Free Drama Queen by La Jill Hunt Page A

happened.”
    â€œThings just happen, Mama. Look at what has happened to me. I am now knocked up and unemployed on top of that.”
    â€œBut you’re gonna be fine. I know that. But, you need to tell your daddy. You owe him that much.”
    â€œI will, Mama. I promise.” Kayla felt as if a ton of bricks had been lifted from her shoulders. “I’ll call you on Sunday and wish you a Happy Mother’s Day.”
    â€œNo, this year I can call you.” Her mother laughed. “I love you, Kayla.”
    â€œLove you too, Mama.” She lay back on the bed. The sound of the doorbell caused her to jump. She looked over at the clock and saw that it was after eight.
    â€œHey, Kay. Am I intruding?” Kayla was stunned as she opened the door and saw Geno standing there. He looked good. He had let his facial hair grow out to a full beard and it was trimmed perfectly, reminding her of a built Craig David. His thick arms protruded from his SeanJohn T-shirt and in his perfect hands he held a plastic bag.
    â€œGeno. No. Come on in.” She opened the door and followed him into the living room. When they reached it, he turned around and faced her.
    â€œCan’t a brother get a hug?” He reached and pulled her to him, laughing. It was a sound she hadn’t heard in a while and until then, she didn’t realize she missed it. “You cut your hair again. And you filling out. Damn, Kay. You look good.”
    â€œYou grew a beard. And you working out. You look good, G.” She quickly pulled away from him for fear that he may figure out why she was filling out.
    â€œStill crazy. How you been?” He looked at Kayla and sat on the sofa.
    â€œOkay. How is everything with you, Geno?” Kayla sat on the other end of the couch and they faced each other. “Wait a minute, how did you find out where I live?”
    â€œI have my resources.” He smiled at her.
    â€œOkay, resources . They do have laws for that now. I believe it’s called stalking.”
    â€œDamn, that’s cold. I figured after our last encounter you’d be glad I found you.” He took her hand and looked at her curiously. “Ma sent me over here to invite you over Sunday. You know whether we are together or not, you are still a part of my family. She says she hasn’t talked to you in a minute. That’s not like you, Kay. What’s going on?”
    â€œNothing, G.” Kayla tried to lie but she could not keep the tears from falling. She missed Geno and hoped they would somehow get back together. Now the reality of carrying another man’s child, a married man on top of that, had wrecked that possibility. Geno had always said he would never date a woman with children because it was too much drama.
    â€œKayla, come here.” He reached for her and she cried into his arms, imagining for a moment that she was his again. “What’s wrong, baby?”
    She mentally began to panic. For a second, she started to be honest and tell him the truth in its entirety, but she thought better of it and blurted out, “I quit my job.”
    â€œYou quit?” He wiped her tears and stood up. She watched him go into the kitchen with the bag and when he returned, he had two glasses of wine and a wet paper towel. She took a sip of the drink so he wouldn’t question why she wasn’t drinking, then wiped her face.
    â€œYeah, I quit,” Kayla continued and told him about Nate, the desk and Mrs. Warren’s reasons for not suspending him.
    â€œThat’s crazy. So she would rather endanger the other students and staff members because his parents give the school money?”
    â€œThat’s what it seems like,” Kayla answered.
    â€œWhere’s the remote to the stereo? I made you some CDs.” He reached into his pocket and pulled two CDs out. She pointed to the bookshelf and he opened the player. He put a CD in and smiled as Brian McKnight began to sing