R E D E M P T I O N

Eighteen.

| Nahla Amari |

Things between Kain and I had progressed with in these last few weeks , if he wasn't working he'd come to the studio and watch me work my camera or when I wasn't working I'd watch him in his element; The Barbershop.

You could say we we're attached at the hip and we would deny it but that didn't stop people from assuming shit especially since I'm currently 5 months pregnant with Pharaoh's son and  his bum ass ain't came to not one doctors appointment but guess who has though? Kain. He's been here helping me from the first time I found out til now, he even go gets my cravings at 3 in the morning because he doesn't want me out by myself at that time of night. Nasir and Nari have been big help as well especially Nasir, he's stepped up a lot in the big brother department by beating Pharaoh's ass, but it was long overdue and let's not forget about my dad he's been supportive as well and I couldn't be happier about it .

I laid in bed scrolling through Instagram since there was nothing to do until Nari came over to help me pick out stuff for the nursery , I continued to scroll until my picture popped up on Kains page.

@BigDaddyKain:  Gotta Keep A Real One On My Team 🤞🏾😍

I smiled but it soon faded when Pharaoh's number popped up on the screen. " What " I answer bitterly " Can we talk ?" " Talk for what we don't got shit to say to each other " He sighed " I wanna be there for my son "

" Oh now you wanna be here ?! Nigga you got some fucking nerve " " Look just text me when your next doctors appointment is " " This your only chance so if you don't show up next week don't bother showing up at all " I said hanging up. My mind raced all over the place, why does he think it's okay to just call he could have texted ! This man ain't give a fuck about our son until now I couldn't contain my tears at this point why would he not wanna be here then all of sudden be here something ain't right and I plan to find out. .

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I sat outside his trap contemplating on if I wanted to go in or if I wasted gas coming all the way over here.  I sucked up my pride and got out the car making my way to the front door. " X can you let me in " " Does boss man know your here ?" He questioned

" No and I wanna keep it that way just have Zane come get me its hot and the last thing you want me to do is ruin your shoes " " Congrats by the way " " Thanks now is Zane coming out " " I'm right here " Zane spoke . " Nice to see you again " I smiled " you shouldn't be here " he said. " Zane I'm not in the mood to play so just take me to his office so I can speak to him " " Fine " he said in defeat. " Thank you " " Have you guys decided on a baby name ?" He asked, I scoffed " you mean I have I decided cause your boss just started showing interest in our child "

" Really?" " Typical Pharaoh " I shook my head. " It's not my place to say but he had every one in here thinking y'all we're back together because you didn't wanna raise y'all son alone " he said "More like he told me he ain't want my son and to go fuck myself the nigga ain't showed face since the day I told him I was pregnant which was a few days after my birthday hell I had doctors appointment a day before thanksgiving and he didn't show face "

" I'm really sorry Nahla " he said sincerely. " You good " " Well we're here I gotta get back. I smiled politely and walked in his office to see him and a woman arguing they looked my way and stopped." Oh don't stop on my count " " Pharaoh who is this ?" The women asked. " Hi, I'm Nahla the mother to his unborn son and you are ?" " His fiancé but I'm guessing you ain't know about me " she said. " Actually no I didn't " feeling my eyes water.

" She's pregnant Pharaoh fuckin pregnant I've been with you for 15 years I stayed when you constantly fucked with Nicky and other women, but this tops the fuckin cake ! I begged you for a baby and you said you didn't want kids then you bring me out here telling me your ready have them and now I see why "  she cried " Answer me this did the condom break, or did you go raw ?" " Raw " he mumbled." Un fuckin believable ! " she shouted.

" He didn't want my son he told me to go fuck myself that I should have got rid of it the day I found out " I wiped my tears " I see why you treated me like shit, you already have someone to love and I was just a play toy that went too far " " Alana I'm sorry I never meant for this to happen she was only a debt a collected and in the mean time I started feeling her I never loved you Nahla I'm sorry for doing this too you it was never supposed to go this far I wanna be in my sons life I wanna be there when he's born " he said. " I'll never forgive you, but I won't keep him from you fuck You Pharaoh! "

I left not wanting to hear the rest of their conversation my heart hurt to the core I was nothing to him and allowed myself to feel for his dumb ass , I sat in my car crying no bothering to leave I couldn't drive in this state so I called the only person that would come right now " What good shorty " " Come get me please " I cried into the phone. " Where are you? what's wrong is it the baby ?" "Just come get me I'm at Pharaoh's trap I'll send my location "

" Aight I'm on my way " " Please don't hang up " I pleaded. "I'm not now tell me what happen " I began explaining everything from the morning call to altercation in Pharaoh's office by time. I got through explaining he knocked on my window, but I couldn't move all I could do is cry. He opens the door " Come on shorty I gotchu " " I'm so dumb " I cried in his chest

" No the fuck you not he the dumb one " he said hugging me " calm down baby girl I got you and him, fuck that nigga you hear me no matter what Ima always have you "