Page 50 of Her Loyalty

Tiana

Bawling my eyes out, Deja and I sat in her car while she was on the phone with the jails. They kept trying to say that Dominic wasn't in the system yet so there was nothing they could do. While I was over here freaking out, just hoping he would be able to come back home to me and our son.

"Just calm down, T." Deja ended up saying to me as I cried my heart out.

"Can you please get him home, Deja? Please." I practically begged and she looked away from me while I sat there crying.

Looking down at my hands, I began to think of so many different scenarios for why he was arrested and of course I couldn't help but to keep thinking about drugs and murder. Dom was no saint so if he was arrested, it had to be for something as drastic as the two.

"Stop stressing yourself out like that, T. You're carrying my nephew and this crazy ass nigga baby.."

"And you know he wouldn't want you all upset right na'." She explained but I was trying to listen but I couldn't contain myself, I was too in my head right now.

I knew I was in deep because I'd began to picture myself a single mother, taking care of our son alone and having to take him to see Dom behind a block of glass.

"Just get him home, Deja."

"Please." I spoke barely over a whisper as she kept her phone on speaker since they'd place her on hold.

Deciding we'd been sitting here long enough, she finally pulled away from the hair salon, that'd closed over an hour ago. The whole ride home, I bawled while looking out of the window. The day was going so well and Dominic and I were doing so good and now this.

"Just chill out." Deja assured but I'd already blocked her out. Nobody could make me okay except for Dominic right now. I needed to see him or at least talk to him and know he was okay.

It didn't take us long to get back to the house, when we did, I saw a bunch of guys on the porch but of course none of them were Dom.

Cutting the engine, Deja got out of the car and I got out after her. We'd made our way to the house and up onto the porch while she stayed outside with them and I stood there not knowing what to do.

I was lost for the first time in my life, lost without my other half. I just stood there, watching as everybody talked and joked and I was beginning to feel completely alone.

"Aight, T." Deja laughed, looking down at her phone before the screen door opened, making me quickly look.

Dominic came out of the house laughing as everybody else did the same and I turned on my heels, jetting out of there.

"Baby." He called after me as I tried to go quickly down the steps but he'd caught my pregnant ass.

"T." He continued to laugh as he turned me around to him and I looked into his eyes with my tears filled ones.

"You think you're so funny don't you?" I asked him and he smirked.

"It's not funny, Dominic." I hit him in the chest, making him raise his eyebrows.

"You gon' hit me?" He asked with an amused face and I nodded with a pout.

"You really scared me." I whined, realizing that this was all a joke and Deja was in on it.

"I know, baby. I'm sorry."

"No. I hate you." I went on as he laughed in my face and I just wanted to beat him up right now.

"I apologize, ma." He apologized once his laughter died down but I didn't accept that shit. I was so mad at him right now.

"Stop cryin'. Whatchu cryin' for?" His laughter returned as he grabbed my waist tightly.

"Leave me alone." I said to him as he mushed his head into my neck.

"Yeah aight." He spoke against my skin.

"I couldn't leave you alone if I wanted to." He began to leave small kisses, making me playfully roll my eyes.

"Stop it." I dragged out, wanting him to let me go. I was so mad at him for doing me like this but I couldn't say that I wasn't happy that it was a joke.

"I scared you?" He asked, pulling back to look at me.

"Yes, you scared me. Don't you see me crying." I told him, wiping my face.

He couldn't help to laugh as he looked down at me.

"I'm sorry. You know I wun' tryn' make you cry, baby."

"You really love a nigga." He shook his head with a smile.

"I wish I didn't." I rolled my eyes at him, making him grab me again.

"You know you don't mean that shit." He spoke softly into my ear.

"Your hair look good as hell though, baby." He continued to speak softly, trying to side track and I shook my head.

"Whatever. Get off of me."

"I don't like you right now so get off." I pulled away from him and he nodded slowly.

"Aight, then I ain't gon' show why I did this then." He said, making me furrow my eyebrows.

"What'd you do?" I asked and he shrugged.

"I don't know."

"Dominic, stop playing with me today. Okay?" I told him seriously, making him laugh.

"Aight."

"Let me show you then, ma." He asked trying to guide me back to the house and I looked at him skeptical.

"It better not be anything else crazy, Dominic."

"Aight baby, I got you."

"Come on."

*

Walking into the house, I gasped, looking around, it was dark but he'd put roses and candles everywhere. I instantly bawled as I turned around to hug him tightly.

I cried my eyes out as I held my arms around his neck and he held his around my waist. We didn't say anything as we just stood there embracing each other.

I'm so in love with this man. Was all I could think in this moment.

He did the sweetest things for me and I couldn't do anything but thank him.

"This is so beautiful." We finally let each other go and looked into each other's eyes.

"Thank you." I expressed and he nodded slowly.

"Ain't no thing, baby." He smirked, trying to play it cool with his too cool self.

"I love you." I expressed to him and he wasted no time, leaning in to kiss me. The kiss was wild and sloppy and we'd ended up falling on the couch because of it.

When we did, we looked into each other's eyes, knowing we both wanted it but we didn't go there. We both knew it would be too confusing right now so we simply just didn't go there.

He got off of me, standing to his feet as I did the same.

"How about I pour us some wine and we gon' head and talk in the dining room." He said and I nodded slowly, still wanting to jump all over him.

"Okay." I agreed, letting him lead the way as I followed close behind.

Walking into the dining room, we both took a seat after he poured our wine.

"You look so handsome." I spoke softly, admiring his features under this candlelight and he smirked, looking down.

"Na' that's you. You look edible, ma." He flirted back with me, looking into my eyes.

"Well, I am."

"So..." I trailed off, making him raise an eyebrow.

"Oh yeah?" He asked, taking a sip of his wine and I nodded slowly, staying silent.

"We gon' see."

"Let's talk though before I really come across this table and get that shit." He spoke quickly, trying to change the subject and I agreed.

"Okay, lets talk.." I trailed off.

"This gon' be an open discussion. Aight?" He asked and I nodded.

"We can say or ask whatever we want and neither of us can get mad about it."

"..or leave." He spoke sternly.m, obviously firing shots at me.

"We gon' talk and we gon' resolve. After that, everything we talk about, all the bad shit, it's over with. It's done."

"Once we leave this table ain't no arguing about it or speakin' on it."

"That shit done." He spoke sternly and I nodded in agreement.

"Okay." I spoke, already preparing questions in my mind.

"Aight."

"You go first. Ask or say whatever you want, ma. I'm gon' listen and answer whatever question you have."

"Truthfully."

"Okay." I nodded, sitting up straight.

We sat there in silence awhile as I thought long and hard about my questions. There were so many, I didn't know which ones to ask first.

"Okay.." I trailed off as he slouched in the chair, listening intently.

"My first question is.."

"Did you get me pregnant on purpose?" I blurted out, needing to know the answer to this since it'd been on my mind for a while.

"Huh?" He furrowed his eyebrows, obviously completely thrown off.

"Don't get mad, you said we weren't getting mad here." I expressed to him and he nodded.

"Na' I know, ma but-"

"Na.."

"I ain't do that shit on purpose, I really slipped up." He admitted and I nodded in relief.

"Good."

"But I'm not gon' lie and say I wun' tryn' do it on purpose before." He admitted, making me raise my eyebrows.

"Really? When?" I asked.

"Remember that night a couple months ago when I asked you if I could take the condom off?" He asked and I nodded.

"I was gon' put a baby in you.." He spoke seriously.

"..but you made me promise not to so I knew you wun' ready and I wun' gon' do you like that."

"You know I'd never break a promise."

Nodding my head. I took in the information as I formed my next question in my mind.

"Aight, next question, ma."

"Okay."

"When we broke up, that crazy girl that came here like a month ago..."

"Diamond." I said her name, making him sigh.

"Did you do anything with her in those 3 months after breaking up with me?" I asked as he looked down, thinking long and hard. While I mentally prayed he didn't, I knew anything was possible.

"Yeah." He spoke bluntly and I nodded, looking down at my hands. I fought hard to hold back my anger and tears. It was hard as hell but I was dedicated to keep this talking thing completely friendly.

We needed this.

"But listen to me, T."

"It wun' cause I really wanted to. If I'm being honest witchu."

"I was mad as shit and this was way before I knew you was still pregnant, you know?"

"I thought you had went and got an abortion so I was just tryn' move on.." He trailed off.

"I wun' never tryn' cuff the bitch, she just suck good dick so I let her do it again, ma."

"I wanted my mind off you and my dead kid." He spoke bluntly, triggering me.

"Don't say that." I shook my head. I didn't even want to think about the possibility of our son not being here. I was way too close to abortion and it still haunted me, I didn't need to hear that.

"I'm just being honest witchu, T."

"That shit had me fucked up and I just wanted it off my mind."

"And I wanted to hurt you in the mist of that." He shrugged and I nodded, understandingly but I couldn't say it didn't hurt my feelings.

"Did you?" He went onto ask, making me furrow my eyebrows.

"Did I do what, Dominic?" I asked upset now when I knew I wasn't supposed to be.

"Did you fuck somebody?" He spoke sternly, looking into my eyes.

"Of course not." I rolled my eyes at him and he licked his lips.

"Aight but whatchu gettin' mad for? Why we can't just talk?"

"I am talking to you, it just hurts, Dominic."

"Hearing this hurts. I'm not made of steel." I explained to him.

"We wun' together though, ma. And that shit old na'."

"I'd never do that shit while we together or while you carryin' my kid." He shrugged.

"I just thought you aborted my son so I did what I wanted to do. We was done for good in my mind."

"Yeah, I get that." I nodded.

"But if I had sex with somebody, you would be doing a lot more than just talking to me right now and you know it." I expressed to him and a smirk appeared on his face.

"If I put you in the position you put me in I wouldn't blame you though, ma."

"Okay, well I did." I went onto say, since he wanted to play games.

"Remember Connor?" I asked, raising my eyebrows.

"What?" He furrowed his eyebrows.

"Connor." I repeated.

"Remember him? Yeah, him and I had sex while we were broken up those three months." I told him and he just sat there, looking at me.

"I thought we were broken up for good so I did what was best for me to take my mind off of you." I sassed him and I amusingly watched as he went through a million different emotions before looking away from me and looking down.

"T." He called.

"Yes?" I asked politely.

"Whatchu Just say to me?" He asked as I smiled while he looked down, not even looking at me.

"I said I had sex with Connor while we were broken up, Dominic." I repeated.

"Do you forgive me?" I asked and he finally looked up at me as my smile became bigger.

"Yeah aight. Stop fuckin' playin' with me like that."

"You know I don't even get down like that." He shook his head angrily while I laughed.

"See."

"But I'm supposed to be okay with what you just said to me though."

"I ain't sayin' you ain't got a right to feel a way but we ain't gotta argue bout' it."

"I never fucked the bitch or treated her like she was my girl. She was always a hoe to me, she could never take your spot."

"Never."

"Nobody can as a matter of fact."

"You my fuckin' girl even when you ain't and no matter if we broken up or together, these other bitches get treated like hoes. You the only girl I'm wifin', if it ain't you, I don't wun' it."

"That's it, that's just how I feel." He shrugged.

"I ain't fuckin' these bitches and I ain't checking for' em."

"I wun' fuck you and you only. That's why you got a fuckin' baby in you and they don't."

"Hm." I raised my eyebrows.

"Is that way?"

"Yeah and every time you doubt that shit, guess what?" He asked as I took a sip of my wine.

"What?" I spoke softly, rolling my neck a bit.

"I'm gon' put another one in you." He threatened, making me roll my eyes.

"Every time you ask bout' a bitch, I'm gon' put a baby in you."

"Alright, Dominic." I shook my head at him but I knew that he was serious.

"Real shit, you know Ima man of my word, T."

"Try me." He tested as I waved him off.

"Okay, moving on." I said playfully but of course he continued.

"Real shit, you think I'm playin', you gon' hate me."

"But you gon' learn that these other bitches don't mean shit to me. And I bet you stop askin' bout them too."

"Okay, Dominic."

"Damn." I couldn't help but to say and he shrugged.

"Moving on for real this time." I told him as he finally became quiet.

"I think it's your turn to go because I think I've asked every question I would like to." I explained for him and he nodded.

"Aight."

"Well since I know you ain't fuckin' nobody or no crazy shit."

"I guess my only question would be is you gon' be wife after you drop my son?" He asked, completely throwing me off.

"What?" I asked and he just looked at me.

"I said you gon' be my wife after you drop my son."

"Oh, no question mark? Just I'm going to be?" I asked, making him smirk and I playfully rolled my eyes.

"Will you?" He asked and I couldn't help but to smile.

"Fine. Yes, I will be your wife after I drop your big headed ass son." I joked with him and he chuckled softly.

"Aight, coo."

"Any more questions?" I asked and he looked down, thinking hard.

"Na..I think that's it for me, ma." He shrugged and I nodded slowly.

"Okay, well..."

"How about we talk baby names now?"

"Coo."