Dedicated to @NieBae
Chapter 25
|Alyana Owens|
Oh shit! I was running late to this meeting. Mikhail was sick from eating to much junk yesterday at the carnival. Today was our last day here and we needed this account.
I rushed into Mr. Daniels office with Mikhail in my arms and my work in the others. I wasn't thinking at the time. Keith doesn't know about him. I spotted Keith walking out his office.
"Wait Mr. Daniels I'm here!" I shouted. He looked at me bewildered, angry, shocked, and confused. He looked at Mikhail in my arms. I instantly bit my lip nervously.
"Ms. Owens I waited over two hours for you. My plane leaves in the next hour and a half. I'm sorry, but your too late." He said.
"Please Mr. Daniels, please." I said. He sighed turning to walk in his office. I silently sent a prayer to God thanking him.
"You got thirty minutes." I nodded and started on our business proposal.
|Keith Daniels|
First she was two hours late. Then she comes into my office with a child on her hip. During her proposal I couldn't help but look at the little boy. He looked to be about five or six years old. I looked at Alyana and she was watching me watch him. She looked nervous and scared for some reason. I looked at this little boy again.
"Is there something you want to tell me?" I asked with my hands folded across my chest. She shook her head no.
"Are you sure?" She nodded get head yes.
"So all of a sudden you can't talk Alyana?"
"I...I..."
"You what? Cause from what I'm looking at this little boy looks just like me. So I'm going to ask you again. Is there something you want to tell me?" She shook her head no again. This is so fucking frustrating.
"We'll be expecting your answer to our proposal by next week Mr. Daniels." She quickly rushed out my office practicality dragging the little boy by his arms. He was crying from how hard she was griping his arm. She not getting away from me this time. I'll do whatever I have to do to find out of this little boy is mine.
"Alyana!" I called after her. She ran to her car, but I caught up to her just in time.
"Is he mine?" I asked nicely.
"No he's my son! I take care of him. He actually my son from my finacé." She said. I can tell when she lying.
"Really?"
"Yes?" She stated more like questioned with an attitude. She wanna be rude I can be rude too.
"Alyana don't lie to me. I can make your prefect little life come crashing down with a snap of my fingers. Now I hate asking things twice. Is he mine?"
"No and plus I'd never want to have a baby by someone like you." She said. That hurt. What the fuck that supposed to mean? I just nodded. I just walked away. I got in my car and headed to the airport.
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"What's wrong with you?" Lonnie asked sitting next to me. The kids were all sleep so it was just us grown ups.
"Alyana." I said. She sighed.
"I know it still hurts, but Keith it's time to move on." Lonnie said. I waved her off.
"That's not it."
"Then what?"
"She showed up to my office on Monday. She works for one of the companies that are looking for investors. Y'all know how I get when it comes to my money. I want my shit handled clean and swiftly. She just stood there like she didn't know shit. She just stared at me. We exchanged words and I made her leave." Lonnie rubbed my back.
"Keith...." Shantel started, but I cut her off.
"Let me finish then today she show up two hours late for the makeup meeting with a little boy in her arms."
"WHAT?!" Everybody yelled. I nodded.
"I asked her was he mine she said no it was her finacé son." My heart literally broke hearing that.
"But she said it like she wasn't sure so I asked again and she still lied to my face. She said she'd never want to have a baby by someone like me and she take care of him." Everybody face dropped. But I continurd.
"If y'all would've seen that little boy. You would've known he was mine." I stressed.
"So what you gone do?"
"I'm gone to demand a paternity test. If he's mine I want to be in his life. If she deny me to be in his life I'll take my son." I said.
"Do you think that's the best way?" I nodded.
"Hell I tried being civilized about finding out after six fucking years and she had the nerve to be mad at me. Like I was the one that did wrong or left her. If she wanna play dirty then I'm down."
"Let's just enjoy the Bahamas while we there get you some Island pussy and think about it." Cosmo said. We laughed.
But I couldn't get that little boy face out my head.
