#2 :: Royal By Name, Loyal By Blood Pt2.

Ch. 2

MAINE
Pregnant?

"Pregnant?" I had to be sure I heard right.

"Yes..." Robin answered. "...she told me earlier today whilst we were out. I could see something was on her mind so I asked her what was up. She told me she was pregnant but scared at how you would react."

"Scared? Why would she be scared?" I asked confused.

"I don't know. I don't think she realizes how much a baby is a blessing. Please, all this talking is leaving her out there even longer." Before I could respond to her Tyrell burst in.

"Ay yo Maine, Pops is getting impatient. He don't wanna leave you but if you don't come now you gon' get left." I hurried behind Tyrell and we jumped in Tanayah's car with her pops driving.

All cars followed behind Tanayah's because it had the location saved. I guess my silence in the car caught Big T's attention. 

"She will be fine...I know it." He said taking me out of my thoughts.

"I hope so. For her and the baby's sake."

"Baby?" Tyrell questioned.

"Yeah man. She told Robin. She knew she was pregnant. Yet she still risked her and my baby's life." I said heated.

"What we need to focus on, is finding her. Being angry ain't gon' help." Big T spoke out as he came to a stop.

We all jumped out the car and the other cars parked behind us.

I didn't know where we were, I didn't even recognize the house. Tyrell ran to the front door and kicked it down. We all filed in and searched the condo for Tanayah.

"TANAYAH. TANAYAH." We were all shouting her name. Searched the whole condo and no luck.

"Guys!! Come quick!" I heard Mica shout.

We ran to the back, where Mica was. There were doors which led downstairs to a basement. When we went in, it was pitch black. Tammy ran to get a torch from her car, and shone it deep into the basement. We could see where the light bulb once was but was now smashed. There were two blood trails on the floor, as if someone had crawled from one side of the room to the other. We tried to trace the trails but it led to nowhere.

Where was she? 

"I swear to God lemme find this bitch. I'ma kill her. You don't mess with my daughter." Tammy said.

That was another thing.

Where was Racquel?

I started getting pissed off all over again. This bitch was causing far too many problems. I sat on the steps of the house to think.

What if Racquel had Tanayah? What if Tanayah had Racquel?

I just wish Tanayah would give me a sign. 
Now I wouldn't say I was a religious man but they do say the Lord works in mysterious ways and indeed he did. As I moved from the steps and walked round to the back where everyone else was; I stopped and looked at what I thought were fingers. I crept over to the bushes and as I got closer my heart sank. It was a hand. A still hand. I ran over and on the other side of the bushes there she laid holding her stomach. 

"I FOUND HER! OVER HERE HURRY!!"

I jumped over and lifted her up, she had been shot in the arm. She managed to tie some cloth around the wound but it wasn't tight enough; the cloth was soaked in her blood and around her. She was unconscious and her pulse was very faint. 

"Oh my Lord, not my baby" Tammy screamed when she saw her.

"We gotta get her to the hospital now! She's lost a lot of blood and she's unconscious. I can barely feel a pulse! This is dangerous for her and the baby." I said.

"BABY?" Everyone said at the same time.

"Yeah. We gotta go Big T." 

I climbed in the back of the car cradling Nayah. Despite her condition she still looked as beautiful as ever. Big T and Tyrell jumped back in the car and sped non-stop to the hospital. When we finally arrived they hurried in to get help. By the time I walked in with her, nurses were rushing to my side. They placed her in a wheelchair and rushed off with her. We were asked to wait in the family room but we refused. We told him we would be in Robin Evans' room so they must deliver any news there. As we walked in she was asleep but her room was big enough with seating for us all. The room was silent, I looked at everyone, they either had tears in their eyes or had their head in their hands. After about two hours the doctor walked in. 

"Tell us something, doctor." I said.

"We managed to remove the bullet and stop the bleeding. She's stable but she has lost a lot of blood. So we will need to give her a blood transfusion."

"The baby? Is the baby okay?" we heard a familiar voice say.

We all turned to see that Robin had woken up.

"The baby is fine. No harm was done to the baby." The doctor tells us.

We all breathed a sigh of relief. Tammy and Big T both got up and offered to go and give blood, but Robin spoke out.

"This is all my fault. It's my psycho sister. It's me Tanayah was protecting. I should have never done what she told me to... I should have dragged her with me."

"Nah Robin you gotta understand that if anything happened to you, she would have never forgiven herself. You did the best thing." Tyrell spoke up.

"I'm just glad her and the baby are okay" Robin replied.

That's when it hit me. I'm going to be a father. I'm going to have a child with the woman I love. The situation right now was not ideal but I could see light at the end of this tunnel. I wanted to see her. I needed to see her. Just as I was about to get up the doctor came in.

"We'll have to keep Tanayah in overnight. Luckily there's a vacant bed right next door. We will put her in there. She's still asleep and will come around in her own time. Once she's put in the room you'll need to split yourselves to fit three in each room."

With that the doctor walked out. We waited another hour before they told us we could go in the room. I let everyone go before me because once I went in there I knew I was not leaving.

It still annoyed me that we didn't find Racquel. She was out there somewhere able to wreak havoc. If she knew what was good for her she would stay away. I felt someone tap me on my shoulder, I looked up. It was Antwan.

"You not going in bro?" He asked. 

I thought I was hearing things. He actually called me bro. 

"Yeah. Once y'all finish. I'm not leaving her side 'til she wakes up." I said.

"Look; I know I gave you a hard time when you first came around. I'm very territorial over what I care about. I know you ain't mean no harm and you done nothing but good since you been here. You make my sister happy and you 'bout to become a father to my niece or nephew so you most definitely one of the boys now." I was shocked to hear this come from Antwan's mouth. 

"I appreciate it man. That's love right there." I said then dapped him and went into the room where Nayah was sleeping peacefully.

I sat by her side and held her hand. 

"You gave us all a scare today Nayah. You know once you're better we gon' be having words about the lil stunt you pulled today. I need you to hurry up and wake up cos I can't stay in here forever. I hate hospitals and I can't stay talking to myself. Plus we gotta plan this lil one's future."

I don't know how long I was talking for but I guess the events of the day took its toll on me. Before I knew it I had drifted off to sleep. 

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