longer acting cocky.He looked truly confused.
"You see that pretty little infant that looks so much like you,hmmmm?She's the only good thing that came out of our little fling," Jessica said looking at the little girl,lovingly.
"Are you saying-" Jesse began.
"Yes,Jesse,she's your daughter," Jessica said,"and you know what I'm still hung up about,Jesse?When you left me,you left money on my nightstand as if I was some common whore with a note that said:
                    'Thank you for your service'
                                                   ~Jesse
"I still have that note and Jesse,your daughter is a living reminder to me of what you did that night and what happened after you left," Jessica finished,basically all she was willing to say for now.
  She got dressed in a flash in a neatly pressed green,pink and white blouse,tucked into a fitted green knee length skirt and tucked brown stockinged feet into white 4 inch heels.
   She showed him out and closed the door,bringing Jasmine with her.
"Good bye Jesse and stay away from Jasmine and me," she said and went into a car that pulled up right beside her.In a minute the car was gone,leaving in a cloud of dust.