“Thanks, honey, she’s perfect. I feel so blessed.”
Damien cleared his throat. “We feel so blessed.”
Everyone had left with the exception of Justice. “Sydney, I’m going to need you to file a report when you’re done. We’ll be pressing charges for attempted kidnapping, but you’ll need to work with Detroit on the rape charges. I actually have a buddy there and gave him a call. He’s been dealing with Wes’ shit for a while and wants to see him go down.”
“Do you think you can make that happen?”
“Hell, yeah!”
“Well, I’m going to get out of your hair. My niece is beautiful.” He came over and gave me a hug and a kiss on the forehead, and then patted his brother on the back in a guy hug.
Damien came over to me and placed Lucy in my arms. She was fussy and needed to eat again.
“Honey, this has been one crazy day. I can’t believe it went from darkness to bright glistening sunshine in only a matter of minutes. I feel so relieved to know Wes is going to be behind bars. It will be so nice to not have to look over my shoulder anymore.”
“Yeah, that fucker deserves to pay.”
“Damien, I’m so happy.” And truly I was the happiest I’d ever been in my entire life. I just wish that maybe my mother had been here to share in this blessed event with us.
“I’m extremely happy. You’re so amazing, baby.” He leaned down and placed a kiss on my lips. And then kissed Lucy’s forehead.
“Not as amazing as you are.”
“I love you so much.” My heart was overly swollen with the love I felt for this man and our baby. I couldn’t be happier.
“I love you, too.”
He leaned over and placed another warm kiss on my lips and I shivered. I might have had a rough year, and I was certainly damaged, but I wasn’t broken. Damien had shown me a love like no other. It was perfect, it was sweet, and it was the right kind of love.
Sydney
“Baby, hurry up, we’re going to be late,” Damien called for me from downstairs.
We were going out for the first time since we’d had the baby. Drea had volunteered to babysit since Damien’s parents already had plans. I was a bit apprehensive about leaving her, but Drea assured me she was in good hands. She actually had three kids of her own that were teenagers. So she had the free time to watch our little Angel.
And she was an angel. She was the best baby ever. She rarely woke up in the middle of the night and only fussed when she wanted to eat or have her diaper changed. She was a happy baby and I felt truly blessed.
Dale, my step-father, and I weren’t speaking. He couldn’t believe that I’d accused his son of such a heinous crime. And I wasn’t going to back down. He didn’t know the baby was Wes’ and truthfully, Bee, Damien, and I were going to take that to our grave. I didn’t want anyone to know about him being the father. The baby’s last name was Blue, Damien was raising her as his own, and that was the way it was going to stay.
I won’t lie. Dale had hurt me. We got along well enough. I just figured he would believe me. I mean, why would I lie over something so violent that could damage a person. He took his son’s side, and I believed they would both live in denial.
We were supposed to go to court in a few months. I had the records from the hospital and Bee’s testimony, but that was about it. I prayed that I would win the case. I wanted to see that sorry excuse for a human behind bars.
We also had a case here in Vegas for the assault and attempted kidnapping. He pleaded that he was just visiting a friend, and I wanted to go with him. Then he said Damien got jealous and stepped in and they fought. Thank God he wasn’t trying to press charges against Damien. Fortunately, a nosey neighbor had seen a lot of what happened and testified on our behalf.
So, needless to say, I had a lot of court appearances to make in the future, but I wouldn’t stand down. I would fight until the end. I had tried ignoring everything, but not anymore. He deserved to pay for his actions.
The loss of my only family left wasn’t going to tear me down. I’d overcome so much, and I would overcome them without a problem. I had a real family now, the Blues, and they were amazing. They accepted me with loving, open arms.
I looked in my closet searching for my zebra print pumps. I had decided to pair them with a pair of black slacks and a long sleeve black asymmetrical cascading blouse. It was super sassy. I had just gone shopping with Lucy and Bee. I was going to set off my look with a lot of silver jewelry. I loved my silver.
Finishing getting my clothes on, I grabbed my red clutch and headed for the door. When I got downstairs, Drea was already there, and she, Bee, and Damien were all talking. Damien had Lucy in his arms.