Chapter Eight : All This Love

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Ajani Turner

"You want to marry my daughter?" My father questioned with a hint of anger and annoyance. I glanced at Kaine who I'd rekindled with for almost a year and a half now and he wanted to propose but figured it'd be less drama if he went to my father and asked for his permission.

"Maybe this isn't something we should talk about over thanksgiving dinner. Maybe we should say what we're thankful for" my mother explained and I looked down. I glanced at Kaine briefly who's eyes didn't leave my fathers.

"I'm thankful I'm not Ajani. Gyal is about to get slapped in five seconds, Angelo pull out your phone!" Johan said and I kicked him in the knee as hard as I could with my heel before looking at my father.

"Are you pregnant?" He questioned and I quickly shook my head no. Kaine took a sip of his wine glass as I tried to take a hold of my fathers hand but he pulled back not wanting me to touch him.

"Jah did you know about this? She's not even twenty yet and you think this is a good idea? You know how many problems we had and how I wish we would of gotten married later to stop the hurt" my father explained.

"I'm not you Jesse. I just wanna be with her and start our lives, we can't even sleep in the same bedroom when I visit once a month and you said you'd let her move to New York if I married her and that's what I plan to do" Kaine said not backing down.

"And you wanna marry him?" My father asked looking at me. I nodded my head yes slowly holding in my tears expecting him to yell or say no.

"What the ring look like?" Johan questioned and Kaine reached into his pocket and pulled it out showing my brother and the rest of the family that looked at it including my mother. She smiled small but didn't say anything.

"I'm not sure if I'm ready to send you off into the world yet" she said quietly as she got up from the table because of my younger brother Ainsley calling to her from the children's table.

"No" my father said avoiding my gaze and I pushed my tears away and got up from the table throwing my napkin down and walked away.

I didn't get out the front door before Kaine caught my arm and stopped me from walking any further. He pulled me into him and I laid my head on his chest letting tears rush out of my eyes not being able to hold them in anymore.

"I don't want to be with anybody but you for the rest of my life. It's not fair because he knows I won't get married without him and he won't even listen!" I cried loudly in anger.

Kaine's grip tightened on me and he rested his forehead on mine and pushed my tears away. Leaning down he kissed my lips before he pulled back some and let go of me all together.

"Maybe he's right. Maybe we are moving to fast and we shouldn't be together, your future husband is out there and it's not me, you'll marry some guy from here and I'll marry someone in New York" Kaine said quietly and I shoved him roughly.

"Good! I hope my husband fights for me! You don't care either you probably just wanted to sleep with me and knew I wouldn't do it with you like this!" I yelled going back into the house.

Before he could say anything I slammed the door in his face and ran into my father who had an unreadable facial expression.

"You win and I hope you're happy. I'll never talk to you again and I promise to put you in a home when you're old and only take care of mama!" I shouted walking around him and running up the stairs to my bedroom.

Once I closed my bedroom door I took a seat on the bed .I pulled my shoes off not noticing the shadow in the corner. I pushed some tears away feeling eyes on me and looked at where my uncle Khan stood.

"I take that as in you and Kaine are done with?" He questioned pushing my balcony doors open, feeling a headache coming on I sniffled.

"Yes. I'm going to marry someone from here and he's going to go to New York and marry some other gyal!" I snapped and he nodded.

"That would kill you, wouldn't it?" He questioned and I nodded my head. "Well on the bright side we get to focus on the business now, Kaine was a distraction" Khan said to get under my skin.

"I decided to become a cartel leader out of selfishness. I didn't want my father to risk his life anymore because it was slowly killing my mother and I didn't want my brother to have it because I didn't want him to have the burden so that's why I wanted it. I'd rather me then them. Uncle Mo taught me that you do things to protect family without even thinking about it or yourself" I said quietly pushing more of my tears away.

"That's what I'm glad you're the leader. Prove everybody that doubted you wrong and show them what a bad gyal looks like" Khan encouraged as the door opened and Kaine walked in with my father who leaned in the doorway.

"I'm sorry. I was feeling hopeless and I didn't mean for it to sound like I wasn't fighting for you because you know I'd go to the end of the earth for you" he explained and I looked away giving him the silent treatment.

Kaine got down on one knee and my mother pushed my father out of the way to record on her phone.

"I'm sorry. Will you do me the honor of being my wife, so I can give you nothing but happiness until the day I die?" Kaine questioned and I slowly looked at my father who had a normal facial expression.

"Do what makes you happy, I can't stop you from growIng up. It's not fair" my father said shaking his head.

I glanced at Kaine who had a hopeful expression on his face. I slowly stood up and he looked up at me wondering what I was doing.

"Yes. I'll marry you, bwoy" I said and he slid the ring on my finger and pulled me into him tightly. Kaine's grip on me was firm like he never wanted to let go of me.

Leaning up I kissed his lips before letting go of him. Walking over to my father I hugged him tightly and he hugged back finally letting me grow up.

"You never know, next year around this time we might have a little one and a few years later another one on the way" Kaine teased and my father frowned.

"I love you" I said quietly as I walked back over to Kaine and he smiled and wrapped his arms around me and kissed my lips again.

"I love you too" he responded and Angelo and Johan entered the room wondering what was going on.

"Alijah this is some good stuffing, I really love your cooking" Angelo cheesed at my mom who frowned and I cleared my throat.

"Angelo I made the stuffing, not my mom" I said and he frowned and looked down at the plate in his hands.

"Shut up, nobody cares and it's a little dry" he said and my nostrils flared as he ran out of the room quickly with Johan who laughed and I looked at Kaine.

"I can't wait to be your wife" I said quietly and my father cleared his throat and ushered everyone to go downstairs.

Before I could go out the door he caught my arm and made me stay behind as everyone else left out.

"This cartel is important but not as important as you are to me. Tell me when you don't want to do it anymore. Nobody should have to carry this burden" he said and I smiled small.

"I'm okay fadda, I'll tell you. I love you" I said and he kissed my forehead making me smile. He returned it as his eyes drifted over to a picture of him and I when I was only a month old.

"Damn. Time flies by so fast, you'll feel what I'm feeling when your kids grow up" he said and I nodded and took a hold of his hand as we left out of my room.

I didn't want to hurt him but it was time for me to grow up, I had to do this for me.

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My mother and I rushed around the kitchen doing everything while the bwoys sat on their ass and did nothing. Aaron was buttering the bread rolls and was taking his time doing each one perfectly as he listened to music in his head phones ignoring what was going on around him.

When he dressed up he dressed nicely and my fadda had cut his hair for him making Aaron feel more normal but he actually reminded me of Kaine. Turning my attention back to the oven I rolled my eyes at the thought of Kaine, he didn't call or come home for four days and it had me crying my eyes out thinking he was dead floating in someone's river.

Harlem had even called asking if I'd seen his brother. I didn't answer the phone but he left a voice message sounding worried because apparently Raheem was doing drugs. Kaine showed up yesterday night on crutches, turns out he was shot and spent three days in the hospital with Angelo before forcing his way out and now I was giving him the silent treatment.

He could have died and it's not even the fact that he was in the hospital but he could have had Angelo call or something instead of leaving me hanging having to put his crying son to sleep while he's asking for his father and that just wasn't justifiable to me, period.

I wasn't like those dumb ass gyals that could send their man out knowing he's doing risky shit and be fine with not hearing from him because if the situation was reversed he'd be more angry than I was right now.

Johan cleared his throat and when I looked up I gasped eyeing my son dressed all up in his light grey and orange colored button down and distressed jeans with stitching on the knees. Knox even wore light brown boots Kaine had ordered last week.

"You know, I was in the bwoy's closet and it made me slightly depressed. He has tags on tags of unworn clothes, Kaine should be ashamed of himself" Johan said as he let go of Knox's hand and my son walked to my mom who was trying to take a picture of him.

"He has so many clothes that I gave away bags and bags of clothes and Kaine didn't even notice" I explain. I'd donated the clothes free of charge and to do a good deed. I was also preparing to get rid of some more of his baby stuff except the things that were unisex.

I think the only thing Kaine cherished clothing wise was Knox's first pair of shoes and the outfit he came home in. Everything else was just his way of spoiling Knox and he planned to do it with our other babies as well.

"Mama don't feed him a brownie it'll ruin his apatite he's already a picky eater" I frowned noticing my son was holding a small piece of brownie in his hands and eating it while looking at me.

"It's just a small piece it's fine. When you were his age you'd point at everything on the counter wanting to have a small taste and ended up eating thanksgiving later because you were so full" she said and I smiled.

Knox held his small hand out and I leaned down a little and bit a piece of the brownie before his father appeared holding a brown bag in his hands. He was supporting his weight on crutches and he motioned for me to come to him.

I rolled my eyes and went back to making sure everything was coming along. Kaine came in more on his crutches and I frowned and looked him over as my mom looked at us both.

"Ajani go see what your husband wants. Johan can make the stuffing" she said and my brother smacked his teeth and eyed her.

"Don't be volunteering me to do shit mama. That's woman's work" he said mumbling the last part and she slapped him in the face.

"Get your stupid ass over there and put an apron on" she said and he held his cheek and glared at her as he did what he was told.

I walked passed Kaine and he struggled to keep up with me. Pulling my hair into a pony tail we both went into the guest bathroom and I could hear my younger brothers arguing over video games. I figured my father had went outside to smoke weed before my mother made him help out as well.

Kaine closed the bathroom door and handed me the brown paper bag. I opened it up quickly and pulled out two pregnancy tests and a paper cup before eyeing him in annoyance.

"You didn't have to buy them, I made an appointment" I said folding my arms and he looked down briefly.

"I just wanna know. It's been eating away at me" he said and I looked at the back of the boxes before opening both of them up.

"Can you get out?" I questioned and he smacked his teeth and turned his back to me. I eyed the pregnancy test not really wanting to take it but reluctantly I pulled my pants down and released my bladder into a cup barely filling it halfway.

He chuckled a little bit as I wiped and pulled my pants up. Once he heard the toilet flush he turned around and I went to the sink and washed my hands.

Kaine quickly dipped both of the tests into the cup and I eyed him still having an attitude. I watched him set the timer on his phone before sitting it on the sink along with the tests.

"I understand why you're mad and I was wrong for not calling I just wasn't thinking straight Ajani and I'm sorry" he apologized for the third time and I avoided his gaze.

"The gut wrenching feeling in the pit of your stomach when you feel like you just lost the love of your life hurts. I don't think you get it and the only reason you're sorry is because I'm giving the silent treatment. I'm stressing over the possibility of being pregnant and you're missing for four fucking days and you come back and tell me you were shot and spent two days in the hospital with Angelo and India by your side!" I yelled and he looked away from me.

"It's fucked up. You're right and I'm wrong, you should've been there and not them especially not India" he said and I sat the lid down on the toilet and took a seat.

"Reach into my pocket, I got you something" Kaine said coming closer. I reached into his pants and pulled out a gold colored box and looked at it for awhile.

"It's a cartier bracelet isn't it?" I questioned dryly knowing every time I was mad at him he'd by me one and I had six already, it didn't matter much.

Kaine quickly shook his head and I opened the box up and paused looking at the small charm. He hadn't given me a new one since we had Knox and these were honestly my favorite gifts from him.

The charm was a gold A & K stuck together. Kaine took it out of the box and clasped it to the bracelet I wore on my wrist making it the sixth charm.

His timer went off and I looked at him as he looked at me briefly and picked both of the tests up. His face remained the same not letting me know what was going on and I tried to calm down but I couldn't help but to grow anxious.

Before I thought I wouldn't care about being pregnant, I either was or I wasn't. But now I knew I'd be disappointed if I wasn't because of all of the unprotected sex we'd been having.

I reached for the tests because he was taking to long and he moved away from me causing me to stand up growing annoyed.

"Bwoy tell me what is says unless you want me to have a panic attack!" I snapped and he gave a sneaky smile.

"Tell me you love me and call me daddy like you do when I'm hitting it from behind" he said and my eyes widened.

"No. Stop I'm really about to cry" I said lifting the toilet seat up. I dumped the pee out and flushed the toilet.

"Shut up. Your pregnant both say 1-2 weeks" he mumbled as he held one of the clear blue test out to me. I looked it for awhile before I walked over and wrapped my arms around his neck and kissed his lips.

Kaine moved his crutches to the side and backed me up on the sink as he continued to kiss me. It wasn't until the bathroom door was pulled open that he snapped out of it.

"I'm so sorry, I didn't know you were in here!" Yoli said quickly. Kaine had a stale look on his face as he glared at my best friend.

"Why is she here? This is suppose to be a family thing!" He snapped and I got his crutches for him and jumped down from the sink.

"She's my best friend" I mumbled as Kaine tossed the cup and took the pregnancy test from me before she could see it. I knew he was going to want to keep this a secret for awhile and I hoped I carried small like I did with Knox so it was less obvious.

I didn't think now was the right time to tell my parents or family. I was thinking not until I knew for sure and even then I'd probably wait until around Christmas even though my mother probably already knew.

"Whose baby is that in the living room?" Yoli questioned as Kaine and I left out of the bathroom and cut the lights off. I raised an eyebrow confused at to what she was talking about and followed her into the living room.

My son was squatted down in front of a car seat with Angelo and was holding a baby bottle and feeding the baby in the car seat.

"Lo is that your baby?" I questioned and he made a face and looked up at me. He shook his head no and I looked at Kaine who was watching Knox as he fed the baby intently.

"This is Raheem's daughter. Him and his baby mama went to jail for fighting last night and I'm about to take her to Harlem" he said and I sighed.

My son dropped the bottle once he stopped feeding the baby and walked away from her. He came over to me and hugged my leg.

"You like the baby?" I questioned my son as I rubbed the back of his head. He looked up at me before outstretching his arms and I shook my head no.

Leaving Kaine to talk to Angelo I took a hold of Knox's hand and we went into the kitchen. Knox's eyes landed on a bowl of homemade mashed potatoes that looked like something out of a commercial.

"Some?" He questioned and I laughed and squatted down to his level. He stepped closer and laid his head on my chest.

"Bambino the food is almost done. You like the baby you were feeding?" I questioned and he looked at me briefly before he started to bark at me and I frowned.

Johan looked up from what he was doing and laughed at me. Rolling my eyes I turned my attention back to Knox.

"Knox are you a dog now?" I questioned I tickled him and gave his cheek kisses. My son laughed until his face started to turn red and I stopped.

Taking in his features I wondered who this new baby would look like more. I wanted a daughter but at the same time I didn't really care and I think I was going to keep this baby's gender a surprise at birth.

"I love you" I said with a smile and he wrinkled his nose and leaned in giving my cheek a peck before attempting to climb onto my lap.

I looked up once Angelo entered the kitchen with a creepy smile as he eyed my mother. He walked up behind her and hugged her.

"I missed you Jah, so much" he stated as he smiled and rested his head on top of hers. My mother frowned and pinched his arm.

"Do you want me to reinstate that restraining order, Angelo?" She questioned and he quickly let go. Johan and I eyed him as he leaned on the counter and asked if she wanted him to cook something.

"Stop flirting with my mama" Johan said with a grossed out facial expression. Angelo smacked his teeth and left out of the kitchen giving my mother a wink in the process.

I shook my head and pulled out my phone from my back pocket catching Knox's attention. He smiled already knowing I was about to take a picture of him and I laughed and stood up.

"Cheese" he said showing his teeth and I laughed and snapped a picture of him as he tilted his head some to look at the camera.

"You look so handsome bambino" I gushed saving the picture before locking my phone. He ignored me and went to the fridge wanting me to get his cup out.

Sighing, I hoped I stayed in a good mood like this and nothing messed it up.

Q Scott

"So, grandnigga

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