been through. It makes me happy to know that she’s still with Striker, maybe true love can defy the odds and survive anything. Her story gives me hope of a better tomorrow. They made it, maybe Tread and me can make it too.
She continues to talk, filling me in on the murder of her sister, Rumor and the birth of her daughter, Sara as she sets up her office. Today is her first official day. I take the family portrait from her desk. Cole looks so much like his dad, but with his momma’s red hair. He wears glasses like his dad too. Sara is adorable too, chubby cheeks sprinkled with freckles, strawberry blonde hair like her Aunt Sarah had. I look at Baby, she looks real nice, all professional and polished. Not that she didn’t look good already, but she has a maturity to her that she didn’t have before.
An hour has passed by the time she covers her story. I hadn’t known about Rumor, it’s just too hard to comprehend and it makes me wonder if I am making the right choice in wanting to go back. Baby left for a reason. Will she think I’m an idiot? Am I trading one death sentence for another?
I don’t have answers. I only have the desire to correct the mistake I made when I walked away from Tread.
I need him.
Kyler needs him.
Now it is my turn to share and ask her for a favor. I saved her life when I revealed Diamond’s scheme to Striker about her fake pregnancy. I am in desperate need of a way out of Florida, away from my abusive husband.
I want to go home.
I want to go to Tread.
Maybe if I had stayed in Drag Creek, things would have turned out differently for both Baby and me, but I can’t dwell on what ifs . I can only try to move forward.
“After things with Diamond ended so abruptly, I found out I was pregnant with Tread’s child and I panicked. I was so scared that I’d share her fate. We were friends before she got all crazy. I never told Tread. I told him the truth that I was scared, but I didn’t tell him it was because I was afraid that I’d be bringing a child into a dangerous world. One that could kill us both. He didn’t beg me to stay so I figured it was for the best.” I take a moment to collect my thoughts. I feel as if I am rambling. “My family was shit. I had distant cousins who had a club in West Virginia. I never dreamed they would cross paths with the Black Rebels. I never dreamed they’d be responsible for your having to leave. I’m so sorry about Rumor.”
“Yeah, she didn’t deserve what she got.” Baby looks away, tears threatening to spill.
I start talking about my problems to take her mind from the painful subject.
“Anyway, I knew I didn’t want that life and I wanted to make a new life for me and my baby. I ended up in Wilmington, North Carolina. That’s where I met John. He didn’t care that I was pregnant with another man’s child. He said he’d love Kyler as his own and I believed him. Things were perfect. He’s a military doctor or he was, but he has since been discharged from service. That’s when we moved here to be closer to his family, after we married. John was sweet the first few years and understood I wanted us to enjoy being a couple, before trying for a child of our own. But when a child didn’t happen for us he changed. He morphed into a man I didn’t recognize. He began to lash out, mentally abusing me and it only escalated from there, until a few weeks ago when he threw Kyler down the stairs.”
I pause taking a drink of the coffee Baby has poured for me.
“Oh honey, I am so glad you left him, but what can I do for you?”
“I need to leave Florida, but I don’t have any money. I don’t even have a car. I’ve got nothing but Kyler.”
“Well you’ve got me now. We’ll figure this out together.”
Baby crosses the room and envelopes me in a hug I hadn’t realized I need. It’s been so long since I’ve had a friend. John didn’t want me talking to anyone. Said confiding in anyone but him was just inviting others to add to
She continues to talk, filling me in on the murder of her sister, Rumor and the birth of her daughter, Sara as she sets up her office. Today is her first official day. I take the family portrait from her desk. Cole looks so much like his dad, but with his momma’s red hair. He wears glasses like his dad too. Sara is adorable too, chubby cheeks sprinkled with freckles, strawberry blonde hair like her Aunt Sarah had. I look at Baby, she looks real nice, all professional and polished. Not that she didn’t look good already, but she has a maturity to her that she didn’t have before.
An hour has passed by the time she covers her story. I hadn’t known about Rumor, it’s just too hard to comprehend and it makes me wonder if I am making the right choice in wanting to go back. Baby left for a reason. Will she think I’m an idiot? Am I trading one death sentence for another?
I don’t have answers. I only have the desire to correct the mistake I made when I walked away from Tread.
I need him.
Kyler needs him.
Now it is my turn to share and ask her for a favor. I saved her life when I revealed Diamond’s scheme to Striker about her fake pregnancy. I am in desperate need of a way out of Florida, away from my abusive husband.
I want to go home.
I want to go to Tread.
Maybe if I had stayed in Drag Creek, things would have turned out differently for both Baby and me, but I can’t dwell on what ifs . I can only try to move forward.
“After things with Diamond ended so abruptly, I found out I was pregnant with Tread’s child and I panicked. I was so scared that I’d share her fate. We were friends before she got all crazy. I never told Tread. I told him the truth that I was scared, but I didn’t tell him it was because I was afraid that I’d be bringing a child into a dangerous world. One that could kill us both. He didn’t beg me to stay so I figured it was for the best.” I take a moment to collect my thoughts. I feel as if I am rambling. “My family was shit. I had distant cousins who had a club in West Virginia. I never dreamed they would cross paths with the Black Rebels. I never dreamed they’d be responsible for your having to leave. I’m so sorry about Rumor.”
“Yeah, she didn’t deserve what she got.” Baby looks away, tears threatening to spill.
I start talking about my problems to take her mind from the painful subject.
“Anyway, I knew I didn’t want that life and I wanted to make a new life for me and my baby. I ended up in Wilmington, North Carolina. That’s where I met John. He didn’t care that I was pregnant with another man’s child. He said he’d love Kyler as his own and I believed him. Things were perfect. He’s a military doctor or he was, but he has since been discharged from service. That’s when we moved here to be closer to his family, after we married. John was sweet the first few years and understood I wanted us to enjoy being a couple, before trying for a child of our own. But when a child didn’t happen for us he changed. He morphed into a man I didn’t recognize. He began to lash out, mentally abusing me and it only escalated from there, until a few weeks ago when he threw Kyler down the stairs.”
I pause taking a drink of the coffee Baby has poured for me.
“Oh honey, I am so glad you left him, but what can I do for you?”
“I need to leave Florida, but I don’t have any money. I don’t even have a car. I’ve got nothing but Kyler.”
“Well you’ve got me now. We’ll figure this out together.”
Baby crosses the room and envelopes me in a hug I hadn’t realized I need. It’s been so long since I’ve had a friend. John didn’t want me talking to anyone. Said confiding in anyone but him was just inviting others to add to
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