"I miss you." I tell her over the phone.
"I miss you too. Just one more week and I'm all yours." She tries to reassure me.
One week is way too long.
"Mama!" My little boy hollers over the phone.
"Hey, buddy. You being good for your mom?"
"Yep, yep." He's 2 years old now. And it breaks my heart that I can't see him all the time. I try to Skype with both of them every night, but it's not enough.
This secret is driving me nuts. 2 years of hiding. Nobody knows of my secret family. However, I'm hoping soon, I can lay it all on the line.
"I love you both, and I'll see you soon." I tell them. I'm sure I'm on speaker now.
"We love you too, Mama." My Son tells me.
"I Love you too bud."
We hang up and I stare at my phone. I miss them. It's been over a month since I've last seen them. Soon, I hope I will no longer have to be without them.
"Dinah ." My mother calls out to me. I turn around and look at her. "Dinner's ready..." She tells me with a smile. "Everything ok with work?"
"Yeah, everything is fine." I smile back.
"Good. Derrick is joining us tonight. Poor guy, still can't find his daughter."
I have to roll my eyes. Derrick Hamilton. The maker of all my problems. Yeah, he misses his daughter, my ass. Haven't seen a single missing report on her yet. Which, only helps in my favor.
"Wonderful." I say under my breath.
I return to the table. My phone beeps and I look at it. It's Mani and Royal , blowing me a kiss. My heart swells I quickly type out I love you with a couple kissy emojis.
Big, Bad CEO Dinah Jane using emojis. Only for those two.
Derrick stands up and greets me.
"How you doing DJ?" He puts out his hand for me to shake.
I'm polite and I shake his hand back. "I'm good."
I will be even better next week when I have your daughter's legs wrapped around my waist. Dinah said in her her head
As I sit down at the table, I think back to how I even got into this mess in the first place. How the man sitting in front of me is the picture of pure evil. How he almost cost me my family.
3 years ago... May 28th 2017
Nothing is going right today. I have a huge Steel yard deal, ready to fall through my fingers. I had to fire my head of Finance today because he's a giant moron and helped fuck up this deal.
Now I have 20 high schoolers coming in, as a part of my new summer intern project.
What the hell was I thinking when I thought of that idea?
But, just like I was once, they have to learn somewhere. And what better way then at HEH.
