#3 :: Royal By Name, Loyal By Blood Pt. 3

17.

I Had Always Wanted A Son

JOZIAH.

When I got the phone call from Nayah, I dropped everything and went straight to the restaurant. I had given up calling her because she would refuse to answer my calls. These past three months had been crazy. From the day I walked through the door and she punched me and walked out.

"Looks like this one won't be sticking around." Eva smirked as I held my jaw.

Nayah had a real mean hook!

"Are you happy? Are you pleased?" I asked her.

"Yes."

"No you ain't. Because ain't nothing changed. I still don't feel nothing for you. Even more now that I done lost Nayah."

I knew that would hurt her but to be honest I couldn't care less.

"Fuck you Rico!! You ain't shit!!"

She only calls me Rico when she's really mad. It makes me laugh though.

"Yeah, yeah, yeah. You keep saying that; yet you still here. I can't even stand to be around you right now."

And with that I got up and left. I was so happy that I owned many gyms. I left off some steam for about two hours. Even though I was still salty over how things ended with me and Nayah, I was calmer.

When I got back in my car I saw loads of missed calls and messages from Eva. First cussing me out calling me all sorts, then begging for me to come back. She was truly crazy. I decided to check my emails and was over the moon when I saw that my townhouse was ready.

From I met Nayah and saw the area she lived in I said I wanted somewhere near her. Plus bringing her back to my house was always risky which I now learnt a harsh lesson from. It was perfect timing because to be quite honest I couldn't take Eva anymore. I made my way to my townhouse and was impressed with the interior design. It was definitely a bachelor's pad. Even though I was "married" I was very much single. After checking out the rest of the house I decided to go do some food and clothes shopping.

Even though I was very sure Eva wouldn't find out about this I didn't want to give her any reason to suspect anything. You see, I had another identity. My new life. Without Eva. She wouldn't see it coming until it was too late.

It had been three months since the incident with Nayah, Eva and I. I had been staying at my new house and started feeling quite good about myself. I even got myself a new car. Chances were Eva would try to follow the car she knew. So I only drove it sometimes and never to the new house other than when I had first moved in.
I needed to go back to the house as I had some documents and stuff I needed in my man cave. When I let myself in the place was a mess! Take away boxes, liquor bottles, rubbish everywhere. Just being here pissed me off.

This was a very nice house yet it looked like a tornado had gone through it. I made my way to my man cave and got what I needed. As I was about to leave, I heard the sound of a gun being cocked back. I turned around to see a deranged Eva standing in front of me.

"Where. The. Fuck. Have. You. Been?" She said through gritted teeth.

She looked even worse than the house!

"What you gon do with that gun Eva? Put it down before you hurt yourself."

"I don't know why you think I won't shoot you. As if I never shot nobody before. Answer my question Rico...Where you been?"

I laughed.

"Away from yo crazy ass. Look. My name is Joziah. I'm not gon respond to Rico anymore. That person died a long time ago. You need to sort yo self out."

"You need to come back home. You need to stay here and be miserable like me."

I laughed again.

"There you go with this miserable shit. If you so miserable why don't you take yo self away I would even pay you to go. That's how much I don't care about you. I refuse to be miserable. I'ma fuck who I want, when I want and disappear for as long as I want. I'ma be happy doing what I want to do. I'm a millionaire. I gots more money than I know what to do with and if that somehow managed to finish, I then got the money from the gyms which I ain't even touched since I opened them other than to pay the bills and the wages for my staff. All of this going for me, let's not forget I'm a brother the ladies cat for. And you want me to be miserable because you are? In yo dreams SAVANNAH!!" I said and left.

I was annoyed because I didn't understand why she should want both of us to be miserable when she could live a perfectly happy life. It just wouldn't include me. I decided to go to the gym as I had to let off some steam; just as I had pulled up I got a phone call, I couldn't believe my eyes when I saw Nayah's name lighting up my screen.

"Nayah?" I asked as I answered the call.

"You busy?" She asked dryly.

"Erm, I'm just at the gym."

"Need to talk to you. Meet me at Desserts."

"When?"

"Now." She said then hung up.

I got out my car and jumped into my new one and drove there. I got there first and went from being excited to see her to nervous.

Why now?

She hadn't responded to any of my calls and texts and now out of the blue she wants to see me. I wondered if this was a set up. I was thinking I should leave when I saw her walk...no. Waddle in. She was pregnant. And looked quite far gone. Straight away I wondered if it was mine, which had me smiling so hard.

"Nayah? You're pregnant!" I asked.

"Nothing gets pass you does it?" She said sarcastically whilst taking out an envelope where she handed me a baby scan photo.

Before I could say anything she spoke up; she told me about her being pregnant, about not knowing if it was her exes or mine, about her family that had died which I was none the wiser. She basically filled me in with the past few months and gave me a piece of her mind. Once she was done she got up and left.

I had never been cheated on. Ever. Even though I had a wife at home I was salty that she fucked her ex whilst we were together. I know I'm being a hypocrite but it's the truth. I looked at the baby scan photo and took in everything she said. She was going through a lot so I wasn't about to try and stress her. But there was a fifty percent chance I was going to be a father.

As I got back to my car I just sat there and looked at the photo. A little boy. A son. I had always wanted a son. I don't know why I felt bad, but I knew this was going to crush Eva. I was already in a war zone with her and I had a potential baby mother who disliked me. I needed to fix this. I drove back to the gym. Swapped cars and drove to my house.

I was surprised to see the place tidy. Even Eva had sorted out herself and didn't look like she was on the run.

"I'm glad you came back. I don't wanna fight witchu anymore."

I was glad she was thinking straight.

"Good. Because I came here to tell you the same thing."

She got up and came over to me and dropped to her knees. I sighed. This is not what I meant.

"Eva...no. Eva...GET UP!"

"What is wrong? You my husband. Lemme please my husband."

"Nayah is pregnant." I blurted out.

I didn't want to just tell her like that but she was still trying to fight with my belt. She stopped all of that when she heard those words. I know she dreaded the day I would ever come to tell her I was having a child with someone else.

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