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The biker became frantic. “What's wrong?”
“Nothing's wrong. The baby’s just going wild. Maybe it’s the Mexican food. But it happens all the time when there are a lot of voices. Or when I'm upset like I am now.”
This time, Kingpin didn't ask, walking over he sat and placed his hand on my stomach to feel it.
“Goddamn,” he said as the baby kicked his hand. “I'm sorry for upsetting you. Damn, he is really kicking hard.”
I removed Kingpin's hand from my belly. “Sorry, but you are only making it worse. Happens all the damn time. What kind of kid were you? You weren't hyperactive, were you? Hopefully not as hyper as you are now.”
“I don't quite remember. I'd ask my mother, but she's long gone. I could ask Felicia about Little Johnny.”
Kingpin had told me about him finding out he had a kid. I wondered what happened with that. I asked about it.
“Of course, I'm gonna see the boy. Felicia doesn't want me to be his father. I'm already his deadbeat uncle. And she'd rather Bubba keep pretending. He’s good at that since he pretends to be me. I told her I would come around more. I'd be a better uncle. She also wants Bubba to keep paying child support. I’m paying my fair share too, even though she has a fortune. When the kid finds out when he's older, he won't completely hate me.”
“You didn't know. Your brother kept it from you, right?”
Kingpin bobbed his head. “The kid will probably still hate me all the same. And I'm about to have some more kids. That's gonna hurt the kid in the future, too. Knowing I had more kids, and we didn't tell him the truth. That he had brothers, maybe sisters. There's not much I can do about it. Felicia's been the one to raise him. I've left it up to her.”
“It's a hard situation to be sure.” I figured while I had him talking, I would ask some more questions. “What about the twins? Are they boys or girls?”
Kingpin clasped his hands in front of him. “I don't even know. I don't know if they're identical or fraternal. The doctors know. Sky doesn't want us to know. Therefore, we’re waiting to be surprised.”
I couldn't believe Kingpin was going along with that. I figured he would just find out and not tell her. “That's got to be exciting. I wanted to know right away.”
“I wish I could’ve been there for you. This is all my fault.”
Glancing at the ceiling, I said, “It takes two people to make a baby. I am at fault too. But if you want to see.” I set up and pulled out my phone to show the ultrasound pictures that had been circled, proving it was a boy.
Kingpin took my phone and blew up the pictures, marveling at them once he could see them. He scrolled through my phone. Through more of my pictures. I tried to take my phone away. He held it away from me as I was too big to fight. It didn't matter. I had all the pictures of Hallow and I hidden so I couldn’t see them myself. They only made me sad. Other than the ultrasound pictures, my pictures were from before Hallow. I also had screenshots of song lyrics.
I'd forgotten about the screenshots of baby names until Kingpin shouted out, “Galen.”
“Yes, Galen, what's wrong with that?”
“You know what's wrong with it.”
“It’s my great grandfather’s name. Galen Prince”
“Are you sure? The kid will be bullied. He might turn out gay.”
“There's nothing wrong with that.”
Kingpin made a face. He continued to scroll through my phone. “You've gotta be joking with these names. Adam. Like, fucking Hallow.”
I stole my phone back. “Why not? His name means a lot to him. You want him to be the father of this baby. I’m having a boy. What do you think Hallow will want to name it? Adam, Jr. He certainly ain’t going to name him Beau. Besides, you'll probably use that name by the time this baby's born.”
Kingpin sighed as he said, “Hallow knows you're pregnant.”
“Already? Is that all he knows?”
“He thinks the baby's his.”
Holy shit. “Is he coming back?”
Kingpin seemed unsure, “I believe he will.”
“When?”
