In the morning I wake relaxed even though I feel a firm chest under my head. I look up into the face of Spin, still asleep. I reach up and rub his cheek. His eyes flutter open the way they did that very first night I slept in this bed with him. “Baby girl, I have to get ready for work”, he says as he slides me off him gently and sits up before shaking off his sleep. “Sleep”, he tells me as he kisses my lips and pulls the blanket back up over me.While he’s in the bathroom, Meme comes bouncing in the room and launches herself right on top of me! I grunt, causing Spin to stick his head out of the bathroom door. “Meme, what are you going to do when she’s pregnant again?”, he says to her.“But she’s not”, she says and sticks her tongue out at him. “Come on bitch, I got a proposal for you”!“Why yes Meme, I will be all yours you cow. Only if you get the fuck off of me”, I whine.She laughs, “no seriously though”, she says as she pulls the covers back and spanks my as
The first thing I feel is Loyalty lifting the side of her face off my chest. Then her soft hand caresses my cheek like the very first night she ever slept in my arms. I open my eyes to look at her and she doesn’t startle this time, “baby girl, I have to get ready for work”. I gently roll her to the side of me and sit up to shake off my sleep. I kissed her plump lips before pulling the blanket back up over her and saying, “sleep”. She nods, and her eyes flutter shut again before I head to the bathroom. Meme barrels through the door, being her typical self, and bounces right on top of Loyalty, who moans out in pain upon impact. I crack the bathroom door open and say, “Meme, what are you going to do when she’s pregnant again”? “But she’s not”, she retorts and pokes her tongue out at me, still so juvenile that one! “Come on bitch, I got a proposal for you”, I hear her tell Loyalty. “Why, yes Meme, I will be all yours you cow. Only if you get the fuck off of me”, Loya
I hear Spin yelling before I really register what’s going on. I’m wedged between the back of my sofa and Jonny’s warm firm chest. His one leg is covering both of mine, and I feel so warm and cozy… But why is Spin so upset?! “Where the fuck is she, Knight?” I heard him yell. Jonny opens his beautiful amber eyes and looks down at me. “She who?” Jonny asks to clearly annoy him! “Loyalty”, he barks. “She’s not in her bed”! I close my eyes and shake my head no as I try to fall back to sleep, but Jonny must really want to piss him off this morning. He yawns and stretches then says, “right here”, before he pulls me from my safe cave between his body and the sofa. I shivered from the sudden loss of heat and lifted my head up in confusion, still half-asleep. “What?!” I managed to blurt out as I turned my face and lay back down on Jonny’s chest. When I shiver again, Jonny says, “good night Spin”. He wraps his arms around me before turning back onto his side
My first thought is Loyalty, as I jump from the bed and nearly stumble over the shoes she must have worn last night. They’re dropped on the floor next to her purse like she was in a rush to get to bed because she’s so OCD she would never have done that on purpose. I continued to her bedroom to find it empty. Her bed is still made and has not been slept in. I charged back to the living room, “Loyalty?” I shouted. “Where is she, Jonny”? He doesn’t even budge from where he lays on the couch with his back towards me. “Where the fuck is she, Knight?” I yell. “She who?” Jonny finally mumbles! “Loyalty”, I snapped. “She’s not in her bed”! Jonny sighs before he yawns through a stretch and says, “right here”. He rolls onto his back, pulling Loyalty on top of him from where she was cocooned between him and the couch. Her body trembles as she lifts her head up and groggily says, “what"?! Then she plops her head back down on him and sighs. She’s dressed in a pale
Spin wakes me the next morning, and I remind him that this Friday is Gabby’s DNA test and that I have to bring her to the Dutchess county court. He suggests that we head back upstate for the weekend and that Stephany, him, and I stay at the lake house together away from everyone else. I told him that I'd stay at the lake house, but only if my staff stayed with us. I even agree to sleep in the same room, as long as our daughter stays too and he finally accepts the deal I’m offering!Jonny is not happy with this arrangement but quickly drops it when everyone else comes into the kitchen. The staffing will be a little different since Melanie has the weekend off to attend her sister’s wedding. We’ll be taking Courtney in her place. Without Courtney’s stern demeanor at the bar for the weekend, Bo will be staying behind and Rich is taking his place.Spin is actually home for dinner on both Wednesday and Thursday, making a conscious effort to achieve the purpose of him staying
Stephany’s DNA testing is Friday at the courthouse back upstate. I suggested to Loyalty that we stay at the lake house for the weekend, and after some negotiating she finally agreed. Friday can’t get here fast enough since Loyalty agrees to sleep in the room with me as long as our daughter is there too!Unfortunately, I’ll have to tolerate Courtney since Melanie is off the weekend for her sister’s wedding. The girl has kind of grown on me since she watches my kid like a hawk and I never have to worry about Stephany when Melanie is around. I’ll also be dealing with Rich instead of Bo, who, to my understanding, is a retired lieutenant for the NYPD!I leave Friday morning ahead of everyone, so I can get some work done at the shop before the weekend, and I feel like I’m walking on air the whole morning. “You got laid last night?” Mikey asks me sarcastically. I looked up at him and glared, “kidding Spin, but you look… Dare I say giddy”!“Loyalty and the baby are staying
I feel sick when I wake up wrapped in Spin when I know my daughter was asleep in my arms last night. I jump up to find that I’m sandwiched between Spin and her. She’s lying there coloring, “morning mama”! I dropped my face into my palms and sighed in relief, “Gabby girl, how long have you been up?” I asked her as I looked at the mess around the room. “Not long, can’t find my iPad”, she says as she kicks her feet in the air while scribbling on the coloring book in front of her. “Maybe Jonny or Courtney has it. Come on, let’s get dressed and find out”, I told her as we climbed out of the bed. I was just about done dressing Stephany when Spin sat up. “Hey baby girls, where are you going”? “Nowhere Spin, Gabby can’t find her iPad so we’re getting dressed before we go to see if Jonny or Courtney has it”, I tell him. “How about we all get dressed and head out for breakfast, just the three of us?”, he suggests. “Yay! Breakfast with daddy”, Stephany s
When the bed feels cold, I open my eyes to Loyalty, dressing Stephany. I sat up and said, “hey baby girls, where are you going”? “Nowhere Spin, Gabby can’t find her iPad so we’re getting dressed before we go to see if Jonny or Courtney has it”, Loyalty explains. “How about we all get dressed and head out for breakfast, just the three of us?” I suggested. “Yay! Breakfast with daddy”, Stephany squeals, making it difficult for Loyalty to buckle the strap of her sandal around her ankle. “Okay, let me get dressed and find the iPad first, then we’ll go”, she tells me, and deadass strips right in front of me down to her bare ass. “You’re going to just change in front of her like that?” I bark at her and she looks at me like I’m nuts. “Spin, I’m her mother! It’s nothing she hasn’t seen before or won’t have herself, what’s wrong with you?”, she snaps at me. “The part where I’m in the room”, I tell her, causing her to roll her eyes at me. “See that’s wh
Loyalty sobs herself to sleep in Bo and Max’s hold and her unconscious body is then carried by Bo out of the warehouse, where she’s loaded into an ambulance and taken to the hospital to be examined. After she’s released, she’s taken to Nina’s house where she barricades herself in Jonny’s bedroom with Stephany for days! The day before Jonny’s funeral, she goes with Bo, Max, Rich, all three of his brothers, and his sister to get a tattoo. I don’t understand what possessed her to get such a thing, but she’s in mourning right now and I’m still feeling shitty that the one fucking guy I loved to hate was the one who saved my life. But still… The tattoo bothers me! Right in the center of Loyalty’s chest is a life-like replica of the back of Jonny’s left hand. In the middle, it reads Jonny Anthony Knight. It also lists his birthday as Sunrise September thirteenth, and the day he died as Sunset October fourteenth. That wouldn’t be so bad, but on the ring finger of the handprint, it says ‘Amor
Loyalty and Stephany spend one night with Jonny at his mother’s house before returning to her Brooklyn apartment. She calls me and pleads with me for space, and we agree that she’ll return to the lake house with our daughter on Saturday. Each day becomes more and more miserable without them, and by Friday I’m losing my fucking mind!Pardon my shock when Jonny calls me and I send it to voicemail the first three times before actually answering, “what”?“Amory is missing”, he practically whispers.“What the fuck did you just say?” I growled out.“Amory is missing”, he screamed into the phone. “I need you to get down here. The police want to have a word with you”!“Where’s my fucking daughter, Jonny?” I barked out frantically.He sighs, “she’s fine! She’s upstairs in the apartment. How long until you get here, Spin”?“An hour”, I told him before hanging up.I dial Gabe and he bolts down the stairs like a flash of lightning and we’re out the door in s
I wake up in the bed of my Brooklyn apartment wrapped in Jonny’s arms, and if we weren’t both completely naked I’d almost be inclined to believe that the last few months of my life were just some really bad dream. I called Spin last night and pleaded with him for space, and after promising to return to the lake house by Saturday, he reluctantly agreed. I feel sick, although I don’t admit this to Jonny. Instead, I emphasize that my feet hurt, my back hurts, my boobs hurt, my butt even hurts, and I’m just tired beyond exhaustion. He does what he can to comfort me, but I know the stress of my situation is starting to become daunting to all of us involved. I’m bored to death with Jonny’s constant babying of me and when I suggest going down to the club for our last night here in Brooklyn, he agrees yet straight up tries to dress me! Eventually, I got my way. However, I do swap the shoe suggestion for the shorter wedged heels he chose from the stilettos I originally picked.
I attend the date with Spin, only to end up in bed with him in some random room in the colonial. After knowing his history with women not sleeping in his bed, it leaves me feeling queasy that I even let it happen. It’s been three years, but I’ve come to terms with the fact that Spin just doesn’t do it for me anymore! I took Jonny back down to the lakeside hideout and confessed everything! At first, he was furious. I get it, we’ve been like fucking like rabbits with each other, so why would I even have allowed that to happen? I guess I was caught up in a moment and the alcohol sure didn’t help! “Mi Amor”, (my love) Jonny says as I lean against the hood of his car. “What is it”? I sighed before babbling out, “I did something last night that I shouldn’t have. I’m now sick to my stomach over it and I have to be truthful with you about it”. “Amory, what is it?”, he says calmly as he folds his arms over his chest. I can tell he already suspects what I’m going to s
I wake up still pissed off about Jonny’s contract and how fluidly both he and Loyalty move with each other. I try not to stress it and switch my focus to doing damage control. I have tonight all planned out, and like with the night of the Broadway show, I’m putting Loyalty’s preferences first! I leave for work without so much as a peep from anyone, even Jonny is surprisingly still upstairs in Loyalty’s private wing of the lake house. All these extra doors are starting to become a nuisance… Was it necessary to construct a hallway closure barricade in both houses?! She’s so peculiar about certain shit to the point it irks me! When I arrive back at the lake house, I head to the shower before I seek Loyalty out. She’s in the hammock with Stephany lying over her. Even though our daughter is only almost three, she covers most of Loyalty’s body. Another testament to just how small she is compared to everyone else around her, even her own child! Courtney joins Loyalty in
Loyalty, Jonny, and I traveled back to Brooklyn for one last week. They spend the week packing up their stuff to be taken to the lake house, while my anger at how close they’ve grown in the last month just seethes and festers within me. I haven’t been able to get more than a full-on-the-mouth kiss out of Loyalty and it aggravates me since she randomly breaks apart from Jonny’s hold whenever I enter a room they’re in together. By the time we make it to the courthouse for the DNA hearing, steam is coming out of my ears! It doesn’t help that Stephany throws a tantrum in the parking lot that results in Jonny carrying her like a China doll perched on his arm. I tried, Rich tried, even Loyalty tried, but Stephany refused to stop crying until Jonny took her into his arms. When the case is called before the judge, Loyalty is escorted to the plaintiff's desk with Rich and Jonny, who still has Stephany clinging to his neck. I stood alone at the defendant’s desk. I turned back a
For over a week and during our last weekend trip upstate, tensions between Jonny and Spin continued to escalate. I’ve stepped in between them more times than I care to admit. In the middle of the first week of October when we appeared in court, everyone had just about reached their breaking point! Despite Spin petitioning the court for this appearance, I initiated the divorce, and, therefore, I stand at the plaintiff's desk while Spin is still the defendant in this case. Even with Rich being with me at the podium, Stephany clings to Jonny and refuses to let him go. So we stand before the judge with Jonny between us, momentarily confusing the judge as she steps out to approach her bench. “Ms. Williams, nice to finally meet you! Please explain to me what on Earth is going on here and why this divorce case now has a paternity request attached to it”, she states coldly. I take a deep breath and say, “yes, your honor. So a little over three years ago, when I made the
I stepped out of the tent first thing in the morning to find Loyalty still lying on Jonny’s chest in the hammock. He’s holding his phone up over her head and they’re both clearly laughing. I don’t know what to make of their odd behavior anymore, so when I walk by I push the hammock and make Loyalty squeal at the sudden movement! The next morning at breakfast, Loyalty is explaining that it’s not necessary for them to take their stuff back to Brooklyn since next weekend is the last weekend before the new contracts go into effect and they’ll be at the lake house more than in Brooklyn. Courtney and Jonny agree, so they all load their dirty laundry into the washing machine together. I’m surprised they’re all in such agreement about this, but then again, Loyalty has baskets on a rack above her washer and dryer in Brooklyn that are labeled with everyone’s names on them, so I’m sure it’s not the first time they’ve all done this. At the lake house, there is shelving on the opposite
I stretch out on the warm firm surface I’m lying on top of as the familiar smell overwhelms my senses and I rub my face into it. It starts to chuckle when I feel something vibrate from under me. Jonny slides his hand down between us to retrieve his cell phone from his pocket. “Amory, where’s your phone?” Jonny asks with his voice still raspy from sleep. I shrugged, “in my room probably. Why”? “Charlene has been tryna reach you”, he says. I sighed, “she wants approval to do a duet theme night for karaoke this week”. “Like couples karaoke?” I ask him confused, and he nods. “I guess that’s a cool idea”! “Wanna do a song with me?”, he asks with a smile on his face. It’s not like we haven’t before! “As long as it’s not Love Lies”, I said through my giggles and lay my head back down on his chest. Jonny laughs hard and says, “Okay! How about-“. “How about you surprise me, but just not Love Lies”, I tell him, making him laugh harder. “Okay! No Lo