The Billionaire’s Given Baby

Chapter 6

 Her cell phone was ringing, with Beyoncé’s “upgrade you” playing, so she knew that it was Chris calling, should she answer it? It went straight to voicemail and started ringing again. She had been avoiding his calls for some time now and finally felt strong enough to deal with him.

“Hello.”

“Trish baby girl, why you been avoiding me? For a minute I wondered if you had changed your number on me.”

“What is it you need now Chris? If it’s money I don’t have any.”

“Nah woman, I don’t need any money from you. I finally got a job at the local radio station. The manager there is a female, she says she really digs my voice, and if I stick around she’d train me and move me up to radio disk jockey. Can you imagine your homeboy Chris spinning all them tunes. Trish… Trish are you there? Why you gone silent on me? Thought you would be ecstatic and happy for me.”

“Believe me, I’m jumping up and down with joy for you Chris.” She couldn’t hide the sarcasm that crept into her voice. Trish couldn’t help but think that no doubt he was banging that manager to get all those perks. A leopard never changed it spots, with Chris she always had to be reading between the lines, no longer would she take him at face value. She couldn’t waste any more of her valuable time on Chris. She continued to do some housework while Chris prattled on about what he and his low life friends had been up to.

“Baby girl, I saw your face on the television for that perfume ad. How come you never mention anything about it to me?”

“You don’t want to go there with me Chris, you remember that day when I caught you having s*x with that bi*ch from down the road? That’s when things were starting to look up.”

“Me and Shanae been over a long time, I miss you so much baby when you gonna come over and let me put it on you, I promise to make it good, just the way you like it. So how much money you making now Trish?”

“That’s none of your business Chris.”

“You used to tell me everything Trish, why the sudden change of heart now? You know you’re always welcome over at my place. Things are kind of falling apart without you there to attend to it. Is it because you got a man now? Some of my boys said they seen you with a bald head uptown, now Trish you know you ain’t got no game. Those rich men are freaky, he could possibly be gay. He will just use you and abandon you. Never trust a man in a suit Trish. He will never love you like I can.”

“Who are you fooling Chris, you never loved me.”

“You think I would buy you those gifts without a reason, and remember your birthday and take you out on valentine’s as well. No man does that for nothing, even when you piss me off I still love you Trish. But now that you’re making money you want to forget where you come from and who’s been loving and taking care of you all this time.”

“If I remember correctly even though you took me to those place I was the one who would always end up covering the bills.”

“Trish, I swear, you’re driving me insane over here. Don’t let me have to come over there and remind you what’s what!”

“Are you threatening me Chris?”

“I ain’t never laid a hand on a woman, and I wouldn’t do that to you Trish. I like you too much for that, but I need you to get over here soon so I can get a fix.”

“Chris those days are over. Don’t waste my time, not once have you asked me about the baby.”

“Baby? Didn’t I tell you to get rid of that Trish, you got a career now woman you can’t afford to have a baby getting in the way of all that money. Now just come over to my crib and shake that moneymaker for me.”

“Chris get off my God damn phone and don’t ever call this number again.” She ended the call not waiting for a response and flings the phone on the nearby bed. The nerve of that son of a bi*ch, what in the world did she ever see in him. He was just a user. No doubt seeing her as a cash cow that he wanted to continue milking and whenever the money ran out he would just move on to the next supplier.

She and Harvey were officially an item going on regular dates. Harvey and Trish were getting closer and closer. They also had discussions regarding her future. He admitted that he really wanted to help raise the child. He went so far as to schedule regular doctor’s appointment and made sure that she got there on time and that he was present for support. He wanted Trish to be in a real relationship with him and get used to the idea of being married.

Even though Trish loved the idea of being married. She told Harvey that they needed to slow down in their relationship because she felt everything was happening too fast and she just wanted to take things more slowly. He accused her of still having feelings for Chris which she adamantly denied. Harvey needed to learn to control his jealousy of Chris or he would continue to see Chris lurking in the shadows of their relationship when that wasn’t the case.

Trish never told Harvey that one day she had received a visit from his last mistress. The mistress had wondered why his timely visits had become sporadic and eventually stopped. She knew instinctively that Harvey must have found someone to settle down with and even though she was prepared to let him go, her curiosity had gotten the best of her. She had hired a detective that gave her Trish’s address after he trailed Harvey on many of his repeated visits. The mistress didn’t want pictures, she went in person to see the victor for herself.

To say that Trish was shocked was an understatement, when the older woman had shown up at her door, Trish had immediately recognized her. The woman was beautiful, she had brunette hair, very petite and delicate, her skin was fair and blemish free, her lips were a plump pink and her cheeks were colored with a matching blush. She was about Miranda’s age a celebrity in her own right but a retired porn star. Chris had many DVD’s of her, she was very good at s*x and many of today’s porn celebrities listed her as a major influence on their techniques. She knew that Harvey always got the best in everything but this was mind blowing. To think that Harvey had a past that he was reluctant to talk about made her wonder what else he was hiding.

The knock came again. “Trish? You have never met me before but may I have a word with you? I’m a very good friend of Harvey’s. He doesn’t know that I am here but can I come in?”

Trish was intrigued. What could a former porn star possibly want with her? She was fairly sure she could take her in a fight any day, so she opened the door and allowed her uninvited guest in. The woman looked fresh while Trish was sweaty and tired from all the housework she had done before her unexpected arrival. The celebrity was very polite and discreet, she thanked Trish for not being squeamish and gave her contacts and information on how to reach her if she ever wanted to spice things up. Trish wasn’t into ménage and wouldn’t want to with an aged superstar anyways, but was Harvey? Trish wasn’t going to ask Harvey about that history any time soon.

There were things that should probably stay in the past and this was one of them, if Harvey wanted her to know about that lifestyle, he would tell her and Trish was cool with that. Trish didn’t feel the need to keep a tracking device, so that she could know her boyfriend’s whereabouts like so many women did nowadays. Trish trusted Harvey which was more than she could say for Chris. The two were as different as night and day but Harvey was definitely way more dependable. Stability was what Trish needed more than ever now and she got that from Harvey.