Where There's Smoke

A Mothers Love

Janae's POV

I was sitting in my room waiting for Roman to drop Adrian off before he left for his trip. I was thinking about the conversation I had with Dom yesterday. We both finally had time to sit down and discuss while I was mad at him. We met up at the café. "You look nice PJ." He smiled and I raise my eyebrow at him. "I know you're mad and damn you did Roman's eyebrow thing.

"Yeah, that's why I waited to actually sit and talk to you because I was just over it and needed to calm down." I took a sip of my drink.

"I get it and that was a conversation Roman and I should have had separately." He said.

"Not even that. That wasn't a conversation you two needed to have at all! You both were wrong and puffing up your chest like I am not a person. I am a grown ass woman who is capable of making my own decisions." I stared at him.

"You think I don't know that. I know you Janae. I know you better than you know yourself. I've know you for 20 years." He stared at me directly in the eyes.

"Where were you for 6 of those? I needed someone. I needed you! When I needed you most you dropped off the face of the earth. You don't get to pop up and stake claim in me. Let alone attempt to have pissing contest with my husband." I snapped at him.

"You never called me Paris." He stared at me.

"And I didn't then and I didn't now Dominic." I shook my head.

"Husband, you called him your husband just now." I saw his jaw tick.

"Technically I'm still his wife and he's still my husband." I looked away.

"Then look me in my eyes PJ. I want you to know. Did I lie at any point? Did I tell your husband, and I can't say that term looser, a single lie?" I just looked at him. "Exactly, I love you PJ. I always have and always will, but you know damn well if you would have called I would have come running no matter how far, what boat I was on, what country I was in, or state I was stationed. I would have been here with you." He held my cheek and whipped the tear the fell. "Can you tell me why you didn't want him to know that we made love? Why didn't you want him to know? More importantly why did you keep calling me?"

"Why did you answer?" I asked.

"Like I said I always answer for you." He leaned back in his chair.

"Umm Val wanted me to give you this. We'll see you at the shower." The doorbell shook me out of my haze. I got up and went to the front door. I picked Eva up and bounced her on my hip. I opened the door and Roman and Adrian stood there with her bags for the next two weeks. I let them in and Roman took Eva from me. Adrian went and flopped on the couch. "Hey watch your sister for a bit. Mama and I need to talk." Adrian mumbled an okay and took Eva. We walked back to my room and shut the door. I turn on some music so Adrian couldn't hear us talking. I sat on my bed and he just looked at me. I could tell he was trying to push his anger down. "Is it true?" He asked looking at me.

"Is what true?" I was confused.

"Is what Dominic said true? Did you call him? Did you two have sex?" He asked. I heard a notification pop up on my phone and looked at it. Everyone that bared the last name Marchetti was on a database controlled by Donovan. I had Donovan set mine up where if Roman tried to look through anything of mine such as my phone, computer, car GPS, and anything that he could receive information that wasn't any of his business anymore to shoot me a message. I looked at him and tossed it on my bed. "You already know the answer to that huh? You had no right Roman to go through my things." I snapped.

"You're my wife!" He snapped.

"Lower your voice in my house." I gritted my teeth.

"Janae I know that this sounds crazy, but is there any way that I can be the father? No, at first I thought so, but date of conception points to Val." He recited Dom and I prior conversation. "You got a DNA test to verify that child was indeed Valentin's baby not long after his parents arrived. You were sure who fathered this baby!"