Deadly Obsession

Chapter 32

Jada
I slowly opened my eyes to see a woman I've never seen before staring back at me. She was holding Aj and I damn near lost it.

"How are you feeling?" She asked handing Aj to the unknown male and standing up. She bent down and kissed my forehead.

"I feel like I got ran over by a bus." I said touching my forehead. "Where's August?"

"He went to go get you something to eat."

"Who are you guys?"

"I'm your mother in law Sheila."

"And I'm August's brother Travis."

"Oh ok."

Sheila handed me the baby back and I looked at him and smiled. August walked into the room and looked at his mother and I could see the anger in his eyes.

"Can you guys give us a moment?" I asked.

They left the room and August sat next to me. I smiled as he held Aj, I laid back down and he leaned over and kissed my lips.

"Baybeh how ya feeling?"

"I feel like the skeleton from Scary Movie 2."

He laughed then kissed me. I bit my lip as we pulled away from the kiss. He wiped my lip then reapplied my Chapstick.

I sighed heavily as Aj started crying. I turned the white noise machine back on and fed him. He was having a hard time so I had to hold him there a lot longer than I planned.

August
The tension between my mom and Jada was growing and everyone in the room could sense it.

"Maybe you should try holding him the other way when you burp him." My mom said with a condescending tone.

"Maybe you should mind your business." Jada snapped back.

"Excuse me?"

"You heard me."

Aj burped and Jada looked like she was about to hop off the bed and punch my mom in the face.

"Let me hold my grandson."

"Uh no you can't hold MY son."

"August do you see how she talks to me?"

"I spent 62 hours in labor and I just met you and your son and you've been nothing but rude and I'm getting sick and tired of you and your slick ass comments. You need to worry about your own kids and stop trying to tell me how to raise mine."

My mom ran out the room in tears and nobody went after her. Travis chuckled and played with Aj's hands.

"Do you want to hold him?" She asked me.

"Of course I do."

I picked him up and almost instantly he started crying. I looked at Jada who had a worried look on her face. I sat down and slowly rocking in the chair. He laid his head on my chest and slowly dozed off.

Dr. Williams walked into the room and smiled. Jada grabbed her cosmetics bag and I laid Aj in his crib and went into the bathroom to help Jada take her shower. She rested her head on my shoulder as I soaped up her body. She turned and looked at me before soaping up my body.

"Don't even start."

"Start what?" She asked biting her bottom lip.

"You know exactly what I'm talking about."

"Fine." She said rolling her eyes and turning around.

I wrapped my hands around her waist and kissed her shoulder. She placed one hand on the bed of my neck and the other fell to her side.

"Thank you."

"For what?"

"For not giving up on me." She turned and faced me. "For being there for me."

I couldn't tell if she was acting like this because she wanted me to set her free or if she really meant it. Either way she was in for a real surprise when we got home from the hospital.