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Chapter 23

   Can you believe what just happened, Blake said. Not at allll! You saw my face they whole time? Yeah, I had the same facial expression. I never thought Braxton would react that way. I really thought he was going to be pissed. I did too, Blake said. It's good he was open to meeting him and willing to have some type of relationship with him. Although Braxton said you didn't fully understand why he did what he did, I still think Braxton got it. I think so too, I said. If he didn't understand why, he wouldn't have been so open to having a relationship with him. You have to look at it like, Logan already kind of self-destructed his future by doing what he did. Maybe Braxton felt like he already lost the one person that was there for him his entire life. He never had his dad around, so maybe he just needs somebody. I think with Logan finally meeting Braxton and letting his truth be known, it was a burden off him. I really admire Braxton for the way he handled the situation. He finally got the answers and justice he needed. Now let's get to this X case, Blake said.

We need something we can actually go off of. Right now, we don't have anything. That's what I was telling Chance last night. It's going to be kind impossible to really solve this case. Let's look at what we have now and go from there. I think the only thing we can focus on is, the signature. From the handcraft, it has to be a woman. You think so? I can't see a man's handwriting being this neat and precise, I said. Look at the signature on Mrs. Livingston's case. The signature is not exactly the same on the other 2 cases. It's like a different killer killed Mrs. Livingston. So, it might be 2 killers? We already having a hard time tracking down one killer. Now, we have to worry about 2 possible killers. I can't deal with this right now. I had a terrible headache and I needed to lay down. I'm going to home for a little bit, call me if you find something. I never had a headache like this before in my life. I'm sure it's because of all the stress and shit. Before heading home, I stopped at the store to grab a few things.

By the time I made it home, Chance wasn't there. He didn't mention leaving town or nothing, so im sure he's at the office. I made a quick snack just so I can take something for this headache. My mom's dream has still been on my mind, but im not sure why. Like, I know for a fact im not pregnant. Chance and I haven't been having sex lately. Only person I really been fucking is King and he's never nutted in me. I always make sure I see him pull out. My curiosity started to get the best of me. I decided to take a test just to kill the curiosity. While I was waiting for the results, I hopped in the shower. I really didn't plan on going back to the station today. I'm hoping Blake doesn't call me no time soon. I tried to avoid checking the test while I was drying off. After getting dressed, I checked the results. Just my luck, my ass pregnant. Guess my mom's dream was almost right. She got the pregnant part right, but the Chance being happy part; not so much. He's going to be furious! The first thing that's going to come to his mind is, who else you been fucking. This is NOT how I wanted him to find out about me cheating. I need to talk to King ASAP! I immediately grabbed my keys, the test, and headed to King's house.

King was pulling up as I was pulling up. What you doing here? We need to talk, I said with a serious look on my face. Sure, come on in. You want something to drink? No, I just need to talk to you. Sounds serious, everything ok? No, everything is not ok. What's going on? This is what's going on, I said while handing King the pregnancy test. Is this for real? YES! This is not supposed to be happening. My husband is going to KILL ME! Why? He's going to know ive been cheating. How? We haven't had sex in weeks, plus he doesn't nut in me. Why not? He's not ready for kids just yet. To avoid all of that, we use protection. Y'all married and y'all use protection? Yes, he's serious about not having kids right now. So, what does this means? It means you got me pregnant. I don't see how, I always saw you pull out. Yes, I always pulled out. So, how could I be pregnant? I always let a little nut get in you then I pull out. WHAT! I figured if I got you pregnant, ill have a fair chance with you. FAIR CHANCE! You getting a married woman pregnant on purpose so that you could be with me is not a fair chance. You want my husband to leave me, so that you can have me. In what way is that fair King? It sounded pretty fair to me. HOW! Kaydence, im in love with you. You allowed me to fall in love with you. You allowed me to have amazing unprotected sex with you every time we're together. If we didn't have sex, you still let me please you. Please you in ways that only your husband should. You fell for me just like I fell for you. It's not fair that you get to come around me and im either on my knees or some part of me is inside of you. How is that fair to me Kaydence? You come to me, get pleased, and then go come to your husband like it's nothing. Yeah, your husband is going to be pissed and he has every right to be. What about me? You're carrying my child, a part of me is growing inside you. How you think I supposed to feel? King, I can't keep this baby. Wait, what? I can NOT keep this baby. If I do, my marriage is over. Your marriage was over the moment you kissed me back at the spa. I'm not going to let you kill my child just so you can save your marriage. If this is something you didn't want, you shouldn't have started all of this. I'm sorry but I can't keep this baby. King flipped the coffee table over and walked out the room. I wasn't feeling his actions, so I got out of there before he came back.

My mind was all over the place. I went to the park and just sat in my car. All I could do was cry. I never meant for none of this to happen, especially not like this. A HUGE part of me wants to terminate this pregnancy like tomorrow. The other part of me wants to keep it. I don't want to lose Chance, and this is most definitely going to make me lose him. I want a child but not like this. Not only do I want a child, my mom wants grandkids and soon. If I do this, I won't just be hurting my mom. I'll be hurting King as well and I don't want to hurt him either. If I don't do it, ill be hurting Chance. I needed somebody to talk to and FAST. Blake about the only person I can really turn to right now. Back to the station I went. I'm on my way there, meet me in my office. Ok, Blake said. I got to the station as fast as I could. I know Blake is going to keep it 100 with me and not judge me. He's the only person I can turn to that I won't be hurting with either decision I make.

What's up? I fucked up BAD! Oh lord, Kaydence what you do? I'm pregnant. That's a good thing, right? Noooo! I'm pregnant by the guy that came to see me. Please tell me you're joking. Does it look like im joking Blake? Shit, you serious. Yes, very serious. How you know it's his? Chance and I been using condoms since we got married. Ain't that's backwards? Chance doesn't want kids right now. He wants to wait until we've done everything we wanted to do in life and as far as our careers. We made an agreement that we would use protection until we both was ready for kids. Aw, shit Kaydence. With me and the guy, ive always saw him pull out. Obviously, he wasn't pulling if you're pregnant. I went to talk to him after I found out. He admitted to pulling out late so that I could get pregnant. Why would he do that knowing you're married? He figured if he got me pregnant, Chance would leave me and he'll have a chance to be with me. Damn, that's some fucked up shit. I told him I couldn't keep this baby because it's going to end my marriage. He flipped the table over and walked out the room. I hurried up and got the hell out of there. I'm sure you did, Blake said. You can't blame him for none of this. What? You choose to have sex with him knowing you are married. The reason he kept having sex with you knowing you were married is because you kept allowing it to happen. If you would have stopped after that first time, this wouldn't be happening. If you wouldn't have never started it, this wouldn't be happening. If you would have used protection, this wouldn't be happening. So, you can't be mad or blame him for being upset because you talking about killing his child. Either choice I choose to make, im going to be hurting somebody. That's nobody's fault but yours Kaydence. Whatever you decide to do, you going to have to deal with whatever the outcome is.

In the middle of us talking, Tia walked in. Sorry to bust in like that, but you have to see this. Tia got the remote and turned on the TV. A local detective was found dead in his home early this morning, the news anchor said. I can't believe somebody broke into my son's home and killed him like that. OH MY GOD! I immediately began to cry once I recognized the woman. My son never did anything to anybody. All he ever did was do the right thing and helped everybody as much as he could. Why would they do that to my baby? The more she spoke, the more I cried. Tia cut it off, I can't watch no more. Who is it, Blake said. Kris, Tia said. NO! Not Kris that worked here, Blake said. Yeah, that's him. What happened? I don't know the full details, I just caught his picture on the news. Thanks for telling us, Blake said. Why would they do that to him, I cried out. I'm looking it up now, Blake said. You won't believe this, Blake said while turning the laptop around to me. X marks the spot, X=? The X killer strikes again, Blake said. On top of me dealing with this pregnancy, I have to deal with somebody else I knew being killed by the same person. Not only was it somebody I knew, it was somebody I cheated with. Somebody I really cared about. This is too much for me lord.