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I ended up falling asleep. When I woke up there was an arm around my waist and a hand stroking my stomach. I turned my head and saw that Braxton was staring off into space. I grabbed his hand and kissed it. He looked at me and saw that I was awake.
"Hey." he said.
"I missed you." I said turning to face him.
"Same here."
We started at each other a moment longer before he spoke.
"Why did you go met with Vince?" he asked.
"He wanted to talk about being part of his baby's life." I said.
"He signed over his rights though."
"Still he wanted to have some form of contact with his child."
"Phoebe..."
"Braxton look I understand how you feel but that doesn't matter. How we feel doesn't matter. We have to do what's best for the babies and what's best for them is to have their dads in their life some way or another."
"Phoebe I understand but I don't approve of it."
"Braxton I want my kids to have both of their parents' in their life. Something I was deprived of."
"I'm sorry I was being selfish. You're right our babies come first."
"Let's talk about that later right now I'm hungry."
He smiled and helped me up out of our bed.
"So what do you want to eat?" he asked.
"Pizza." I said.
"What kind?"
"Pepperoni and meat lover."
Braxton called the pizza place while I went to the bathroom. When I came out my phone was ringing. It was an unknown number. Probably someone calling a wrong number.
"Hello." I said.
All I heard was deep breathing.
"Hello." I said again.
I was about to hang up when I heard that all too familiar voice.
"Hey baby." he said.
"How'd you get my number?" I asked.
"Don't worry about that. I heard you've been cheating on me."
"We were never together."
"And I heard that you're pregnant." he said ignoring me.
Why was this happening? My life was just staring to get on track. I don't need this.
"Bad Phoebe. Don't worry though I'll treat your baby like my own. I'm coming for you soon."
"How'd you get my number?" I repeated.
He laughed before hanging up. This is bad.
"Phoebe are you coming down?" Braxton called.
"In a minute." I said.
I had to calm down. I didn't need Braxton to know about this. He didn't need anything else to worry about. I walked into the bathroom and made sure that my face didn't give anything away before joining Braxton downstairs.
"The pizza will be here soon." he said.
I nodded.
"Something wrong?" he asked.
"No I'm fine." I said forcing a smile.
I didn't want to lie to him but I didn't want him to know. I didn't want to put him in danger. My phone vibrated and I pulled it out. There was a text from the same number.
I'm coming for you.
It didn't tell me who it was from. There was no need. I knew who it was from and I wanted him to leave me alone.
"Are you sure you're okay?" Braxton asked.
"I'm okay I promise." I said.
I shouldn't stress out about this. Stressing would only hurt the babies and that's the last thing I wanted to do.
"Johnny has some news to tell you. He said he wanted to tell you and that I should keep it a secret from you." Braxton said.
"Why can't you tell me?" I asked.
"I promised I wouldn't."
"Please?"
"Don't use that face on me. Besides I think this news would sound better coming from him."
"How so?"
"You'll just have to wait and see. Trust me you'll love it."
A while later the pizza arrived and we ate. What did Johnny want to tell me? What was so important about it that Braxton couldn't tell me himself? Would it be something good or bad? I guess I'll just have to wait and see.
"Braxton when is Johnny gonna tell me his news?" I asked.
"Tomorrow." Braxton said.
