It's Always The Pretty Ones (9 page)

“Thank you.
 
I think you got it all.”
 
She said nervously.

“So, having a good time so far?”
 
He asked.

“I can truly say I am.
 
I have never had dinner in the dark.”
 
She laughed.
 
“I usually like to see my food.”

“I understand.
 
Actually, eating it this way actually makes the food taste better.”

“So, Mr. Loverboy.
 
How many women have to b here?”

“None actually.
 
You are the first and hopefully the last.”

She smiled.
 
“What do you mean ‘the last’?”

“I don’t know what it is about you, Krystal, but unlike other girl I have met and dealt with, you stay on my mind.
 
I mean, you’re gorgeous, smart, driven.
 
Everything I like in a woman.”

“How do I know you don’t say this to all of your women?”
 

“You can believe it because first of all, I would not even waste my time and money on any of those other women for something like this; and none of them have the class that you do.
 
I’m ready for something else.”

“Um-hmm.”

“I’m serious!”
 
Romeo laughed.
 
“I may be wrong, but I kind of sense that you like me too?”

“You’re a nice guy, yes, but I have dealt with too many that have some of the same traits that you do, Romeo.”

“Well, give me the chance to show you I can be different.”
 
Something in his voice soothed her doubts as he reached over laying his hand on the side of her face and kissing her slowly.
 
His kiss was divine ecstasy, reaching every part of her.
 

She closed her eyes as he pulled his lips away from hers.
 
“I guess we could give it a go.”
 
She said with a smile.

Anton carried his sleeping daughter into her bedroom to lay her down to sleep.
 
He stood over her bed for a moment to stare at her for a moment.
 
He was still so happy that the test proved her to be his.
 

“You want me to do it?”
 
Dazzy peeked in and whispered.

“No, I got it.
 
I just can’t get over how beautiful she is.”
 
He smiled as he laid her down and tipped out of the room.

Dazzy walked behind him and into the living rom.
 
“Anton?”

“Yes?”
 
He said as he sat down on the couch and put his feet up on the ottoman.

“How come you never tell me I’m beautiful as much as you tell her?”

“What?”
 
He said shocked by the stupidity of her question.

“How come you don’t tell me I’m beautiful as much as you tell Angel?”

“Are you serious?”

She put her hand on her hip.
 
“Yes, I’m serious!”

“Are you jealous of your own daughter?”
 
Anton sat up straight on the couch.

“No, I’m not jealous of her.
 
I just feel like you love her more than me sometimes.”

He sat silent as he looked at her in disbelief.

“Say something!”
 
She shouted.

“First of all, keep your voice down.
 
Secondly, I am not answering such a ridiculous question.”

“It must be true then.”

“No, it’s not true.
 
I love the both of you the same!”

“Well, how come you won’t marry me then?”
 
She said with squinted eyes.
 

Anton shook his head and stood up from the couch.
 
“Dazzy, I am not doing this tonight.”

She grabbed his arm as he tried to walk around her.
 
“Oh yes you are!
 
I want to know why you refuse to set a date.”

He pulled his arm away.
 
“You figure it out.
 
I’m going to bed.”

Dazzy stood fuming as he walked away from her and into their bedroom.
 
She turned and flopped down on the couch, smashing his jacket.
 
“What’s this?”
 
She said as she pulled out the folded paper poking out of his pocket.
 
She unfolded the paper, crunching the ends as she read what it was.
 

Chapter 8

      Anton looked at his watch as he stood in the elevator up from the garage.
 
He moved to the back as a group of people got on including Romeo.
 

“Hey what’s up with the long face?”
 
Romeo asked as he stood at the back of the elevator with Anton.

“Long night.”
 

“Dazzy tripping again?”
 

“As always.
 
I tell you what.
 
I wish I had listened to you and Jamelah.”
 
He said in a regret-filled tone.

“Well, you wanted to do the right thing by her.
 
We respect you for that.”

“Yeah, well now I’m stuck with this crazy chick.”

Romeo giggled.
 
“What has she done now?”

They excused themselves and stepped off the elevator.
 

“Do you know she actually got jealous of the baby last night?”

“What?”
 

Anton shook his head.
 
“Yes, she questioned me on how I can tell my daughter that she is beautiful more than I tell her.
 
Then, she went off talking about setting a date for the wedding.
 
Do you know, I have woken up in the middle of the night before and found her watching me sleep?
 
I swear, I’m starting to think she has some fluid on the front of her brain!”

      Romeo laughed.
 
“What are you going to do?”

“I don’t know.
 
If this keeps up or she gets any crazier, I’m gonna have to cut her loose!”

“That’s understandable.”
 
They turned the corner to their office.
 
“Oh my God.”
 
Romeo’s mouth fell open.

“What?”
 
Anton asked curious.

“I can’t believe it!
 
Look who just walked out of the boss’s office?”
 
Romeo guided Anton’s eyes towards their supervisor’s door.

“Colbey?”
 
Anton said aloud.

She stopped in her tracks and looked up like she knew exactly who was calling her.
 
“Anton?
 
Is that you?”

He put his briefcase down and whisked over to her, giving her a tight embrace.
 
“How are you doing?
 
What are you doing here?”

“I started this morning.
 
I didn’t know you worked here!
 
How have you been?”

“I’ve been good.
 
You look amazing!”
 
He said as his eyes raked over her.

“Thank you. Thank you.”

“So, I don’t get a hello hug?”
 
Romeo asked as he walked up.

“Of course you do!
 
Hey Romeo!”
 
She gave him a big hug.
 

“So, what are you doing for lunch?”
 
She asked Anton with a flirty smile.
 

“Not a thing.”
 
He smiled.

“Maybe we can hook up and you could show me what’s good around here?”

“Sure thing.
 
My office is straight down the hall.”
 
He smiled as he pointed in the direction of his office.
 

“Okay, see you then” She smiled as she turned and walked off.

“Damn!
 
How is it that she is even finer than when you guys were together?”
 
Romeo asked as they both stood and watched her ass as she walked out of their sight.
 

“I have no idea.”
 
Anton smiled.

      Dazzy grabbed the now crumpled DNA results from her purse and sat down on the couch fuming.
 
“That sneaky asshole!”
 
She mumbled.
 
“Wait, how could he have put them in at this time when he was with me at the hospital?”
 
She said as she noticed the date and time the test was requested at the top of the paper.
 

“Jamelah.”
 
She said through clinched teeth.
 
She yanked the phone off the charger and dialed Jamelah’s number.
 

      “Hello?”
 
Jamelah said on the other end.

      “So, did you get what you were looking for?”
 
Dazzy asked, snarling.

      “Who is this?”
 
Jamelah said confused by the early morning call.
 

      “Bitch, this is Dazzy!”

      “Dazzy, get off my phone early in the morning.”

      “Answer my question first!
 
Did you get what you were looking for by sneaking off to test my daughter’s DNA?”

Jamelah sighed loudly in the phone.
 
“Dazzy, I will do whatever I have to in order to protect my brother from a psycho bitch like you.”

      “Why don’t you just mind your own damn business!
 
What gave you the right to have a DNA test done on our daughter?”

“The fact that you were trying to pass her off as my niece!
 
That’s what!
 
From the sounds of it,” she laughed.
 
“It didn’t work.
 
What, did Anton throw your lying ass out?”

      “Oh no, sweetie.”
 
Dazzy chuckled.
 
“You must not have read the results.
 
Angel is all his, and so am I – forever.
 
So, you better get used to it.”

      “Oh, he didn’t tell me.”
 
Jamelah said disappointed.

      “Oh no honey!”
 
Dazzy laughed.

      “Shut the hell up!”
 
Jamelah replied sharply.

      “Let me just say this, then I will be done.
 
If you ever pull some underhanded shit like this again, you will live to regret it.”
 
Dazzy’s lips thinned with anger.

      “You don’t scare me one little bit, Dazzy.
 
Let’s get that straight, right now.”
 
Jamelah said with easy defiance.

Dazzy smiled.
 
“Oh, I don’t want you to be afraid of me, Jamelah.
 
I want to look you straight in the eyes when I stab you through the heart.”