"So are you going to tell me now?" Kim walked over to the kitchen
table where Kristina was sitting waiting for her mint hot chocolate
Kim made for her. Making sure the kids were at least out of hearing
distance she went on with her plights going on in her life.
"You have to promise on your life not to say anything to anyone."
"Yeah of course not. I'm you're sister who am I going to tell?"
"Well just as a precaution. I know you're not going to tell anyone…
here goes…Justin has another child." Kim's eyes grew big, bigger than
she ever saw. He had a what and a who now? "Before you ask let me
explain. Her mother is the girl that he slept with back when I left
him."
"The girl? Woman? I am so confused."
"Remember when he uh…..cheated on me?"
"Yeah."
"Its one of the girls, Veneska." She couldn't believe what she was
hearing. He had another child? A daughter? Justin's infidelity hurt
her bad enough let alone resulting in a child that would link their
past.
"Wow so what's her name?"
"Alesha Willits, Kim, she's really a beautiful little girl. She's so
sweet, very shy though. The kids get along with her really well."
"What about you? Do you like her?"
"Honestly I do, she's beautiful inside and out. She has the most
amazing green eyes I've ever seen. They're like emeralds."
"Wow I can't believe this. He has another child."
"That's why I don't want this to get out."
"Oh no most definitely. So how are you dealing with it?"
"Honestly?"
"Uh jeah!"
"Its killing me. I am trying so hard, sooooo hard Kim to deal with
this with being the good guy. Getting along with Alesha isn't a
problem at all because I care for her already. But I'd be a fool not
to admit that its getting to me. Opening my home to the woman who
basically had me question my marriage and then their child.."
"Wait what do you mean opening your home? You're being friendly to
that trick?!"
"Yes I'm just as surprised as you. I just don't see what being a
bitch to her would accomplish besides an argument every time she
comes around. Plus she's had it pretty hard Kim."
"Well that's happens to crack heads" she laughed. Ok Kristina laughed
too but still she meant what she said.
"I honestly have this gut feeling that something bad is going to
happen. What I don't know."
"Kristina you have to tell Justin this. If you're having feelings--"
"No, no I don't want to seem like a nag."
"Kristina you're not going to be a nag if you tell him how you feel.
Communication is key."
"Alright Oprah" she said rolling her eyes. Only if she knew back what
was going on back in California…..
"Hello?" Justin rolled over to grab the ringing phone.
"Hey Justin, its me Veneska."
"Hey what's up?"
"Oh nothing are you busy today?"
"Um no why?"
"Well Alesha wanted to go to the beach and she wanted her daddy to
come along." How would Kristina feel if he went to the beach with
her? He didn't have anything to do and one his kids were still there.
She probably wouldn't care. The two women were getting along.
"Uh yeah sure, but come over here first. Chris has a private beach
that I'm sure he won't mind us going to." Veneska happily got
everything together for her and Alesha to go to the beach. The whole
day was a dream for Veneska. She could imagine their life just like
this. Raising Alesha together, going to private beaches and all the
mumbo jumbo. Now all she had to do was lay the foundation. As they
sat on the warm sand along with Justin, Veneska applied sun block to
her little girl. She always burned fast.
"There you go Alesha."
"Thank you mommy."
"You're welcome, hey Justin can you put some on me too?"
"Uh….yeah sure." Veneska pulled her short and shirt off revealing her
white string bikini. Whoa….what was up with that swimsuit? Justin was
still a man of course. His blue eyes scanned Veneska's entire body.
Still knock kneed and skinny as she wanna be she still managed to
stir something within. Justin tried with all his might not to look at
her body but he couldn't help it. He was almost scared to touch her
body. No, no, no he was married, hello the wedding ring was a
physical reminder. He loved Kristina more than anything, he wasn't
going to screw this up. Rubbing the sun screen on her, Veneska began
to make little noises.
"Mmm that feels good J."
"Uh yeah" he nervously laughed. He had to finish this and soon!
Touching her more and more made him grow which was definitely a bad
thing. "All done."
"Alright, come on Alesha lets get in the water." Mother and daughter
frolicked in the water while Justin watched on. The sight before him
brought a smile to his face. Alesha looked like she was having such a
good time. In the little time that they've known each other the love
he had for her grew more and more each day. Justin removed himself
from the sand so he could join the two ladies.
"Come on Alesha, lets get him!"
"What?" A ton of water splashed Justin in the face. "ITS ON NOW!!"
Now it was a splash fight between Justina, Alesha and Veneska. "Aw
come on princess! You should be on my side!"
"Ok daddy!" Alesha joined Justin's side to get Veneska. Playfully
Justin grabbed Veneska around her waist, spinning her around in his
arms. Oh yeah it was working, their plan was working just fine.
~*~
"How was the D?"
"Cold as ever. Living out here too long takes you out of the system
of freezing your ass off."
"Yeah I know, so where's the kids?"
"Tina, J and Alesha went to the movies with Justin." Krystal rolled
her eyes. The more she heard of Alesha hanging around the worst
everything was. Not that she was blaming the child but come on, half
of her was a skanky ho.
"Ah" Krystal said no more, just got up from the kitchen table and
walked into the den to watch a little tv while Kristina tied up some
loose ends on the phone. "Same ol' videos…Tigger acting like a fool…
hmmm Maury, haven't watched that in a while." Krystal watched the
talk show that basically only had 5 different topics. Look at me now,
Is it a man or a woman, Boot camp, Jack Hanna animals and above all
PATERNITY TESTS!
"Look at his nose! That is his baby!!"
"Man whatever that is not my baby, I can't even have kids!" Maury was
beginning to have enough of the couple sparing over the child's
questionable paternity.
"Let's see the results!!" Watching that show started piecing things
together. Had Justin even bothered with getting a paternity test?
Krystal watched on at the couple. Granted they were nothing like her
best friend and her husband but it was still something to think
about. She didn't trust that bitch at all.
"And the results….YOU ARE THE BABY`S FATHER!!" That was her friends
situation! There was only so long Kristina could mask the hurt that
she knew she was hiding. That's it, she was going to say something
now! "Kristina when you're free come here!"
"Yeah, yeah" she called out. "Is that all? Alright, well I'll see you
tomorrow then. Bye." Now what in the world did Krystal want so bad?
Kristina walked into the den to find out what Krystal was all riled
up about. "Yaw?"
"Look at this" Krystal pointed at the screen.
"I slept with two brothers, which one is the daddy pt.2?"
"Yes!"
"Is there something you want to tell me Krystal?"
"No doofus, let me ask you something. Have you and Justin got a
paternity test on that child?"
"Uh……"
"Just like I thought. Kristina…."
"What?" she whined.
"IDIOTA!!!"
"Ok yeah I know, damn! Why didn't I think of that a month ago?!"
Tears began to fall from Kristina's eyes. What idiot would take the
knowledge of an unknown child at face value? Especially one from that
tramp? Now her whole family was involved. Justina and J now believed
they had a sister, Justin was loving her more and more each day as
well as she. Trying to be the good was doing nothing but causing more
trouble. She should've went with her ol' hood mentality and question
that little girls paternity before she was welcomed into their lives.
Just thinking that way made her feel horrible but it was the truth.
Hell even Krystal tried to fore warn her but no….she had to just be
all little miss nicey nice. Kristina plopped down on the couch beside
Krystal holding her head in her hands. Krystal tried to console her
anyway she could.
"What are you going to do?" Before she could answer she heard
Justin's horn outside blowing. Quickly she wiped the tears from her
eyes so he couldn't tell that she was crying. Yeah that didn't work.
"Hey babe, can you help--what's wrong?"
"Hmm?"
"You're eyes, they're all red and puffy."
"Oh uh, I was watching some stupid lifetime movie." Did she think he
was an idiot? He could read his wife better than anyone. Besides she
hated the Lifetime network.
"Kristina…."
"Justin…."
"Look we'll talk later, is there anyway you can help me with the
kids. Alesha and Justina fell off to sleep at the movies so they're
knocked out in the back seat."
"What about Justin?"
"He stayed up, some beside us had breast implants."
"Just like that boy, yeah come on." Kristina got up from the couch to
help with the sleeping girls. Justin grabbed Alesha, Kristina grabbed
Justina. She watched him and Alesha that laid in his arms. It wasn't
the first time that she noticed it but Alesha didn't really look much
like him. Besides having really curly hair there wasn't much
resemblance. She tried to chalk it up to her looking like Veneska but
honestly, she didn't look much like her either. How was that? Then
again she didn't look much like her own parents, taking some after
her own grandmother but she still looked like her father. The
freckles, the hint of red in her head, lips and nose, Kristina had
some traits of her parents. Maybe not much but something. Alesha was
unexplained. How could she have been an idiot to let things go as far
as they had?
"Kristina are you ok?" Kristina snapped out of her thoughts turning
to Justin who was looking at her oddly.
"Uh…yeah. Justin we're going to have to talk later ok?"
"Can you give me something inkling of what's wrong?"
"It has to do with Alesha."
"What is it?" Kristina took a deep breath before finishing her
thought.
"I don't think she's yours."
~*~
"What do you mean you don't think she's mine?!" How could Kristina
even question something like that?
"Justin just chill ok, hear me out. I don't know why I hadn't thought
of this when Veneska first came here, call it lost of mind but
seriously Justin I don't think she's yours. Have you or have you not
noticed that little girl looks nothing like you?"
"Yes she does!"
"Come on Justin, seriously. Besides her hair, there's not a speck of
you on her. Your genes are strong Justin, have you not noticed that
both Justina and Justin look just like you? You wouldn't even know I
was little J's mother. Come on, tell me that you don't notice that?"
"I'm not going to indulge you in that Kristina."
"Justin she has green eyes! You and Veneska both have blue!"
"Her mother might have green."
"Aw Justin don't give me that." Why wasn't he not listening? She felt
as if she was talking to a brick wall here. In one ear and out the
other.
"You are not being fair here Kristina! I love her so much, more than
I thought I ever could."
"Well if you love her you'll give her the chance to not get her heart
broken. Who knows her real father might be out there looking for her
this very moment."
"He wouldn't have to because he's right here in this very house."
Kristina held her head in her hands. Every emotion you could think of
was building within her. Anger, sadness, depression, confusion, the
list goes on. She didn't want to see Justin hurt which would happen
if he found out of this kid wasn't his.
"Justin come just listen to me!" she cried, "I'm not trying to hurt
you here, quite possibly Veneska is."
"And why would she do that huh?"
"I hate to say this but there are women in the world that would try
to pass off another mans child off on someone else to benefit
themselves. They're what give the rest of us a bad name Justin."
"And why exactly would she do that?"
"Uh hello Justin! You're rich!" Can someone say clod? Justin was
acting like a peanut brain. Things like that happened in the industry
all the time. Someone rich and famous would be with someone and next
thing you know hey its your baby, even if its not.
"She hasn't asked me for money! Not once!"
"Who says that's what she's looking for?!"
"Oh so now you're trying to make her out into some kind of home
wrecker?"
"That's exactly what I'm saying Justin. Some woman you slept with
comes in out of the blue with a child and wants nothing but your love
and support? No money, just your time? That's most unnatural."
"I can't believe you're talking about her like this. You sit in front
of her face and smile all the while you're thinking she's here to
break us up?"
"You never know Justin!"
"I never know? What I never knew is that you could be so fake!"
"FAKE?!"
"Yeah I mean you're just a cheesing in front of her and thinking that
way about her behind her back. That's not like you, I thought you
were better than that." Flabbergasted? Shocked? Appalled? Was that
how she felt? How about flabshopalled, all three put together? Never
in his life had Justin talked to her like that. Fake? FAKE?! She was
only looking out for his best interest and here he was defending his
crack ho! "You know what……..forget it. Forget I mentioned anything"
she sighed walking out of the room. Justin stayed in the kitchen
alone letting the conversation, if that's what you want to call it
wash over him. What was Kristina thinking? Where was this coming
from? How could she think that Alesha wasn't his? She was confused…no
maybe jealous. She was just jealous of Alesha, a child! Krystal sat
in the den after hearing the argument in the kitchen. Surprisingly
Kristina walked out of the room, eyes completely dry.
"I wanna get out of here."
"Kristina are you sure--"
"I wanna just clear my head for awhile."
"Well I know just the place."
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