Sexin' My Man's Best Friend(13)

Once Travis got on the phone, my heart began to slowly beat back to its normal rhythm.

"Yo, what's up, Sundy? Something going on?" He asked, trying to sound more like a concerned friend than my ex-lover.

I dismissed his foolish ass and got right to it. "Travis, something has  come up. We need to meet up later. Maybe at Long Horn. I have something  important to discuss with you." I told him.

There was a bit of a pause and I could hear Valerie laughing and  giggling in the background. I could also hear Travis whisper something  but I couldn't make out what he said. It took me calling his name three  times for him to focus his attention on what I just said. I could feel  myself growing agitated at the nerve this Negro had. He was really  acting like he was so in love with this girl.                       
       
           



       

"Something important? Like what?" he finally asked.

"I don't want to discuss it over the phone, Travis. Just know it cannot wait and I need you to meet me tonight at 7 p.m. Ok?"

"Yeah, aight, Cool." He hung up without even saying goodbye.

I could tell he was feeling himself a little too much. If this had been  months ago, I would've threw a fit about him hanging up on me without a  goodbye but since I knew I didn't wanna be with him and that my marriage  to Taylor was everything, I didn't care about it . I just needed to get  this off my chest to him, first.



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I walked into the semi dark restaurant. I wasn't exactly dressed the way  I would've been had this been under different circumstances. Now, I was  in no mood to look too good. I was casually dressed in a simple pair of  pink sweatpants with a pink shirt and some white thong sandals. I  brushed my hair in a neat ponytail and brushed my baby hairs so that  they lay down perfectly against my face.

This was the first time in years I've felt so underdressed. Usually, I  wouldn't be caught dead in sweat pants. Taylor made sure he acknowledged  my appearance before I left the house. I told him I was going over to  Cynthia's for a little bit. When I left, Taylor and Tayla were playing  around with a puzzle. Since Taylor found out I was pregnant, he was true  to his word that he gave me on the vacation cruise. He took off from  work more often and had been around the house a lot more.

When I entered the restaurant, I headed in the direction Travis told me  he had gotten a table at. It was considered to be in the back of the  building against a brick wall. It was still kinda dark, but I could see  well. As I was approaching the table, Travis was looking at my belly  intensely. It had grown a little bit more since the doctor visit. Anyone  could tell that I was pregnant. My belly button was even poking out  with my belly. He did not take his eyes off my stomach even when I took  my seat.

"Helloooo? Earth to Travis," I sung, waving my hands in his face.

He finally blinked and looked at me in my eyes.

"What's up? What's going on? Whose baby are you carrying?" he questioned, staring me down.

I chuckled. "Sheesh. Give me time to answer one question first," I joked.

Travis didn't find it funny.

Before I could respond, our waiter approached our table and took our  drink orders. I ordered ice lemonade and Travis ordered water. He was  such a square sometimes.

"I'm not joking, Sundy," he blurted out after the waiter took off to  fetch the drinks. "Is that why you called me here? Is it my baby?" he  asked, serious as ever.

I huffed, taking my time with my response. I could just lie and say no,  it not yours. I could just go through this entire pregnancy and not say  anything. Just leave Taylor to believe it's his baby but, I wasn't that  kind of woman. My child deserved to know their true father, and that was  Travis.

I curled up my lips and stared him back in the eyes.

"Yes. Travis. It's your baby." I said in my coolest tone. There was no turning back now.

"How do you know?"

I blinked. "Because I'm three months pregnant and about to be four. You  and I both know me and Taylor were not sleeping with each other at that  particular time. We just recently began being intimate."

"How do I really know that?" he snapped. "How I know you're just not  trying to put this baby on me to break up me and Valerie?" he barked,  sounding ridiculous.

I couldn't believe my ears. The nerve of this Negro. He really thought  that I was that jealous, that I would go beyond means to pin a child on  him to ruin his engagement. Brotha had officially gone crazy. Before I  flipped out, I took a deep breath.

"No. Travis. I don't want to break up you and Valerie's relationship. I  don't care about that anymore because I realized that I love my husband  and you're not worth losing him over. I'm telling you this because it's  the truth. I'm carrying your baby and end of story."

Travis blew out a breath and leaned back against the soft pillow like  cushion on the back of the booth. He crossed his arms over his chest and  just stared at me as if he were trying to read me. The waiter came back  and took our orders. Travis was still leaning backwards.

"So, did you tell Taylor yet? Does he know you're pregnant?" Travis asked finally.

"Yes, he knows I'm pregnant. He went to the doctor with me. He wasn't  able to go into the sonogram room with me though because he had an  important call, so he wasn't able to hear how far along I was. I told  him I was a little over a month."

Travis slightly chuckled and shook his head. "A little over a month, you  wouldn't be showing like that. Fuck is wrong with Taylor?! He should  know that." Travis spat, noticeably irritated.                       
       
           



       

He finally lifted himself up and rested his elbows on the table while  rubbing his eyes. I could hear him mumbling stuff but I couldn't make  out what he was saying. He appeared to be in deep thought. I didn't want  to interrupt him, but I knew I had more to tell him.

"I actually asked you to come here because I not only wanted to tell you  that, but I wanted to ask you to not claim the baby. It would be better  if Taylor stay thinking the baby is his. I don't want any drama and if  Taylor finds out drama is what this entire things going to be. And not  to mention how Valerie'd gonna feel. She-"

Before I could finish, Travis slammed his hand down on the table hard as  ever. A few people turned their head to see what was going on. I sat  frozen and wasn't sure what to think;. Travis was clearly angry.

"Fuck how Valerie feels! You think I'ma give a fuck about how she feel?!  And what the hell you mean not claim my baby? You out of your fucking  mind!" Travis screamed at me.

It was the first time Travis had ever raised his voice to me and quite frankly, I hope it was the last.

I was scared shitless.

By this time, the entire restaurant was focused on our table. I had to  tell Travis to keep it down before he got us kicked out. He just laughed  and shook his head. I had never seen Travis in such a state and I  prayed that after today, I would never see it again.

"Travis, please calm down," I said, after things went back to normal and  everyone was focused back on their food. "Just think about it. Do you  want to lose Valerie and you and Taylor's friendship? It's for the best …   Just let it go …  Please..." I pleaded.

Travis was shaking his head back and forth as if he wasn't even going to consider what I'd just said.

"You're seriously out of your damn mind, Sundy. If you think I'm going  to not be in my child's life because of Valerie and Taylor, then you  seriously don't have em' all Ma. When it comes to my child, fuck Valerie  and fuck Taylor! I'm going to be in my baby's life and you or nobody  else better try not to stop me! So I suggest you get to telling Taylor  about this baby not being his. And you better do it fast or else I'm  going to be forced to do it."

"Taylor you have no right to do that without my permission. You just can't-"

Before I could finish what I was going to say, Travis got up from his  seat and bent down over the table so that we were literally face to  face.

"You better tell him soon."

And with that, he exited the restaurant and left me to sit there thinking.





ELEVEN


After that episode with Travis the other day, mannnnn my mind was all  over the place. He seriously blew up on me in a way that I didn't know  he was capable of. Like I said before, Travis had never raised his voice  at me. He had me scared beyond belief. What was I thinking? Of course  he wouldn't consider such a thing. Travis always told me that if he had a  child by a woman who wasn't his wife, that he would still take care of  his baby.

Travis wasn't that dead beat type of man, so I couldn't believe I  actually thought he was going to accept my foolishness. Despite him not  accepting backing down from claiming the baby, I still wasn't sure if or  when I was going to break the news to Taylor. I figured I could lead  them both on this entire journey. Maybe I could tell Travis that I told  Taylor and that he was upset at first but eventually decided to just  deal with it. I quickly knocked that thought out of my head. Travis  would never believe such a thing. The two knew each other long before  Taylor even knew I exist.