Chapter 59

YOUR P.O.V.

Y/N- *holds in her tears* 

Evie- *looks away*

Y/N- *sniffles* Evie, please look at me

Evie- *glances at you*

Y/N- Eves, I’m scared. I need you, I need my sisters. Both of you

Justine- *holds your hand* And we’re here.

Evie- What?

Justine- *looks at her* We are, right Evie?

Y/N- *looks at her*

Evie- This whole thing is crazy, he does your wrong and you need my help? You’re thinking of having his child, are you serious? You both cheated and now you’re pregnant, I mean, what the hell? This is crazy.

Justine- Evie, it was a mistake. She made a mistake, he fucked up real bad. She needs us to be there for her. To be honest and supportive.

Evie-*sighs* Honest huh? *looks at you* Y/N.. I have something to tell you and you’re not gonna like it. The truth is, I knew Diggy was cheating for months.

Y/N- *opens her mouth*

Evie- *interrupts before you speak* A-And I told him to tell you. And I told him I was going to tell you. But he insisted he would and that it was over. I gave him so many chances and now he blew all of them.. I couldn’t sit in the same room as him and know he was hurting you in front of you and behind your back

Y/N- *clenches her fist and jaw* You couldn’t even tell me?!

Evie- Look, it was when y’all just got back together after you saw me and mom when I found out! I went to change Malik and I found her underwear on the floor. I knew it wasn’t yours, so I confronted him about it. Well, threatened him.

Y/N- What?

Evie- Okay fine, I cut him

Y/N- *eyes widen* That time he had blood on his neck.. Evie!! 

Evie- Hey! You should be thanking me for not doing to him what I did to my ex. He had his first warning. And I tried to tell you he cheated! He made up that lie and I had to go along with it.

Y/N- *shakes her head* I can’t believe you. You’re my sister!

Evie- What was I supposed to do!? I know I was meant to tell you, but you’re so in love and you have Malik and it would have crushed you.. you were so happy, I didn’t wanna crush you like that. 

Y/N- *stays silent* *sniffles*

Justine- *hugs you*

Evie- I’m so sorry Y/N.

Y/N- *shakes her head* No, it’s not your fault. *looks up at her* *holds her and Justine’s hands* You wanted to see me happy.. *shrugs a little* And I get that. you didn’t want me to be hurt. But now I know. I know why you’d look at him the way you did, why it was so awkward for y’all to be in the same room

Evie- I told him so many times. I did, I didn’t wanna get too involves, eh was always lying, and he’s a good liar. He coulda twisted my words, manipulated you... sis, I love you. 

Y/N- *hugs her* I love you too. It’s not your fault.

Justine- *clears her throat* So, what about this pregnancy?

Y/N- *pulls from Evie*

Evie- You’re not keeping it, are you?

Y/N- Eves..

Evie- *sighs and backs away* And live with another reminder of what he is and what he’s done?

Y/N- I can’t give up this baby. I can’t.. throw it away like it’s a piece of trash. It could grow to be like you or me.

Evie- Oh great *rolls her eyes* The pro-life speech..

Justine- *shrugs* It could be the niece you’ve always wanted.

Evie- *looks at her* *looks at your stomach*

Y/N- I know it’s gonna be hard because it’s a baby and a reminder that it wasn’t just me who put them here. I know. But, I need a new start to begin somewhere.

Evie- That’s so selfish. You’re keeping it so you can have a fresh new life and move on? 

Y/N- To bring another life into this world with so much love, yes! I want to do that. I wanna do something meaningful like I’m doing with Malik. I don’t know if I’ll have another kid or if he’ll have another sibling. This is my chance to give him that and give his new brother or sister that

Justine- Is it Diggy’s?

Y/N- *looks at her* Yeah, it is.

Justine- Positive?

Y/N- *nod* The dates all add up Jus, it’s his baby for sure.

Evie- You’re doing this?

Y/N- I.. I don’t know anymore. My life is so hectic for another child, but that’s a selfish reason. But Malik is enough for me..

Evie- I’ll protect and guide you in whichever way. I’m here, whatever you choose.

Y/N- Thank you.

Evie- *hugs you tight*

Justine- *joins you both for a hug*

*a few days later*

DIGGY’S P.O.V.

Diggy- *on the phone* I want to see my son.

Evie- Okay, fine. What time?

Diggy- I er...

Evie- You wanna see him, but you don’t know when? Really?

Diggy- Today. 3 o’clock.

Evie- Overnight?

Diggy- Yeah, sure. 

Evie- Meet at the McDonald’s near yours. I’ll tell Y/N you can pick him up from there.

Diggy- Can I talk to her?

Evie- No, you can’t. *hangs up*

Diggy- *puts his phone away and sighs deeply*

I missed her. I missed her and my son. It’d been days. This house being so empty had me anxious since it was so huge and I was used to cartoons, phone calls, giggling, laughing or crying waking up every room. I cleaned up from my mess I’d been making for the longest, made sure it was more than good enough for my son, pulled on a jacket and my sneakers and went to go and meet Y/N.

Diggy- *sees your car pull up in a parking spot* *gets out* *walks to it*

*car window winds down*

Diggy- Evie?

Evie- *gets out the car* *unstraps Malik*

Diggy- Where’s Y/N?

Evie- Handling her business.. *hands him a shoulder bag* He has milk in there, but I’m sure there’s more at your house, he just did a fart in his diaper.. I don’t need to tell you the rest. You can do your job.

Diggy- Wait.. why isn’t Y/N here?

Evie- She doesn’t ever want to see you again.

Diggy- *chuckles* That’s impossible

Evie- She’s serious. Whenever you wanna see Malik, you go through me. 

Diggy- No. If I wanna talk to her, I’ll talk to her. If I wanna see her regarding my son, I will.

Evie- *grabs his shirt and throws him against the car* You dare go around me or make it harder for my sister and I’ll make sure your neck isn’t the only place with scars next time. You hurt her once, shame on you. Hurt her twice, you fuck with me.. *pushes him away from her*

Diggy- *looks at her crazy*

Evie- Shared custody. When you want him, you’ll have him. It’s simple. She wants no complications and doesn’t care about child support

Diggy- Tell her I’ll give it to her anyway. Starting tonight.

Evie- Fine. You have her details. *takes Malik out and gives him to Diggy* *gets in her car and drives away*

Diggy- *watches her drive off*

*four years later*

She wasn’t kidding. I haven’t seen Y/N in person for four, almost five years. She didn’t work at Def Jam anymore. I still continued to see Malik, and Evie was the closest thing to Y/N that I saw. I kept paying the child support, kept paying for his school and seeing him whenever I could. I stayed being a father to him and Sia. She was 12 now.

Malik was six and everywhere we went, I was always told he looked just like me. A mini, browner version of me that I loved, with silkier and curlier hair. We had the same haircut though. My dad found it funny while Jermaine was busy tryna make Malik into a little version of him. Jermaine had kids now too. He rekindled with his high school sweetheart and they married, having a little girl named Xalia. They were so happy and perfect together.

It made me wonder what would me and Y/N have been like if we had gotten married like we planned to. Honestly, for the whole of my life so far, she was the only person I committed myself to. And I still did her wrong. She was the reason no other woman after her could get anywhere past a fuck with me, they weren’t worth it to pursue more with. I was a player for the past few years. Despite having kids and my home now being dedicated to them, I still kept it alive in the bedroom. Never letting any girl meet the kids though, that was a huge no.

Malik- *looks at him* Daddy, I wanna have an ice cream like Sia has!

Diggy- You can’t have what she has, it’s full of sugar and you can’t have a lot. You’re half her age. I’ll get you a chocolate bar, okay? You can’t have ice cream, you gotta go to bed soon

Malik- *folds his arm and pouts* No.

Diggy- I’ll tell mommy you’re not being nice.

Malik- *looks at him* You never see mommy.

Diggy- *mumbles* Well, that didn’t work. *unlocks the car* Come on, get in.

Malik- *sulks to the car*

Sia- *gets in after him* *straps them both in*

Diggy- *gets in and drives off*

*at Evie’s house*

YOUR P.O.V.

Y/N- *sips her cappuccino* And then it’s back to LA for a while.

Evie- How long again?

Y/N- A few weeks.. they keep changing their minds on the advertising. I just want it over and done with

Evie- Told y’all working at Universal is gonna be harder.. I damn well said that years ago

Y/N- *shakes her head* Shut up.

*doorbell rings*

Evie- When do you fly out?

Y/N- Two weeks. You gotta ask Daniel if he can have Malik for then. he shouldn’t have a problem

Evie- Sure.. *walks to the door*

DIGGY’S P.O.V.

Diggy- *waits for the door to open* 

Malik- Is mommy here?

Diggy- I don’t know son, this is aunt Evie’s house..

Evie *opens the door*

Malik- Aunt Evie! *hugs her legs*

Evie- Hey Malikai, you had fun?

Malik- Yeah, we went to the park with Sia.

Evie- *smiles* That’s good... come inside, you can tell me all about it.

Malik- *runs in*

I watched him run into Evie’s huge house. I always wondered what she did for a job and how she had so much money and spare time too.I’d only been right up to this house few times and rarely seen inside. As I glanced down the hallway, I saw somebody walk into the kitchen and laugh. Was that..?

I hope so. That was my first glance at her in years, and all I caught was her back and some of her straightened hair that swayed past her shoulder and across her white t-shirt. Evie was looking at me, hand on hip, waiting for my senses to come back to her attention. Evie had highlighted her hair with some blonde streaks, but she still looked like she could be Y/N’s twin sister.

Evie- She asks if you could have Malik for a few weeks while she’s away. The week after next?

Diggy- That should be alright..

??- Can I have my strawberries now?! *runs downstairs*

I turned my attention from Evie to the little girl who thundered down the stairs so quickly. I’d never seen this little girl before. Her eyes beamed so brightly, a brown shade that was neither dark nor light. They were weirdly striking. Her dark hair was in two bunches just above her ears and was brushed to make them puffier. 

She had all a child’s features, the chubby cheeks, small lips, long lashes and ears that stuck out a little. She looked around four, maybe five years old? It was weird to me that she looked like Malik? No, Evie.. or Y/N? I hadn’t seen Y/N in years, but her face stuck in my mind. Y/N and Evie were very alike. This girl could have been another sister. But she looked just like Evie right there and then. She completely ignored me at the door, making it clear with her slight glare toward me that I wasn’t important enough for her to greet or acknowledge, so she focused on Evie and awaited her answer.

Evie- Okay, what did I say earlier?

??- *sighs* When I finish tidying upstairs, but I did! Pleaase!! I love strawberries..

Evie- Alright. Fine, run in the kitchen, Malik’s there too, he’ll get them for you.

*she gasps and runs off*

Diggy- *watches her go* Um.. who’s that?

Evie- *shakes head* Just... my daughter.

Diggy- *raises eyebrows* You had a daughter?

Evie- Not that it was any of your business, but yeah. Don’t look so surprised.

Diggy- Who’s the father?

Evie- *holds up her ring* Anyway... it’s not your concern.

Diggy- Oh. Well I gotta go

Evie- Alright. Drive safe. *closes the door*

Diggy- *pauses and thinks* *walks to his car*

YOUR P.O.V.

Evie- *shouts* Kelani!!

Kelani- *shouts back* Yes?!

Evie- *walks in the kitchen* What did I tell you about staying in a room when I answer the door?

Y/N- *looks at Kelani*

Kelani- *shrugs a little* Sorry.. *gives Evie the side eye* *chews a strawberry*

Evie- *raises her eyebrows* Wow, I saw that. *looks at you*

Y/N- *chuckles* 

Evie- She has your attitude! That’s you written all over her!

Y/N- *smiles* She’s my baby.

Evie- Yeah.. and it’s getting pretty hard to keep her away from you-know-who. She just popped up at the front door, had me screaming inside, I thought she was gonna call me auntie and ruin everything.

Y/N- It’s fine. We’re doing fine, stop worrying.

Evie- He’s never seen her before, and he sees her now and all he can probably think is “whose child is that?” I had to say she was mine.

Y/N- *puts her hand on her heart* Thank you so much.. I can’t have him knowing about her. I’ve done too much these past years to separate her from him for good. I can’t have him back in my life.

Evie- Yeah but, he’s gonna find out about it someday

Y/N- *looks at Kelani* Just not now.