MOTIVES CHAPTER 5

Jonathan

"Hey Michelle, this is my boyfriend that you've heard so much about, Jonathan." Renee said.

When I looked in the direction of who she was talking to, I almost pissed my pants. I couldnt say anything because shock had my body paralized.

"Uh he-hey Jonathan." Michelle stuttered.

"How are you doing?" I forced myself to ask.

"Michelle are you okay, do you need any help?" Renee asked her.

"No Im okay." She answered as she started picking up all the gifts that she had dropped.

When Renee went into the kitchen to help serve the kids, I went outside and sat in my car to sort shit out.

Michelle was an ex-girlfriend of mine. We didnt stay together long, maybe four months or so. That was damn near four years ago, wait four years. 9 months, 3 years. That little boy is my son. Hell naw that bitch aint never mention no baby to me and why didnt she. I would've taken care of my responsibilities. Damn what will Renee say when she finds out? I need to talk to Michelle before she finds out. How did I not know that I had a son?

My thoughts were interrupted by the slam of the front door. I turned around to see Michelle walking towards me.

"We need to talk." She said with an attitude. I should be the one with an attitude not her.

"Naw you need to talk. Is that little boy mine?" I yelled.

"Keep your voice down. Yes he is yours. I-"

"Why didnt you tell me you were pregnant?" I cut her ass off because I didnt want to hear any of her bullshit lies.

"I didnt think that you were ready for that kind of responsibility."

"That wasnt for you to decide. You could have at least told so I could make the decision myself."

"Well whats done is done. What do we do now?"

"WE dont do shit! YOU decided to keep the secret, so YOU figure it out."

"Well why dont I go ask your girlfriend Renee what I should do."

She thought that threatening me was going to make me do things her way, but I was stubborn so she needed to come with a better aproach. "Go ahead. Matter of fact I'll go ask her myself."

I attempted to walk in the house, but Michelle grabbed my arm.

"Wait dont do that. Damn Jonathan dont make shit any worse than what it already is. I understand that you are upset, but we cant go back and change things, so we have to deal with it the way it is."

She had a point, so I decided to stop being difficult. "Whats his name?" I asked.

"Jonathan Maurice Johnson."

"So you gave him my first name and your last."

She didnt respond, she just stared at me.

"Michelle its time to open the gifts." Some female had stepped outside to yell at Michelle and then went back inside.

"I have to go Jonathan, but I will call you later on you and Renee's house phone, so we can talk later. Just make sure that when we talk she is nowhere around."

"Yeah whatever. Tell Renee that I had to leave."

I didnt wait for her to respond, I just got in my car and drove off. I didnt know where I was going, but I needed to get away to think for awhile.

Renee

Something was going on between Michelle and Jonathan, and I wanted to know what it was. I saw the way they looked at each other when I introduced them. They looked suprised to see each other. I also noticed how Jonathan disapeared outside and Michelle soon followed him. They were out there for awhile before Michelle came back in telling me some shit about Jonathan told her to tell me that he had to leave. She couldnt even look me in the face when she said it, so I knew something was up. I was going to find out regardless of what I had to do, but the last time I went digging for information, I almost got killed. Did I want to go through that again? Was it really worth it?

Crystal

Operation Revenge had to be put on the back burner. I needed to focus on my relationship with my boyfriend Keith because I had a feeling that he was losing interest with me and seeking it with other females. My cousin told me that she saw him in the club with some older chick. It was time to get my priorities straight and spend some time with my man.

I called him but for some reason I didnt want him to know it was me calling, so I used this spoof number that my cousin had put me up on. I dont know what I was hoping to gain from doing that, but my instincts was telling me to do it.

The phone rang twice before a female answered the phone.

"Hello." She said cheerfully.

Oh so she was one of those perky bitches I thought. "Who is this? I asked with much attitude.

"Who is this?"

I calmed myself down before I snapped on her ass. "Is this Jonathan's phone?"

"Yes it is. This is his wife speaking."

I hung up the phone as soon as she said that. Wife? I have been dating Keith for 4 months and that motherfucker aint mention no wife. Here I am thinking of ways to make shit right with him and he got a wife at home. Well Keith has just been added to my shit list right along with Renee and thats one list you didnt want to be on. I was going to fuck up him and his wife.