Stay With Me - A KathNiel Story

Chapter 56

DJ held onto the cart tighter, finding himself standing a little more in front of Camille, protecting his daughter from her own grandfather. "Mister Bernardo," DJ said simply and the man's eyes widened slightly in shock.

"You know who I am?" He asked. DJ wanted nothing more than to simply walk away, grab what he needed, and go back home to his girlfriend but something made him rooted to the spot - anger. He could never imagine doing to Camille, what the man in front of him had done to Kath. He wouldn't ever lock his daughter in a tiny room and force her to pray for forgiveness or force her out of the house if she ever were to get pregnant at a young age. He wouldn't be happy about it if she did, but he certainly wouldn't ever make his own child homeless. Kath almost lost her life, Junior lost his life, and it all could have been prevented if her parents gave her any sense of affection.

"Kath has your eyes," DJ said simply and the man smiled sadly, but it slowly faded.

"My name is Teddy-" He started, but DJ cut him off.

"I honestly don't care what your name is... I just don't. I have shopping to do." DJ went to walk away, but Teddy grabbed hold of his arm. "Touch me again and I'll call the police," DJ warned, his voice completely serious, and Teddy immediately let him go, but his eyes were locked on DJ's.

"I don't mean any harm, I just want to talk." He urged and DJ stared back at him, not bothering to hide the anger he felt. Their eyes went to the baby carrier on the shopping cart when Camille started to whimper, a family with loud toddlers going past them and waking Camille up.

"Shh, princess... shh..." DJ whispered, rocking the cart back and forth but he looked back at Teddy, seeing his eyes locked on the tiny baby girl.

"I knew she was pregnant, I... I didn't think she'd had the baby already." Teddy breathed, a soft smile on his face. DJ was cut off before he could snap back at him by a woman approaching them, her arms going around one of Teddy's.

"Hi, Daniel." She greeted quietly and DJ could guess that the woman was Kath's mother, although he couldn't see any of Kath's features in her.

"Goodbye, Mrs. Bernardo." DJ said simply, going to walk away again and DJ jerked his arm free when Kath's Mom touched him. "Stop touching me!" DJ warned, his voice a growl but he was doing his best to keep his temper under control for the sake of his daughter - he didn't want to scare her when she was less than a day old. He wished he'd left her at home with Kath, he didn't want his girlfriend's parents to ever lay eyes on their granddaughter.

"It's Min." The woman breathed. "But Daniel, please... all we want is to talk." She urged and DJ laughed without any humor behind it. He slowly shook his head, rocking the shopping cart back and forth slowly to try and soothe Camille, to try and keep her calm.

"Right, so you want to talk now when you run into me by accident in the grocery store but not at all do you even try to find your daughter that you kicked out seven years ago?" DJ asked rhetorically, shrugging his shoulders.

"We tried!" Teddy urged.

"You didn't try hard enough!" DJ snapped.

"We saw her videos... friends told us about them and we went to the library to watch them and to hear what she had gone through..." Teddy slowly trailed off and DJ shook his head slowly.

"She nearly died. She would have died if my sister hadn't found her - your grandson is dead because of you!" DJ growled.

"He died because of your brother!" Min snapped and DJ laughed, shaking his head slowly.

"It's easy to see your true colors, isn't it?" He accused. "Now, if you don't mind... I have shopping to do with our 'bastard daughter'." DJ said as casually as he could muster, starting to walk away.

"We just want to talk!" Teddy called, but DJ just kept walking towards the dessert section, more determined than ever to get a treat for his fiancée.

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DJ came through the front door, sighing when he saw Kath coming out of the kitchen but he couldn't help but smile as she cooed and took Camille, kissing the baby girl all over her face.

"Hi, baby girl! Were you a good girl for Daddy?" She cooed, kissing her fluffy brunette hair and DJ smiled at the sight, setting down the first bag of things.

"You were supposed to be asleep." He complained.

"Mom called to see how things were going, but it's fine. I have my favorite girl home now! Yes!" Kath cooed, DJ grinning at the sight of them together.

"I bought a load of cream and baby wipes, I just need to go grab the box of diapers and a surprise for you from the car," DJ smirked, but before Kath could even react, DJ had opened the front door and they both jumped with a shock when they saw people there who were about to knock on the front door.

"M-Mom?" Kath choked out. "Dad?"

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