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“You ain’t coming back.”
“You expect me to quit?”
“We can’t talk about any of this now,” he reminded me, opening the car door. He offered his hand to help again. “Where are your gloves?” he asked, his brow creasing.
“Where are yours?” I shot back.
I let him help me into the tall truck and slid over.
“You’re not going to buckle up?” Kingpin complained.
I’d meant to but obviously wasn’t quick enough. Immediately, I struggled with the seat belt, so he reached around the globe to buckle it.
Villain drove. I sat between him and the father of my child. We rode in mostly silence broken only by Kingpin telling Villain to be careful, fifty-eleven times. The roads were bad and getting worse, but the biker Prez was visibly on edge.
“We have a pregnant woman here,” Kingpin told his man more than once.
Ultimately, Villain had to stop so Kingpin could drive. After the Chinese fire drill, we were on the slick roads again. The truck crawled. Every time we slid, Kingpin reached over and became my second seat belt. Not only did the flakes come down fast, but a complete silence fell until we made it to Royal Road and Villain left the vehicle.
“Not a word,” Kingpin warned him not to tell anyone I was back.
We sat alone in the quiet truck as the falling snow covered the windshield.
Kingpin spoke first. “Goliath’s place is still empty. You can stay there again. We’ll talk soon. Figure this out. I’ll help you over, but I can’t stay long.”
Wanting to talk now, I asked, “What’s going to happen when folks around here see me like this?”
Kingpin turned to me, looked me up and down. His dark eyes lingered on my belly. “They’re going to say you make one sexy pregnant lady.”
“I’m serious.” I hit his arm but grinned at him taking this so lightly. Everything was humorous to him. “Obviously you’re not serious, look at that sweater.”
He glimpsed down. “I forgot I had it on. Costume contest last night.”
Kingpin touched my hair. “You’ve cut it.”
“Not by too much.” It was still past my shoulders. “But I’ve thought about cutting it as short as yours.”
At the mention of his hair, he let go of mine and said, “You can call Hallow and tell him to come back.”
“I won’t.” Hallow hadn’t called me. He didn’t want me. “Where is he anyway?”
“On a job. Been away too long though. He’ll hear about it one way or another. Brother’s talk. He’ll be back really soon. I promise you that.”
“I ain’t going to lie to him,” I screeched.
“Then what? What did the truth do for you before? Are you ready to tell everyone that’s my child you’re carrying?”
I hugged my baby bump. “It’s none of their concern. I was better off alone.”
“Alright. What do you suggest? You want me to tell the truth for the both of us? You want me to go tell Sky I’m having another baby with you?”
“No,” I said, automatically.
“I will,” Kingpin snatched the door handle, getting ready to get out.
I grabbed his stupid sweater. “You can’t.”
He shut the door. “Why because she’ll take those twins and leave? She’ll run. She’s barely there as it is. Are you going to be with me? Are you going to stay and be my woman when she’s long gone? Or are you still hung up on Hallow?”
