Playing With Fire

Chapter 69: The Catch 22

Jhene:

"What are you gonna do now?" Kyra asked looking up at me as I stood, staring at the door Chris had just been escorted out of. I was trying to wrap my head around the fact that just 10 minutes earlier we were laughing and joking around with each other and now I was stood here in a trance after watching him being arrested, handcuffed and escorted out by two police officers. The saying Anything can happen in a blink of an eye, was so true because right now really just proved it. I turned around to face her and she was stood there with Asia innocently clinging to her hip, "Um... I don't know, I guess I gotta go post his bail right?" I mumbled, I didn't know what to do, I wasn't even sure if he was gonna be able to get bail because of his whole probation situation, I was just clueless.

"Alright, well do you want me to follow you to the station or..." Kyra said

"Nah it's okay, I'll go but can you watch Asia again for me? I just don't wanna have to bring her to the station or anything like that" I sighed running my hand through my hair.

"Yeah, of course I will that's no problem. I'll take her back to mine, you can just come get her when y'all done"

"Thanks Ky...for everything"

"Girl shoot. You know I got you and Chris, y'all family" she reassured. I smiled faintly.
"Let me go get her ready and then we can leave" I said reaching out and taking Asia from her so that I could quickly get her dressed. With no longer than 15 minutes, we were all dressed and ready to go; I took Chris truck keys from off his side drawers and then we left out of his place.
As we got to the car park Kyra quickly went to bring her car that was parked out on the main road closer to Chris' so that I could quickly exchange Asia's car seat from his into hers seeing as she didn't have one.
I unlocked Chris' truck and threw my bag into the passenger's seat floor and sat Asia on the chair so that I could take her car seat out the back, within a few seconds; Kyra had pulled up beside me in her car and I switched over the car seat into the back of hers and then strapped Asia inside of it whilst she babbled along happily about something. I smiled; I was just glad that even in the mist of everything that was going on around her, her innocence left her so naïve and oblivious to the blatant obstruction. I kissed her goodbye before I shut the car door in and walked over to the drivers side where Kyra's window was. "So is there anything she can't eat or touch or whatever cause, I don't wanna give y'all baby back broken" Kyra joked once she'd rolled down her window, I laughed

"Nah she's good, she don't really need much. She might just get a bit restless around 2-3 so just put her down for a little nap time, other than that she should be fine" I've packed everything she needs in her bag"I explained

"Okay cool"

"Just call me if you need anything though" I said as I looked back at Asia playing with the soft Doc Mcstuffins doll that she was obsessed with. That's when I realised I'd forgotten the one thing that would actually keep her quiet besides that doll. "Oh shoot, I forgot her binky, one moment" I laughed jogging back over to the truck to grab it outta my bag. I couldn't forget that otherwise Kyra really would be calling me in 10 minutes telling me to come and collect my child. Just as I opened the car door and dug in my bag for it, I heard the sound of my phone begin to ring next to me on the passenger seat, I looked over to see who was calling and saw it was Ty's name that was flashing against the screen. I figured he'd probably found out about what happened yesterday through Mijo and was calling to get the details on his best friend seeing as he couldn't get through to him at the moment. I reached over to take the ringing cell off the seat; however something else caught my eye that halted my initial movement.
Ignoring the fact that Ty was calling I frowned and leaned over, pulling out a small Walgreens bag that had been stuffed in the side pocket of the passenger's seat door. I looked inside of it and in bold printed letters read the words, 'Plan B One- Step' and then in smaller characters, Emergency contraceptive pill.
My stomach fell and I felt my heart suddenly grow heavy with weight as I stared completely frozen at the box in my hand.