Page 123 of His Lucky Blessing

I handed him over to her and she knew as soon as she saw him. What I wanted to know is what she was going to do now that she signed all of them damn papers back home.

“What you plan on doing because you will not put my son up for adoption.”

“I didn’t know. If I would’ve known I would have never even considered adoption.”

“I’m not here to argue. I just want to know how we fix it.”

“I don’t even know where to start. Let’s get a blood test first and then I can have a little leverage when I get back home. We got to see what we got to do to go back home. We’re Americancitizens but I gave birth over here. This shit is probably going to be harder than I thought.”

“Should’ve kept y’all ass in the states. I’m over here illegal as we speak. I’m sure Lucky will figure the shit out like he always does. Where we need to get this blood test done at?”

“Merci, I hope you know this is considered a disrupted adoption and we’ll have to go in front of the judge. Are you prepared for that? Did you consider how the adoptive family will feel now that you’ve changed your mind?”

“I know but I can’t give my son up knowing that he belongs to my boyfriend. I thought he was a product of rape. I’m sure the courts would understand and the family too.”

“I hate to do this to them. They spent a lot of money to adjust to this baby.”

“Who’s side are you on?”

“Both. I’ll file the paperwork and put a rush on it. In the meantime, y’all have to give the baby up to the adoptive family.”

“Wait, what? I can’t do that. I’ve had him for three weeks.”

“Yes, I’m aware of that which was not a good look. You were supposed to consult with them before you left to go to DR. It’s kind of like they owned your body until the baby got here. I hate to do it, but the baby belongs to them until the judge says otherwise.”

She told me to just sit and listen and not say anything. As I sat there holding my son, I refused to put him in the arms of someone else. Merci sat in the chair defeated as she looked back at me. I wanted to shoot this whole place up and walk out with my family. The door popped open, and the adoptive family walked in. I held on to my son tighter.

“Ayee, you better make sure you rush that paperwork. She told me not to say anything but as the father of this baby, I gotta voice too. If I feel like it’s taking too long, I’ll have a lawyer to handle it. I’m letting her do it her way first.”

Merci got up and kiss the baby before handing him over to the other family. Merci broke down in my arms and it wasn’t shit I could do as they walked my damn son out of the room. I was going to get him back even if I had to kill a bitch to do it.

Three weeks later and we were back home. It took a while for them to sort out the paperwork for the baby. The battle was just starting for Merci. She had to go through several loopholes to get her baby back. I was willing to do whatever I needed to do to help. I could only imagine how hard it was to get attached to a baby and then have him snatched out of your arms.

Today I was waiting on Lucky to babysit Kani because I was finally heading back to work. He didn’t understand why I was so damn happy, but it wasn’t for him to understand. I liked having my own money. Lucky would have given me anything I asked for but to keep things on a platonic level, I never asked him for shit. Nothing but to take care of his son.

Since he was going to be babysitting, I gave him the code to my condo. I got the notification on my phone that he was on the way up. I grabbed my bag and sat it on the sofa while I went to unlock the door. I had everything our son would need while I was gone. I didn’t plan on working late but I did have a goal in mind that I wanted to make before I came home.

“Oh, I didn’t know he would be here.” Lucky walked in with his son, Jason.

“Is it a problem?”

“No, it’s not a problem. Is it a problem with you know…”

“We worked all that shit out. We are good. He needs to start bonding with his brother. Kani about to be one so it’s time they get to know each other.”

“I agree. He’s in the playpen. He just ate and he may want to lay down within an hour. Try to keep him on schedule.”

“You can stop acting like we weren’t together when we had him. I know his schedule, Bless. Don’t stay out too late. Do you got that thing I gave you a while back?”

I opened my bag so he could see it. “It’s a suite so I doubt I’ll have to use it. It will be other business owners there. Probably the safest I’ll be. I’ll try to be home no later than six.”

“Do I need to cook?”

“Please, no! I’ll grab something,” she laughed.

“I’ll see you when you get back. Be safe.”

I stopped and got me some snacks and bought me a speaker for my music since I hadn’t done any shopping for the suite yet. I planned on putting a television in there soon, but I was too busy making sure I had all my favorite clippers and chair. Since I provided facials for men as well, I had to have a sink in my suite. I greeted a few people before opening my door to my suite. I didn’t have time to get my drinks in the door before I had people walking in. I had another chair for Perc, but he was busy withMerci and the baby. I was definitely going to need some fucking help.

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