Always a Mistress, page 8
He doesn’t know what’s good for him, that’s why I’m here to watch his back. He needs me, I have to protect him from everything. He will thank me in the long run, and we will raise our baby together once I get rid of its surrogate.
Lost in thought, I packed my bag of torture tools and made a call to the local doctor we use for late night emergencies. He was down for whatever as long as the money was right, and he was loyal to me. Yes, I introduced Kloxx to him, and his team used him, but it was always off the strength of me. I was on the edge of a mental breakdown as I plotted my next move….
Chapter Eighteen
Surprise Spa Collision
Time was vastly approaching, and I was beginning to show increasingly. Even worse I began to take less and less clients because I was exhausted. I loved this new experience my body was going through but lately it’s been getting the best of me, so I been staying at the old place. I planned a spa day for me and Kat curtsey of Sweetie. He thought we could both use it plus he wanted to thank her for her help. The spa was all the way in Virginia. The Driver got there to get us early that morning and got there around noon. I was exhausted. We checked in and as we were walking into the lounge area of the spa Kat grabbed my arm and tried to change the direction, we were walking in. It was too late, we spotted each other, Asia and two females were sitting on the other side of the lounge having refreshments. I noticed one of the females as her sister, Sweetie and I bumped into her, and he introduced us. The other girl I was unsure of, but she has to be a family member and they resemble each other. As I glanced over, we made eye contact, her face looked like she saw a ghost. I watched her eyes scan over Kat then me and land on my stomach. She looked as if she was going to be sick.
Instead, she got up and walked directly over to me with the fakest smile ever and said, “I hear were having a baby.”
Kat cocked her head to the side with so much attitude and replied, “Oh, you’re pregnant as well?”
I chuckle and Asia replied back, “NO, my man and our side chick is ‘dough...’”
She said in the ghettoest tone ever. Both Kat and I look around like we were confused who she was addressing cause I know this bitch didn’t just try me and my baby!
“I am not sure who you and your man are but me and my man are having a baby and last I checked we wanted a girl, but she couldn’t handle the pressure, so we haven’t filled that role yet!” I said, looking directly at Asia so she was clear…
“Oh, is that right. So that is his baby?”
Kat was right on time. “Guess he don’t tell you everything.”
We both laughed.
Asia didn’t find it funny. “Don’t worry about what he tells me, had a mouth full of pussy he didn’t have too much to say, and I’ll be seeing y’all around. Have a safe pregnancy!”
She turns and walks over to her friends who couldn’t wait for the gossip. I turn and one of her friends is still staring. I readjust my bracelet and rub my stomach. At the same time, Kat tells me to stay still, I look pretty, and she wants to catch the picture. She takes the picture of me rubbing my belly and sends it to Sweetie with the message saying, “You blessed boy but ya side bitch messy. I see why she’s Always A Mistress!”
He replied back instantly, “Absolutely! I got a call from A, keep them apart please! Yas don’t need no stress. I’m not even sure why she’s there. She had business she was supposed to attend to smh!”
Kat knew exactly why she was here. That girl is nosey but not her friend. She replies to Kloxx, “We just bumped into her, she saw Yas belly and she said her peace then walked off. We are not worried about her. You need to tighten up though. Expeditiously!”
We finished our day of pampering and grab some food them went shopping for baby items. It was a long drive from VA back to the Jersey spot, I was complaining about us having a driver but at this moment I’m glad we had one. We grabbed some snacks and hit the road after stopping in some of the local baby stores. I wasn’t sure what I was having, we wanted it to be a surprise but until then I would be buying gender neutral clothing and toys. I was almost complete furnishing the new house and we decided to let his old spot go and keep my condo so we would have a spot in the city. I was also considering moving our business closer to home. Why not have two locations and with a newborn it’ll be easier if I didn’t have to travel three hours for work, the other option was to hire more technicians and be more on a managerial side strictly. I had a few more weeks to decide.
Sweetie was okay with whatever I decided to do. If it were up to him, I wouldn’t work at all. I would just run the books from home. He made sure I was taken care of and in returned I spoiled him. I know he still was fucking A, I honestly wanted to see footage. Ever since my belly started to show, he’s been treating me like I’ll break if he fucks me too much. I’m guessing men didn’t get the pregnant women are horn dogs memo. I could have a flashback of one of our night and my pants would be wet. That’s how bad it was. I stop in target and get some things for the baby’s crib and then me and Kat take the ride to the new spot. The plan was for us to stay the weekend and get all the things together for the nursery and decorate. My mother called this “nesting.”
I wanted to surprise Sweetie and let him just see the house together. We get to the spot, it’s super late and we’re both wide awake for some reason. The garage door is slightly ajar, this is weird, but I think nothing of it, put it to the back of my mind. It’s after 4 am and I could be tripping. We make our way in the house and Kat says she wants to shower and get comfortable before we get started. I show her to the guest room which has a private bathroom and tell her I will be laying down until she’s ready for the full tour. I made my way down the hall to the room and see that the bed set was finally put together, and the mattress was off the floor. This warms my heart because I mentioned getting off the floor as it was hurting my back, but he never said he would get the bed together. I love this man. I take out my phone and shoot him a text, I couldn’t help it.
“Hey baby, just got to the new spot. Kat’s with me. Thank you for the spa day. I bumped into A. She looks hurt. I wish things could have been different and she could be here cuddling with me while you’re working. Love you. Kat and I will probably watch some girl shows and eat snacks. Just wanted you to know I made it safely.”
I hit send and sat the phone on the nightstand, take my shoes and clothes off and climb on the bed then turn on the movie Father of The Bride. I realize I need some snacks. Shoot, I always realize this when I get comfy, and Kat was already in the shower. I need to shower anyway. I lay out some night clothes on the bed, pause my movie and start the shower. I make my way in the dark to the kitchen to get some water and crackers, maybe some fruit too, this baby has my cravings all other the place. I’m starting to get used to the new house I can maneuver without lights. I was scared to be alone in here for a few weeks. I hear kat in the shower screaming at the top of her lungs, I’m sure she would consider it singing but I’m going to call it screaming cause the bitch can’t sing. I chuckle and then I hear a chuckle coming from behind me in the main dining room.
I jump and turn around assuming its Sweetie playing a joke on me. I had just texted him, was he here all this time? God, I love this man. But when our faces meet, the face staring back at me is not the father of my child but his side-lover. She looks like she was sitting here in the dark for a while. When I turn the light on, her eyes have to adjust but I see she has a gun pointed at me.
With a smirk on her face, she says, “So, you thought you was just going to come in and take my life over?”
I look at her but say nothing. I see no winning in arguing with the mentally insane.
She speaks again this time more like a bark, “Well, you have nothing to say?”
“What would you like me to say that I haven’t already…What do you want Asia?”
“This.” She took the gun and motioned to the house. “And that.” She then used the gun to motion at my stomach. “I want all that was promised to me but given to you. So, I decided that I too shall have it.”
She says with a chuckle then pulls out some hand cuffs and a bandana, I looked at her like she was out her mind. She was but I don’t think she realized it.
I tried to talk to her calmly and I see this situation starting to escalate. “And I want that for you, but just how are you planning to obtain all of this, meaning a house and baby of your own and what does that have to do with me?”
“He gave you everything and I’m going to take it away.”
“My child has nothing to do with this ASIA.”
“That should have been our child!”
“IT COULD HAVE! You didn’t want to be a part. You disliked me from the beginning, and you made that clear!”
“You didn’t know your place then and you still don’t know, I see. Nice necklace.” She chuckles, and I am confused.
“My place? I know my place do you know yours?”
“Yes, YOUR PLACE BITCH! You were supposed to come through me, cater to me then I give you access to my man on my terms. You decided to cut me out and have him to yourself.” She really must have had me confused with someone else, it’s getting clearer and clearer.
“I was never going for that, A! Let’s be real. I showed you who I was and told you want I wanted from day one. I WANTED YOU TOO! He told me he was single, you were his friend, you concurred that, so he moved with me accordingly. Your issue is with him and damn sure not my MOTHERFUCKING BABY!”
Kat finally ends her shower and screams as she’s coming down the steps. “Who are you talking to Yas?”
At that moment she walks in. Asia aims the gun at her. She stands frozen.
Kat barks, “What the fuck A?”
Asia is even more infuriated at the sight of Kat. “This is all your fault, you introduced them! You always thought you were better than me now look at both of you bitches.” She shook her head and motioned the gun back and forth between us.
Kat was overly annoyed at this moment, she told Kloxx to clean up his mess, he didn’t and now look. “Bitch you never knew your place and clearly you still don’t. This is why you’re Always the Mistress and never the Mrs.! Do you think this is going to make him want you? You pointed a gun at his child, even worse at me, so you better use that bitch.”
Asia smirks and shakes her head like she made her mind up. “Say less.”
She points the gun at Kat and pulls the trigger.
“Ahhh!” Kat screams.
Asia hit her twice, once in the arm and once in the leg. Kat drops to the floor in agony. She turns the gun towards me and hands me the handcuffs. “You can come willingly, or I can shoot you in your stomach and let you deliver a still born. Your choice.”
I do as I am told. All my mind could think about is getting out the house safely, so kat has a chance to make it. Kat has a chance of getting to a phone. I have my apple watch on so hopefully they can track me before it dies. I felt nauseous as if I were going to faint.
We make it out the side door which leads to the garage. She motions for me to slide under the door. Now I know how the bitch got in. I should have asked Sweetie about the garage door. I could smack myself for not being more vigilant and now my child is in danger. It also dawns on me that the alarm was disarmed. How does that bitch know so much and how she beat me here? So many thoughts flooded my mind. She pushes me with the head of the gun. “Keep moving.”
I look at her like she is out her mind then at my stomach.
“Why don’t you just open the door. Where the fuck am I gonna go with a gun to my back?”
Asia pauses for a moment and replies, “Open it then and don’t try any funny shit.”
I reach up and press the button to raise the garage door. I also pushed the silent alarm button that the security team had installed as a selling point. If I make it out of this, I have to tip the young man who sold us on this feature. I wish I would have listened more on how this works. Shit, I hope this doesn’t sound a loud alarm. A yellow light begins to flash. She looks at me like I did something and points the gun.
“What is that light for?”
I lie, “It’s letting us know to back away from the door.”
I take a few steps back for theatrics and allow the garage door to open. As we were walking out, I heard the house phone ring. Hopefully, Kat has enough energy to make it to the phone. I just hope she’s okay. I pray she is.
Chapter Nineteen
The Extraction
We make it out the garage and down the street. On the other side of the street, a few houses down was a black Volvo truck with soccer mom stickers on the bumper. Looks like it could belong in the neighborhood which is probably why no one saw cause for alarm. I look from house to house to see if I see any camera systems. I could see none even though I knew they are there, no one is outside. It’s after 5 in the morning and the sun will be rising soon.
We make it to the car, and she pops the trunk and motions for me to get in. This bitch has clearly been watching too many movies because it’s no way I’m climbing my swollen ass in a trunk. My stomach was already starting to tighten from all the stress.
“You might as well shoot me and take ya chances with Jersey police. I’m not climbing my big swollen ass in no trunk.”
Asia laughs, “If I let you sit in the car you bet not try anything.”
She places me in the back seat and pulls the seat belt around me and says, “Since you worried about the safety of my little one.”
She rubs my stomach. I feel like I am going to vomit. She ties the scarf around my eyes, places the child lock on the door and climbs in front. We drive for some hours on end. We stop for one pee break on the side of the road. This bitch made me pee on the side of the road and what makes it even worse is I got pee and dirt on my feet. She didn’t even let me grab shoes before kidnapping me like a damn mad man.
All these scenarios start playing in my head and I begin to rub my stomach as much as possible while handcuffed and cry silently. This is not the life I envisioned for myself. What did I get myself into, I still don’t understand and even worse now, I have a child to care for. I couldn’t help but be angry at Sweetie for putting me in a position where I was not safe. Why didn’t I call him and check in, I hope Kat is okay. So many things went through my head at once, it’s overwhelming. I lie my head back and just cry. I doze off but the stomach pains are now full-on contractions and I begin to panic. I am not due for another month. I let out a scream. Asia looks at me from the rear-view mirror.
She smirks an evil smile then says, “Hold on little one, mommy will free you from the bad lady who tried to steal our future in a moment.”
I am in so much pain at this time that I don’t think I have time to process what she’s saying. I feel a force of pressure in my pelvis and then some water leaks out. I think my water is breaking, I begin to panic.
“Omg. Take me to the hospital please. You can have the nigga, just let me get my baby to a hospital.”
Asia peers at me in the rearview mirror. “It’s entirely too late for that mamas but thank you for being our surrogate. We will be having this baby tonight.”
I scream again. And grab the seat in front of me, I am extremely uncomfortable, I cannot see, my arms are restricted due to being handcuffed and I cannot find a comfortable position. I just cried. I cannot believe that I am going into labor and having my first child in the back seat of a car handcuffed and blinded. I take my hands and bend my face down and remove the blindfold. Asia swerves the car to the side and pulls over. We are driving down North Ave, good we’re back in the city. She points the gun at my stomach and pokes it.
“Scream and I will end us all right here, right now. I have nothing to lose.”
I say nothing and grab my stomach. I stare her in the face, and she stares me back straight face. This girl is dead serious, and it dawns on me that my life will possibly end tonight. A flash of the labor night I envisioned pops up in my head and a tear drops. I felt defeated! I attempt to place the blindfold back on my eyes and another contraction starts, I let out a scream, bend forward and try to breathe through the pain.
“We’re almost there, just try to hold on.” She chuckles. “In another life you would have been the perfect wife. You are good in bed and you’re a vibe you just chose to attach yourself to the wrong partner. And that’s the decision that ultimately put you in this position. You have no one to blame but yourself.”
She pulls out a phone and makes a call. “We’re pulling up, open the garage doors. Tell Doc get prepped. The bitch water broke, we have less time than planned. Get ready, I become a mother today!”
She ends the call and all I can do is say a prayer. I am not sure what I did in another life that caused me to have such bad luck, but I pray that my baby makes it. Please let her father find her and please let them tell her how much I loved her. I do not know what I am having but referring to her as a girl instead of it brings me comfort. I pray she has a full life, and she finds love. A love that comes with no restrictions or hazards because that’s what she was conceived in. Amen.
I don’t care what happens to me, I’ve come to terms with my fate. “Just let Kevin know our daughter’s name is Love. That’s what she was conceived in and that’s what I pray she has endless amounts of.”
Asia says, “She will be named Love and I will tell him everything you said right after I let him think it came from me and you brought me your baby with a suicide note.”
“So that’s your plan, cause me to go into early labor and replace me. Wow, how original. Sounds like some lifetime drama shit. This is the real world, that’s the dumbest shit I ever heard!”
I hunch over in pain another contraction, it’s clear the baby doesn’t like me upset. I am not sure why I am having contractions this close. It’s still another month left.
