Chapter 38: Chapter 37

Niam rocked his daughter's side to side in his arms as he sang to her. Elenore walked up to them and looked at her granddaughter, and smiled. Niam handed her over and said, “I met aunty Keisha’s son today.”

“Is he handsome?” She asked as she looked down at Nylah.

Niam nodded his head. “And fucking sexy.”

Elenore chuckled, “You’re going to make Justin jealous, and he is old for you.”

Niam chuckled, “I know, but you can’t blame me for trying. I haven’t had sex since I made her and I could really do with hooking up with someone.”

“I don’t want to hear that,” Elenore said.

Niam nodded his head and took Nylah from her. As he put her down on the bed, his phone rang and it was Justin. He groaned when he saw it but answered, “Hello, what do you want? I’m putting your daughter to sleep.”

“I’ll be there tomorrow. Do you want anything? What must I bring for her?” Justin asked.

“Must you come and go as you please? I prefer it if you weren’t in my life,” Niam said.

Elenore walked over to him and hit him over the head. “That is no way to speak to him. He is doing everything he can for Nylah,” she said.

Niam sighed, “Whatever, she needs the basics. I’ll take the money. Don’t worry about buying anything.”

Justin sighed. “Okay, I’ll see you tomorrow.”

Niam ended the call and looked at his mother. “Why are you always taking his part?”

“At least he is trying to take care of her. Your father left me, Niam,” she said.

Niam was near tears. “Ma, I can’t be nice to someone like him. I wanted things to work between him and I but he just refused.”

Elenore sat down beside him. “What did you expect, son? These things never work out. You should be happy that you have Nylah. If you lost her, you wouldn’t have had the chance to have another child. Justin gave you a gift worth appreciating, and the worst thing you could do was push him away to the point where he wouldn’t even want to see his daughter. Then there will be custody battles and fights between you. Think of Nylah and her future, its better to have both parents then living with one and see them fight when they are in the same room.”

Niam’s tears were falling. He wiped them away, saying, “It’s so hard, ma. You know I can’t lie. I thought that Justin and I could be a couple, but he still stayed with her and Nylah? She’s still his secret.”

Elenore hugged him and kissed him on the head. “It will be okay. You will find someone who loves you. You are still young, so don’t worry about it. Just focus on raising Nylah and when the time is right, you will find someone who loves you for who you are.

*

Justin walked into the house and greeted Elenore. “Where are they?” He asked.

“In his room. Niam is getting dressed, so maybe you should wait a bit,” Justin nodded his head, but didn’t wait. He walked up to the door and saw that it was open.

Niam was sitting on the windowsill in a thong laughing while he cradled Nylah, but what was he laughing at?

“Niam!” Justin called, and the smile on his face disappeared.

Niam turned to the door. “Hey.”

Justin walked up cautiously and looked out of the window, but didn’t see anyone, although the opposite window was open.

“Should you be sitting there naked?” Justin asked him.

Niam sighed and got up. “It doesn’t matter. Take her.”

Justin took his daughter and smiled. “Hey Nya, how is my baby girl doing?”

When she looked up at her father, she smiled, but then yawned.

Niam walked up to the bed and started getting dressed. He put on a dark blue jean and a pink crop top.

“Where are you going?” Justin asked him.

Niam tied his hair back, saying, “Shopping, give me your card.”

Justin placed Nylah down and took out a bank card Niam didn’t recognise. Taking it, he asked, “What’s this?”

“I opened a bank account for Nylah. You can keep this card. I’ll transfer money to the account whenever you need it,” he said.

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Niam rolled his eyes. “Why? Is your girlfriend watching your money?”

Niam guessed right. Since he was still keeping Nylah a secret, Justin had to pull all the stops.

“Do you need a ride to the mall?” He asked.

Niam grabbed his phone and sneakers. “Don’t bother, just keep her busy. She needs to sleep, her bottle is in the kitchen and the diapers are in the drawer.”

“Niam, wait,” Justin called.

Niam paused and turned to him. “What is it?”

“Why are you like this? I can see that you don’t want me here,” he asked.

Niam leaned against the wall. “Do you know how stupid you look? You’re holding your child, but no one besides your family knows about her. I feel sorry for my child. She has a father who wants her but doesn’t want her at the same time.”

“Now you know that’s not true,” Justin said.

Niam shrugged. “I could have ruined your life, you know, but I care too much.”

“I am planning to tell everyone,” he said.

Niam turned his back to him and walked out.

*

Niam stopped at the baby section in a shop and was looking through all the cute clothes. He wanted to buy so many things for her, but she was growing and it would be a waste.

“Are you going to buy it?” Anthony asked from behind him.

Niam caught a fright and glared at him. “Do you enjoy scaring me?”

Anthony chuckled with a shake of his head. “No, I’m sorry.”

Niam pursed his lips as he turned to him. Putting the babygro down, he said, “As much as I want to, I can’t. She’ll grow out of it.”

Anthony nodded his head as he looked around. He stepped up closer to him and pulled him in against his chest. Looking down at Niam, he smirked, “I missed those lips.”

A smirk formed on Niam’s lips. “So, why aren’t you kissing me?”

“I need your permission,” he said.

Niam chuckled as he ran his hand up Anthony’s chest and stood on his toes. Anthony leaned down and placed a kiss on his lips.

Niam moaned against the kiss that deepened into a passionate one. The people walking past stopped to look at them but soon passed, not caring about them.

Niam pulled his tongue out of Anthony’s mouth and held his head. This man was making his body tingle all over and his head seemed to go dizzy. 

“What is it?” Anthony asked.

Niam shook his head and turned to the trolley. “Nothing. Why are you here?”

“My mother sent me to do shopping,” he grumbled.

Chuckling, Niam asked, “Why does it seem like you are so full of shit?”

“Am I?” He cocked a brow.

Shaking his head, he answered, “I don’t know you that well. Speaking of which, shouldn’t you be working on a case or something? It seems like you are on vacation.”

“I should be, but the force forced me to take leave. After my partner died, they forced me off Romeo’s case, so I tried to investigate it by myself and got caught,” he explained.

Niam vaguely recalled what he was talking about, but was too busy dealing with his own problems to worry about Halo’s boyfriend.

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