Chapter 12

MID-LATE JANUARY, 2020

“He left yet?” Michael Jr asked Kelia. He was about a block away.

He had her location on and had been tracking her ever since she left the mall, so he knew she was home.

Kelia sighed as she stood in the mirror, rubbing her belly. “…Yes,” she spoke hesitantly.

Michael Jr immediately hung up after her answer, turning his car back on and pulling around to her house.

He got out of the car with a few bags, heading up their porch, and knocked on the door.

It opened up, revealing their housekeeper. She nodded at him, moving to the side as he stepped in. “Welcome back, Michael Parks Jr,” she smiled. She always felt the need to say his first and last name.

He just gave her a nod, then swiftly headed up the stairs, “Her parents home?” Michael Jr asked at the top of the steps.

The housekeeper shook her head, “No, sir.”

Michael Jr gave her a smile, then turned around and headed to Kelia’s room. He opened up the door, throwing the bags on the floor. “Es what I gotchu today—by the way,” he gave her an angry smile, grabbing one of the bags, and dumping the clothes and jewelry on the floor.

“MJ—” she gasped.

“When you gon’ tell et nigga that es my baby!” Michael Jr yelled, getting close to her.

“BECAUSE IT’S NOT YOUR FUCKIN’ BABY, MICHAEL!” Kelia yelled.

Michael Jr scoffed, “Bullshit. Bitch, stop fuckin’ wit me,” he pointed in her face.

“I’m five months, Michael—we stopped before I got pregnant,” Kelia told him.

Michael Jr had always had a crush on Kelia.

He felt in his heart that she should have been his, but he was seventeen and she was thirteen, and she liked his brother.

Michael Jr always felt as if they had a connection, so he started testing his luck while she was in her junior year of high school—just little flirts here and there.

He then found out the news that Micah and Kelia broke up during their freshman year of college when Micah cheated on her.

Michael Jr saw it as an opportunity to get her to himself.

It all started when he hit her through text, from having her number when she wanted to surprise Micah with a surprise party for his sixteenth birthday.

He texted her with a simple, “My brother stupid as hell. Im sorry, you can talk to me.”

Heartbroken, and feeling like she had no one to confide in, Kelia texted him back.

It started innocent—she just was ranting, then Michael Jr started flirting.

She’d brush it off, but she had grown to like the friendship, and she thought he gave her great advice.

Then after a while Kelia would respond to his flirts. She was single, so she would flirt back a bit—plus, Micah had broken her heart, so fuck him.

But, then… shit got too deep.

Michael Jr asked her to hang out, one thing led to another after drinking, then they had sex.

It continued until Micah begged for her back, and she realized Michael Jr was only filling a hole that Micah created.

Her feelings were deep for Micah, and so she went back to him.

Michael Jr was pissed.

He’s so used to getting whatever he wanted, so losing her, what he felt like was again, had hurt his ego and his heart.

Michael Jr didn’t give up though.

A little over a year later, Kelia started having suspicions again, and she and Michael Jr fell back into the routine, falling a little deeper in.

Micah wasn’t cheating at that time, and she felt horrible about it, but she also noticed Michael Jr’s behavior getting more and more aggressive—more and more controlling.

Demanding that she break up with him.

She was getting scared, and she tried to use the excuse of their parents to get him off of her back.

Then, about a month and a half before she found out she was pregnant, she slipped up.

Michael Jr came to her begging for her. He apologized for his past behavior, throwing his brother under the bus, for at the time, Micah was focused on himself a lot, as he was preparing for his senior year and trying to go professional.

Kelia, having a hard time trusting Micah, went back to what she knew.

She confided in Michael Jr, one thing led to another, and they had sex again.

She felt guilty immediately afterward, telling Michael Jr that they could never do what they were doing again, she was on a good path with Micah and had hope for them.

They were about to move in together after college, start a family, and more.

She didn’t want to ruin that. Plus, she knew how important it was to Micah’s family that they stay together, and she didn’t want to disappoint him.

A month and a half later, she found out she was pregnant.

She wanted to have a baby with Micah, but she was a little scared.

Kelia went to the doctor by herself to confirm how far along she was, feeling a weight lifted off her shoulder when it showed just a couple of weeks.

However, when Michael Jr found out the news, he went off on her, berating her, and demanding answers on if it was his baby.

She told him no, and he didn’t believe it. He had started getting more pushy and aggressive.

He would show up at her house, he forced her to share her location with him.

Now he was at her house, angry as hell after the confrontation at the mall.

Michael Jr felt like she was choosing his brother again, and that angered him.

He was tired of being in the shadows.

Michael Jr was not the type of man who lurked in the shadows of others.

“Stop bullshittin’ me, LIA!” Michael Jr yelled at her, pushing her shoulders and making her fall back down on her bed. “You know es my baby.”

“It’s not, MJ,” she felt her voice starting to shake. “I wouldn’t lie about this,” she sniffled. “I swear.” Kelia felt a few tears fall down on her face.

“Prove it,” Michael Jr crossed his arms. “Let’s get a DNA test.”

Kelia sighed. She was hesitant.

There were a little things in the back of her mind, a small fear that it could be his baby.

She was scared, and she just wanted to believe and for it to be Micah’s baby.

“You supposed ta be mine by now, Lia,” Michael Jr told her. “Mine.”

He grabbed his phone, going to his hidden photos, and pulling up a video of them having sex.

“W-When did you take that?” Kelia asked horrified, for he must have recorded it without knowledge and consent.

“It don’t matta, just know that if youn leave et nigga n tell him et ain’t his baby, this and more will be all ova the innanet, you feel me?” Michael Jr threatened her.

Kelia only stood there, staring, unsure of what to do…

to be continued…

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