The Wife (Sequel to SUGAR)

Stephen James

I slowly pick at my food, eating. Jord watches from a distance, sitting in a chair. He had a look on his face as if he were preparing mentally for something.

"I'll strike you a deal."he says, crossing his legs.

I look up at him, curious.

"If..if you stop being so stubborn and disobedient. I will tell you everything you want to know about Stephen James."

I didn't recognize the name for a second, but once I did, my head perked up, and my lips parted slightly.

"W-what?"i say, shocked.

"You have to swear to me, that you'll stop all this foolishness, that you can at least be open to the thought of loving me, and i will tell you everything you want to know. Everything."he says.

My mouth goes dry. On one hand, i had the aggressive urge to know all i can about the man I love, and on the other, my dignity and pride. I bite my lip in thought, trying to decide if it were worth it or not.

"I don't like hurting you, Mrs. James."he says, causing me to look up at him.

"But, if i must i will."he says.

My lip quivers as I speak.

"ok"i say quietly.

His head perks up instantly.

"Pardon? You said what?"he asked, genuinely shocked.

I nod as i speak.

"Okay. I agree."i say.

A smile creeps to his face and he flashes me his animal like teeth.

"Well then. What is it you want to know?"he smirks, sitting back in his chair.

I instantly speak.

"The room he worked in, what did he do in there?"i ask, making him smile.

"Sugar and i are, were, in the organ business. He would collect people with certain blood types, harvest their organs and sell them on the black market. If not that, he was live-streaming the deaths for private viewers. Both actions gained billions a night, he was for sure my greatest worker."he says.

"And you had him killed."

He chuckles.

"He was becoming a nuisance. Once Bart signed him out of contract I knew he had been killing his way up the line, killing the stubborn highers so that the rest of them would easily vote yes on his request, if he killed one more of my troop I'd be living in a box on skit row somewhere"he huffs.

"So it's just money for you."i say, looking down at my hands.

"Everything is money to everyone. Accept for my brother of course, who wanted nothing more than a loving family, even though each time he tried it was ripped away from him."he holds up 2 fingers.

"Twice now."

"Did you make Tom kill Maya?"i ask, making him chuckle.

"Oh no, she was pregnant I wouldn't have done anything to her, that was my idiot brothers doing, he wasn't in his right mind for some time because of the drinking, and to fall in love with that psycho his brain must've been fried like Popeyes. "he says.

"People don't choose who the fall in love with."i say, making him chuckle. 

"Your right about that love"he says.

. . . . . . . 

Ethan's pov

I sit sadly in my bed as Jen,  the woman Jord gifted me, kisses my neck. She huffs, seeing she's not getting any reaction and sits back.

"What's wrong?"she asks.

"Thinking about Leah."i huff, sitting back.

"Why are you thinking about her?"she asks, rubbing my chest.

I shake my head.

"I was mean to her."i say, making her smile.

"You can always go apologize"she says.

I shake my head again.

"She doesn't want to see me. She claims i'm being brainwashed."i say, making her chuckle.

"Brainwashed? Jord doesn't brainwash people, he just shapes them."she shrugs.

"Did he shape you?"i ask, looking at her.

He smile dies down a bit.

"Let's not talk about that, baby. There's so much more we could be doing"she says before bringing her lips back to my neck.

I huff, looking back towards the bedroom door.

....

Leah's pov

I wake up warm, smelling Sugar's cologne. I feel strong familiar arms around my body. Being silent, I place my hand on one of the hands i can't see. I feel around till I get to his ring finger. I run my finger over the smooth wedding ring, then up his arm. I turn around, nearly on the brink of tears once I saw Sugars sleeping face.

My breath hitched as i spoke.

"S-sugar?"i say quietly.

He grunts a little and opens one of his eyes.

"Yes, my love?"he asks softly in the voice i had only heard once.

I look around, seeing that were in our old room, with our old clothes, in out old bed. My wedding dress hung from a hanger on the back of the door, and my baby bump bulged out in front of me like at any minute the baby would shoot out of me.

Sugar quickly sits up.

"Is it happening? Is the baby coming? I-is it- Joe! Joe start the car!"he shouts as he jumps out of bed.

"N-no, it's not time i just.."i say, my voice shaking.

"What is it love?"he asks, kneeling down in front of me.

I let my tears fall as i cup his cheek, touching his hair.

"I don't want to wake up."i say softly.

He kisses my hand.

"I know baby."

Suddenly my eyes open, and i awake into the harsh reality i was in. I still feel arms around me, i look back to see Jord sleeping.

"I could kill you."i think to myself. "I could kill you right now."

I think about the agreement we had made, and how well he was keeping up with his half. I could only imagine the pitiful things i would have to do to please him.

"Yes darling, of course your right, i'm an idiot."

"Oh yes! Of course you can name the baby after your mother!"

"Sugar who?"

I clench my fist in anger, but something stops it. A small movement in my belly. The baby kicking. I put my hand over it, feeling the baby move. It calmed me tremendously. I rub my hand over my bump and smile to myself. 

"I'm pregnant."i say to myself, smiling back on how ridiculously oblivious i had been to it before.

"Pregnant."