Pick A Side

Chapter 39

Kamille POV

Vanessa and I had just gotten discharged earlier today and now, we have to go see Mel before we leave.

I snapped her onesie on at the bottom and stared at her. She's beautiful! She's got those big Barbie doll brown eyes, hypnotic just like mine! She took after Mel's lips. The only thing out of the ordinary, which ties her look together, her hair. It was dark brown with gray streaks in different spots, just like her grandmother, my mom.

She's only a day old and I don't want the public to know what she looks like for safety reasons. I'm protecting her in the long run since Melanie and I were very famous around Louisiana and press does anything to get in our faces. I picked her up, placed a blanket over her body and we left the hospital room.

We went down to the second floor, to the room Mel was in. I have so many unanswered questions but I'll give her some time to adjust to the current situation.

We entered and I closed the door behind myself and pulled up a chair. She sat up.

"I know who did it."She started as I took the fluffy hello kitty blanket from around Nessa's body.

"How are you feeling?"I asked, ignoring what she just said.

"Fine, my headache went down."

"So did some of the bruises."

"Yeah and some orthodontist gave me new teeth."

I looked up at her face, taking in the damages. Her nose had stopped bleeding, her cheek was back to normal except for the new scar right under her eye. Her forehead had a huge scar going straight across.

"It's permanent. They said this one might fade away though."She spoke knowing what I was looking at.

"Have you tried walking yet?"I asked. "No, I'm in a wheelchair for the next two months."She replied.

"Is that her?"She asked, looking down at our daughter, Vanessa.

"Yeah, you wanna hold her?"

She smiled a closed mouth smile as I handed the baby over. "You're family is coming down tomorrow to see her, and you're old friends from footlocker too."I informed. After my parents died, the rest of my family distanced themselves from me. They were angry that they weren't in my parents will, I was. I haven't seen them in years and don't want to. I understand communication goes both ways but I wasn't the one acting all bitter over not getting money. It's their fault they don't call me. They probably don't even know I'm married with a baby but whatever. I don't want to be in their life and I damn sure don't need them in mine.

"That's coo'. I'm being discharged tomorrow morning."

I nodded, watching as she held Vanessa. Nessa's a quiet baby so far but who knows how it'll be when we go home later. I looked down at my buzzing phone and opened the notification.

It was a video in text. I hated when random numbers send me nonsense so I usually don't open them but this time I did.

It showed Melanie, half naked on the floor while some chick rode her in a dark room.

"Is this what you go to Onyx for damn near every night?"I asked, snatching Vanessa away from her.

"Huh... I can explain that."She uttered after realizing what I was talking about.

"Well explain because if it's bullshit me and my baby gon' bounce."I snapped, getting up from the chair I was sitting in.

"Our baby,"She corrected. "That's the girl I asked you about?"

"Some chick named Mackenzie?"I asked.

"Yeah, she was blackmailing me into sex. She was threatening us, our new family. Her, Desiré and Angel did this when I tried to call it off weeks ago."She motioned to her face.

"Why didn't you tell me? You know I got people that can end those girls for good."

"You was pregnant, I didn't want to be the cause of your stress. I didn't want to run us."

"You didn't, they did."My lip poked out, ready to cry.

"They tried to. I'ma end them, they gonna get theirs soon. You believe me?"

"Yeah..."I mumbled. "Gimme kiss."She puckered up her lips. "No."I said.

"Why not?"

I shifted my weight to one side and pushed Nessa up on my chest. "Did you fuck her with the same dick you fuck me with?"I asked.

"No."She answered.

I nodded, believing everything she told me, like always.

"I love you,"She smiled.

"Love you too."I giggled when she straight faced me. I corrected myself.

"I love you too."

C. Baby