He sighed, relieved.
“A’ight. We need to talk. Face-to-face.”
“Okay. But um… how’s Harbor doing?”
There was a slight pause on his side.
“She’s fine. I’m taking her home. Once I get her settled, I’ll come check for you.”
“Yeah. Just hit my line,” I said before hanging up.
We definitely had some things to discuss. I hadn’t acted on any kind of betrayal, but I still felt like he should know what was going on with Arrow. That shit tonight was him coming for us.
Frequency
As soon aswe were home, Ivy sluggishly made her way up to her bedroom after mumbling good night. Harbor and I stood at the bottom of the steps watching her until she disappeared around the corner. I helped her out of her jacket, andshe yawned while staring up at me. They had eaten most of the food in the car, but there was still some left in a plastic bag, which I set on the table in the center of the room.
“I think you could have at least stayed one more night for observation.”
“Free, I’m fine, and with the way the overflow of that hospital was set up, I don’t need to be there unless I have to. The doctor said I am good. I just need to take it easy, which I plan to,” she argued, rolling her pretty ass teak-colored eyes.
I watched her wobble toward the living room, one hand on her back doing that pregnant woman walk. Her ass looked goodfrom the back. You couldn’t tell she was even pregnant until she hit that side angle. She settled onto the ivory sofa and kicked off her shoes. Stepping into the living room, I peeled out of my blazer, tossing it on a nearby chair on my way to her. She leaned into the corner of the sofa and propped her legs up. Grabbing her ankles, I lifted them slightly and sat down so that she could rest her thighs and legs across mine.
“I heard you on the phone. You’re leaving to meet Knowledge,” she said, studying me while propping her hand behind her head and resting her elbow into the couch cushions.
Her hair was wavy and swept to one side, and she looked back at me lazily.
“Yeah. Just gotta check in with some shit,” I replied, reaching for her feet so that I could massage them.
“Did you know that Ivy had me walking around here trying to hide this pregnancy, and she knew?” she asked, shaking her head.
I chortled while rubbing the arch in her foot and watching her close her eyes in pleasure.
“Mmm, damn that feels good,” she purred, making my dick hard.
She was making it hard to tell her what I needed to tell her. No more than fifty yards from where we were seated, my child’s mother was tucked away in the very room I’d held her in. I didn’t know what to do or where to go from here. I just knew that I couldn’t lie to her or Ivy.
“Something happened tonight.” I began.
Her eyes popped open, and curiosity ignited them.
“Something like what?” she questioned, rejecting my massage.
She seared a hole through me, almost like she could see it all. Her soul knew mine, so she was already versed on me. I knew that because it was the same for me. Her eyes usually toldeverything. Every thought, every fear, every reaction. Whether her face moved was another story.
Turning my head back toward her, I released a sigh.
“I met with Arrow tonight. He revealed a lot to me. My father was there, and now he’s gone,” I implied.
“Gone? You mean?—”
“I’m not about to get into the details of this shit with you, Harbor. The less you know, the better. But I did what I thought I had to do.”
“Okay. And Arrow?” she questioned, barely blinking or reacting to the news that I delivered.
“Arrow is handled. He won’t be a problem either.” I kept my gaze aimed straight ahead.
“I can’t say that I’m going to shed a tear over either of them,” Harbor muttered, also looking off. “But… I wouldn’t question you. I trust you to do the right thing, even if it doesn’t feel like it in the moment,” she declared, her soft, slanted irises landing on me once again.
