Page 66 of Gang of Roses: Dice

And I thought I was fancy.

For a moment, I couldn’t say a word. My eyes wandered from the walls to the rug, the little pillows, then finally the toddler bed. There was so much to take in that I didn’t wait for him to say anything. I walked in behind him as he laid Revv on the bed and pulled up the safety rail so he wouldn’t roll off.

This man had thought of everything.

I wandered over to the walk-in closet, and my jaw damn near dropped. Clothes. Shoes. Toys. More clothes. Hell, things I hadn’t even thought to buy yet—and that was saying a lot because I was a certified shopaholic.

“Wow... you really went all out.”

“Just a little something-something.”

I turned and looked at him.

“I swear, you're not much of a talker.”

A corner of his mouth twitched.

“I mean… Ion say allat. I just talk when needed.”

I rolled my eyes, and I’m glad I did, because they landed on Revv Monroe, plastered on the wall, big and bold. I wondered how the hell I missed all this.

“Not only did you recreate the casino in a toddler room, which I have never seen, by the way, but you changed his name on the wall?”

“No change. I just dropped the Jamerson. It’s correct now. You just gotta get that shit on paper.

He said it like it was nothing.

“Dang. My.. I meant our son can’t have some part of me? You hijacked my womb, his face, my life… shall I go on?”

“Get used to it.”

He kissed Revv on the forehead and started for the door, waiting for me like I was going to wake his son.

This man.

I walked out, and he quietly shut the door. When he pulled out his phone, there was my baby resting peacefully in a big boy bed. I swear by now Revv would have popped up, wondering where the hell he was. This boy was a straight-up traitor.

“Hmm. I guess your little girlfriend has you thinking of everything,” I sassed, no longer able to bite my tongue because there is no way this man thought of all of this.

“World record.”

“What?”

“You been wanting to know about a girl. Well, shawty, I didn’t have one. Looks like my BM is about to pull rank.”

“Whatever.”

I fought not to grin.

“Fix your lies, but sweetheart, you wouldn’t have asked.”

I wanted to slap him because I felt tied to this man, and truth be told, him having a girl would have made my heart cry.

“So you not going to ask if I have a man?”

“Nope.”

“Why?”