His Innocent Little Doll 'The Aftermath'

Chapter Eighteen 'Harley's baby'

A/N
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Ember's POV
'Harley, what the hell!' I gasped, shooting up in bed and clutching my chest as I looked at the blonde with wide eyes.
I had awoken from my peaceful slumber to find her sat on the edge of the bed, staring at me mournfully. In that moment I was so thankful Mr J had given me his shirt to wear before leaving otherwise she would have seen everything.
'What are you doing here?' I whispered giving her a small smile.
'Is it true!' She demanded as tears pooled her eyes.
'Is what true?' I asked feeling suddenly sad as her emotions flowed through me.
'Are ya having my puddin's baby?' She questioned letting out a small whimper before quickly collecting herself.
'Yes, how did you find out?'
There was no point in denying it, she was going to find out eventually.
'Puddin told me' she answered looking down.
I could feel my anger boiling as I took in her sad, hunched form.
How could he?!
I knew Mr J too well now. It was obvious he hadn't told her because he was happy about the news. No he had done it to upset her and make her cry.
'I'm sorry Harley. I don't know what to say' I whispered truthfully.
'I guess I should say congratulations now' she scoffed.
'No, you're good' I giggled.

We sat there in an awkward silence for a while until Harley spoke up, shocking me to the core.
'I once had a baby' she confessed looking towards my stomach.
Choking on my own saliva, I coughed violently as I looked at her with wide eyes. To say I was shocked was an understatement.
Harley had a baby!
Was it Mr J's or did it happen before she became Harley?
'What? With Mr J?' I managed to get out.
'Yes! What, ya think I'm a slut or something. I wouldn't do that to my puddin!' She furiously spat out.
'No! Of course not. I just wanted to know if it was with him or before' I defended calmly.
'Oh!.....yeah me and my puddin were having a little baby.' She smiled sadly.
'Did he know?' I asked.
'Yeah! He was so happy, his little clown to take over the world. Puddin had everything planned' she exclaimed smiling brightly at first before the sadness took over her again.
I felt my heart tighten painfully at that name. It was the name he used for our little peanut. I thought it was a special name just for our baby but it was now clear to me that my little peanut was nothing but 'business' to him.
'What happened?' I questioned being careful not to push her too much.
'I..I..I lost it' her body trembled as she let out a sob.
Oh no!
Tears pooled my eyes as my heart broke for her. The poor girl had lost her child. She had experienced the toughest heart break any parent could go through. I wrapped my arms around my own stomach as the thought of losing my own little peanut became unbearable. I just wanted to wrap my arms around her, pull her to me and do anything I could to comfort her but I knew the hate she held for me wouldn't allow her to let me to help.
'Oh Harley I'm so sorry!' I whimpered out.
'It's my fault, I shouldn't have went on that heist! You're not sorry! I bet ya glad aren't you! Getting to replace my baby with your own! Ya think I deserved it don't you! Well you're wrong! I loved my baby! I loved my baby!' She screeched out as depressed and angry tears ran down her face.

'No Harley! I could never think that. You didn't deserve to lose your baby. It doesn't matter what you've done. What matters is you lost the person you loved most and no mother, not even you deserved to go through that kind of heartbreak ' I sobbed feeling helpless.
There was nothing I could do to fix the situation. I couldn't bring her baby back and I'm betting my presence was just haunting her with what she once had. I felt extremely guilty and just wanted to help her.
'I didn't deserve it?' She whispered, frowning slightly.
'No of course you didn't!' I exclaimed.
'But puddin said...'
'Listen to me Harley! Whatever he said was wrong. You did not deserve to lose your baby' I said sternly wanting to find Joker and give him a piece of my mind.
Typical it was!
Why didn't it surprise me that he would put the blame on her.
Because you know he was never at fault.....notice the sarcasm.
'You would have been an amazing mother Harley' I continued giving her a sad smile.
'Really? Thank you' she smiled back bringing her hands up to wipe her tears.
'I'm only telling the honest truth' I smiled wiping my own tears.

'Do you have a picture of the baby?' She asked.
'Yeah it's in my onesie pocket' I said pointing to it on the floor where Mr J had ripped it off.
'Can I see?' She hesitated reaching down to grab the onesie.
'Of course!' I grinned.
Slowly reaching into the pocket she pulled out my little scan. Flipping it open I saw her smile softly as she looked down in wonder, stroking her fingers across the page.
'Would ya look at that. So beautiful!' She muttered in awe.
'Thank you! That's my little peanut' I exclaimed proudly as I moved to sit beside her, wanting to see my baby again.
My baby, I could never get use to saying that. It was unbelievable.
'Little peanut! That's cute little doll!' She giggled still stroking the ultrasound.
'What's cute Harls ?!' I heard his voice snap from behind us.
Both of our heads snapped towards him as he approached us with a terrifying grin.