Chapter twelve Moving out

It was eight am later that morning when My mom entered the nursery and put her hand around my shoulder. "Did you get any sleep?" she asks softly. I shake my head as tears welled up in my eyes again. "I'm sorry son, your father and I helped you to buy that house and allowed you to move out of our house and go live with her because we saw how happy she made you."

"Well it's not like I gave you a choice in the matter, I was determined to move in with her with or without your help; you helping me was your way of making sure I did things properly," I said softly as I placed my gloved hand through the hole in the side of the incubator and played with the baby's little fingers.

"I was happy mom, very happy, all I wanted was to marry Kayla and start a family with her, but what I wanted clearly wasn't what she wanted. Look at this precious little beauty mom, she has only been on this earth for two weeks and already she has been through so much." I said smiling at the baby. "She's so tiny and adorable. The doctor said that she'll be okay though, which is good news."

"That's great, I'm glad, I stopped to check on her mother and your dad before coming in here, she's still sleeping but your dad said that she should be okay, but with the extent of her injuries he said that she is going to be in a lot of pain when she wakes up." Mom said.

"Poor girl, I can't imagine what she went through, the pain she must have been in, that's what she meant when she said that she had accepted her fate, she knew she was bleeding and that she wouldn't survive much longer," I said more to myself than to my mom.

"Didn't she ask you for help?" "No, she didn't, she help me but didn't ask for help for herself or her child." "I wonder why she didn't? We'll ask her when she wakes up, anyway I brought some breakfast for you." Mom said rubbing my back.

"My stomach is in knots mom, I don't even know if I can eat anything but I'll try." I smiles weakly as I got up and followed my mom out of the room. "I didn't get much sleep either." Mom said. "I'm so angry at Kayla and at the man that rape and beat that poor girl, she had just given birth for god's sake and she is still menstruating, and that sweet innocent baby would have probably died of pneumonia." Mom said angrily.

"No one deserves what happened to her," I said folding my fists in anger. "Oh wait, I found some papers in her bag, the baby's name is Faith Zahara Dawkins and her mother's name is Janice Amelia Dawkins." His mother said looking at the papers. "Wait, the child has her last name?" I ask. "Looks like it, maybe she's running from her abusive husband." Mom said.

"According to this, she's only twenty-three." Mom said looking at the paper. "I wonder if there's anyone looking for her? Apart from the person who did this to her." I said washing my hands and taking a seat in the canteen. "As soon as she wakes up we'll get the answers we need, but until then she and her daughter are in our care." Mom said firmly. "I had a feeling you were going to say that." I laugh.

My phone beeps and I look at the screen and saw that I had miss thirty calls and messages from Kayla, I snort and push the phone away from me and look up to see my dad, two brothers, and my sister walking towards us. "My heart is grieving for that poor girl." Dad sighs heavily.

"What kind of monster would do something like that to a defenseless young lady? Fabian asks angrily. "And despite her condition, I have to say she's a beauty."

"Seriously Caleb?" I frown at him. "Hey, just saying." Caleb laugh. "And speaking of monsters, your brothers will be going over to your uncle Tony's warehouse where they are going to get as many boxes as they can and one of his big moving trucks, and then they'll be going over to your house," Dad said sternly.

"I can't believe I'm moving out of my house." I moaned running my hands over my face. "But wait, maybe I shouldn't, what if I leave again and something happens to this child as well?" I said in a panic. "This time we're all here and we'll ensure that nothing happens to that child," Dad said.

"Your father is right but for the sake of your heath I don't think you should be anywhere near that awful woman." Mom said. "Yeah you're right, I don't think I'll ever look at her the same again, I mean three years? How could I have been cheated on for three years and not know about it?" I ask myself in disbelief.

"Yeah, women are cunning like that." Caleb snorts. "Hey, some women.' Anna snaps. "Most women." Caleb snaps back. "Look who's talking? Mr. Playboy of the year." Fabian snorts.

"Well if they are not loyal why should I be? And besides, when did this become about me, so little bro; permission to clear your things out?" Caleb ask. "Well if you two are done bickering then yeah, go ahead."

"Don't worry little bro there won't be a trace of you left in that house when we're finished," Caleb reassured me. "That reminds me of the saying when you think it's peace and safety there's always sudden destruction because if anyone had told me this time yesterday that I would be moving out of my house this morning, I would have laughed at them." I put my head down on the table and groaned as my body trembled with disbelief and shock.

"It's amazing how quickly things can change," Anna states putting her hands around my shoulders. "Why would she do this to me? Why?" I sob.

"I'm so sorry little brother; you of all people really didn't deserve this, not again." Caleb comforts me as tears ran down my face. I wish I could turn my heart to ice so that another tear wouldn't leave my eyes, it's like a freaking damn up there; I took a shuddering breath and wipe my eyes, sighing in frustration.

"I love her so much, she's like a part of me, how am I suppose to live without her?"I ask myself in a defeated tone. "Are you saying you don't want to move out?" Fabian asks.

"Of course I don't want to but I have to because there is no way I can still live there after what she did. I can't even face her much less live in the same house with her." Getting up I left the canteen and went back to the nursery and after checking on the cute little baby I head to the room that her mother was in.

Sighing heavily I pulled a chair next to her bed and sat down. Caleb is a womanizing whore but I had to give him credit because he was right about her being a cutie, not that I would ever tell him that.

She had a small round chubby face, thick natural hair, and yeah she was short, I mean like 4ft- 9inc or somewhere around that height; her head would probably reach me at my chest.

"Hi Janice, my father said that you were hurt very badly but I'm going to need you to wake up so that you can tell us who did this to you and why," I said rubbing her hand gently.

"There is so much we don't know; I'm sorry about what happened to you but I'm also grateful to you for helping me last night. Please wake up, your daughter needs you girl, open your eyes." I plead still rubbing her hand.

Dad walked into the room and rests his hand on my shoulder. "I know you're hurting son but I'm going to need you to take an HIV test right now so come with me, I also gave this young lady one, I'll get her result back in about two hours," Dad said leaving the room with me walking slowly behind him.

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