Vexed 2 by Honey

Author:Honey
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Urban Books
Published: 2020-11-27T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter Thirty-three

“Please lower your voice, Zachary. You’re going to wake Aunt Jackie. You know she didn’t sleep very well last night.”

“I’m sorry, but I don’t need this type of stress on me right now. My plate is full with work, taking care of my aunt, and spending time with you and the kids.”

“How far apart are Jay’s contractions?”

Zach looked at Aunt Hattie Jean like she was crazy, because he couldn’t answer that question. He didn’t even ask the nurse or the young lady who had called him later to update him on Jay’s condition. His mind went blank after Mr. Frazier, one of the deputy wardens from Leesworth, called to inform him that Jay was in the early stages of labor and would be delivering the baby before the end of the day. When the man asked him how soon he could get there to sign the paperwork for the social worker, Zach told him he wasn’t sure. He should’ve told the man the truth. He wasn’t coming at all. Zach blinked when his aunt asked the question about Jay’s contractions again.

“They didn’t tell me how far apart her contractions were, and I didn’t ask. Why is Jay doing this to me? She told those people at the prison that I’m taking her son, but I’m not! I never led her to believe I would.”

“But, Zachary, he’s—”

“No, Jill, I don’t wanna hear it! I am not gonna take that baby! Every day I would have to look at him and be reminded of what his mother tried to do to me. My sister hated me so much that she wanted me dead. Then she almost killed you. I can’t live with those thoughts every day for the next decade. Only a fool tortures himself.”

“Zach, I’m not telling you to take the baby,” Aunt Hattie Jean began. “I just want you to go to the prison hospital and check on your sister. Look at the baby and see if you can’t love him like you do Nahima.”

Zach hopped up from his seat at the kitchen table. “Let me say this one last time so everyone can hear me: I don’t want Jay’s son!”

“Take . . . ta . . . take the . . . the b . . . baby! Take the . . . the baby!”

Everyone turned toward the voice coming from the doorway. It was Aunt Jackie, standing with the support of her walker, crying and pleading. She wanted Zach to take Jay’s baby. She spoke those words with clarity in a gravelly and shaky voice. She hadn’t uttered a syllable in over six months. Her family was shocked to silence as she continued to beg Zach to take Jay’s son. Aunt Jackie crossed the threshold slowly, still crying and pleading with her nephew. She inched at a snail’s pace in his direction.

“Auntie, don’t do this to me. Please don’t. It ain’t fair. Don’t make me clean up another one of Jay’s messes. I ain’t gonna take him. Cry all you want, but I won’t do it.

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