The Arrangement {Book 1}

{Twelve.3}

Three days later...

"Joe.. Where's Cris?" A'Mirah cried.

"I.. I have.. No idea." Joe paced back and forth. He redialled Cris's number. He still didn't answer. "I need to go by the condo and his house, come on." Joe told A'Mirah. They both left and drove to each place they could think of. Joe finally stopped by the office.

"Do you think he's here?" A'Mirah asked.

"The only other place I can think of."

They both got out of the car.

They went all the way up to the top floor.

"Ahhh.. Yeeess. It feels soooo gooooood....." Someone moaned. Then giggles. "Crissss!" Joe and A'Mirah both looked at each other, shocked. A'Mirah held her face in her hands.

Cris went to open the door but it was locked. "Cris!" Joe banged on the door.

A few minutes passed before anyone said anything. "Joe?"

"Yeah. What the fuck.. Open this damn door."

"Is she here with you?"

"Open this door or i'll bust it down."

"Come back without her."

A'Mirah shook her head, confused. Hurt. A'Mirah walked off. Cris opened the door and pulled Joe inside.

"Who the fuck is this and where's your clothes?" He asking, seeing Cris shirtless.

"It's not lik-" The door opened and A'Mirah walked in. "What'd I ever do to you?" She shrugged, crying.

"A'Mirah..." He sighed, shaking his head, not looking at her. "It's-"

"It's not like that?" She finished what he was going to say.

He put his hands on his head. "Can you leave?" He asked, turning around.

"Cris look at me!" She begged.

The girl that'd been in the room with Cris buttoned her shirt up completely and walked out.

"I'm sorry?" The girl frowned and walked out.

A'Mirah walked over to Cris. "Cris, look at me." A'Mirah grabbed his face. Cris moved her hands from his face. "Get the fuck off.... Please."

"Okay. I'll get off but explain to me why you claim it's not like that, but after we find out that i'm pregnant you fucking run like a coward! I haven't seen you in three days! No one has heard from you.. But you're up here shirtless with some woman?"

"A'Mirah... I can't deal with this right now. This is too much. I don't want this.. I don'-"

"What about me Cris? I'm scared! I don't know how this is going to affect me, even the baby. I don't want to bring a child the world only for it to go through what i'm going to go through. Do I have to do it alone? That's not fair... You had your mom and dad.. I had mine.. Does this child have to go through not having one of it's parents in it's life?"

"Life's not fair.. As I've told you before and god so help me... You better be glad you're pregnant or else you would NOT get away with calling me a fucking coward." Cris angrily chuckled. He rubbed his head, turned around and mumbled something. He turned back around. "I love you so fucking much, A'Mirah." He finally looked at her. "Don't you EVER think I would leave you and or this child by choice. Do you understand me?" He walked up to A'Mirah, put his body against hers and lift her chin so that she was looking up at him. "I will not make you do this alone. I told you that I would be here for you through all of it, and that includes this." He bent down and held his head up against hers. "And I didn't cheat on you... I was getting a massage."