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“You do the math.”
Kingpin looked around like he’d been caught. He watched the last of the customers leave. I’d leave too if a biker came in here hollering. Once the old couple were through the door he shouted louder, “Is this why you left?”
My eyes tumbled back. “You said I should leave.”
Kingpin leaned heavy on the counter. He pinched the bridge of his nose like he was about to have an aneurism.
Grabbing the counter myself, I said, “I couldn't very well have Hallow seeing me like this.” I didn’t mince words. I wouldn’t mention Sky. I didn’t think that was my place.
“Why not? The baby could very well be his.”
Lordalmighty. I shook my head. I wished. But I knew very well, there was no way in hell.
“Eve, no math is necessary to know that you were with Hallow very close to the time, well, you know. The first time.” Kingpin couldn’t even say we had sex.
“No, I wasn't. It'd been a really long time.” I should know.
Leaning on the counter completely, the biker softened, whispering, “But Hallow… violated you, remember?”
“Yeah, I remember but he didn’t get so far as to… ya know… the penetration part.”
The biker’s face bent in bewilderment. “Are you saying, Hallow never raped you?”
Holy shit. I proceeded to clarify, Hallow didn’t actually rape me. “I never said he did.” I’d never told a soul that either. Enlightening him, I rambled on forever about how I never told anyone that Hallow raped me. They had all just assumed because they were too chicken shit to say the word and trigger me. In fact, the only thing I understood was that Paisley knew for a fact Hallow didn’t rape me. She was there and made it a point to discount my own feelings about it. The gossip should’ve told everyone that fact. But why would that troublemaker tell the truth? She had to have been the one to spread it.
Kingpin seemed to grasp what I was saying. “I’d just assumed. Sky even told me he did. I even confronted Hallow myself. He seemed uncertain. He said he couldn’t remember that night. Said he was drunk and high. Though, eventually, he admitted it.”
“So, he doesn’t even know if he raped me?” That seemed more horrifying than him threatening to. Then I got the meaning behind Kingpin’s words, Hallow eventually admitted it. I wondered how Prez got the confession out of him.
Before I could ask, Kingpin finally truly understood the situation. “Surely, I ain’t the only man you’ve been with,” he choked out, “sexually, since Hallow?”
Are you fucking kidding me? He still didn’t get it. Deadpan, I said, “Surely, I’m just another whore.”
“I take that as a no. You’ve not been with anyone else but me. Sexually.” He seemed too surprised. Or maybe he was still in shock.
“Correct.” I wasn’t amused.
“As in, no other man has penetrated you?” He used my words as if I was dimwitted.
The only one acting dense was him. “Yeah,” I strained. Mouthing the words, I was clear. “Only you.”
Realization settled on his features. “The baby?”
“A boy, and mean as shit, just like you, kicking me constantly.” The baby kicked as I said it, causing my words to come out tense.
He reached for my belly but hesitated. “Can I?” I couldn’t believe he was asking. He wasn’t the sort to seek permission.
“Go ahead, you and a small army. Everyone’s always feeling me up,” I complained. It’s as if a pregnant woman’s body wasn’t her own.
Smiling, Kingpin made contact.
I frowned, thinking of the trouble this would cause.
“You’re not happy?” he asked, like I should be.
“Why in the Hell would I be? I wanted to have a baby with my husband. I wanted to have a husband. I was supposed to. You and I were a mistake. You said so yourself.” I’d not only lost the love of my life, but I was also carrying the child of a biker who clearly didn’t want me. Sure, in the heat of passion he sure claimed to, but then he went cold. And that wasn’t quite fair. Things with us were complicated. I’d been scared of wanting him.
Shutting his eyes, Kingpin said, “I lied. I lied because you said you loved Hallow.”
