Amory’s period is a day late and the funny shit is she doesn’t even notice, and if she does she’s keeping it to herself. However, she does emphasize to me how tired she feels, so on Friday night when she wants to go down to the club I’m surprised. I know better than to tell her no though, but I do convince her to wear shoes with a smaller heel. Melanie sits with Stephany like she used to, while Amory and I head down to the club and right onto the dance floor. The staff move around us and clearly are working to impress her during this surprise drop-in, but she’s only here to have fun!Some of the regular patrons who have noticed our absence from the club approach us, particularly those who attend the karaoke nights. That crazed woman who used to try feeling up on me all of the time is here, but she keeps her distance. Likely since Amory clings to my chest while in my arms, or maybe because we’ve openly made out on the dance floor tonight, or it could be the picture of us kis
Never in a million years nor in my wildest dreams would I have imagined my life would end up like this… That accepting a job offer from my father’s shady-ass narc would have led to me being married to the woman of my dreams, with a daughter and son. I know Stephany isn’t mine by blood, but she’s mine in every way that counts, right down to the last name. When we returned to court in November, I petitioned the judge to let me adopt Stephany. “Your honor, I know this is sudden”, I tell the judge as I walk over to the defendant's table. Amory looks at me like I’ve lost my mind. “In lieu of Mr. Hart’s passing, I’d like to petition the court to adopt and be named the legal father of Stephany”. “What are you doing, Jonny?” Amory squeals out as the courtroom erupts into loud gasps. “Mr. Knight, you do understand that includes taking financial responsibility for the child in addition to legal responsibility right?”, the judge asks. I nod, ”yes your honor. I do and I
I'm finally returning back home to New York from the US Navy military base in Washington state. I know it’s a little premature since I’m technically on active duty for another four months, but after catching my now ex-girlfriend Tatiana in bed with my commanding officer while his wife is out on maternity leave, he really didn't have a choice but to approve my early leave! I don’t plan on re-enlisting and they don’t plan on dispatching me for another tour, so I'm heading back home. Nothing says it's over like a man putting the entire country between the two of you, right?! I turn my phone back on as soon as I exit the plane and as I’m coming through the terminal at LaGuardia Airport it’s already buzzing in my pocket. It’s a long-time friend of my father’s. I know the man used to do some crooked underground work for my father while he was a cop before he died, that is! I answered the phone, “hey Sy, what can I do for you”? “Jonny, my man”, he says. “Wondering if you’re
Simon and I have just finished signing the documents for the purchase of a vacant warehouse in Red Hook, Brooklyn. Honestly, after Maxine and Kevin started fostering me, I never thought I’d find myself living back in the city… But here I am, thanks to Spin! We stop for an early dinner, but I’m still not feeling well, considering everything going on in my life, and have found myself clinging to Simon for support more than I intended. He takes it in stride, and even introduces me to the hostess as his daughter and future business partner. The woman looks taken aback but smiles nonetheless. Afterward, we drove in his Mercedes to some house in an area of Brooklyn called Sheepshead Bay. It’s already dark but the heat is still substantial as I step out of the car and feel it rise up my legs from the ground. I walk behind Simon and we enter through a six-foot wood fence that swings shut and locks behind us. “Jonny, good to see you again”, I heard Simon say to someone wh
It’s early morning at the start of August and it’s already hot and humid outside. Bo, Max, and Rich all meet up at my mother’s house to drive over with me to this building we’ll be guarding as part of the new job we’re all taking. I use my phone to navigate there and we sit in the car’s AC while we wait for Sy and Amory to arrive. When his silver Mercedes pulls into the lot, I kill the engine and we all get out. Sy is in his familiar suit. I don’t understand how he doesn’t sweat to death. Amory looks stunning in a baby blue dress that’s similar to the white one she had on yesterday. Her hair is pulled up in a bun on top of her head. I notice she’s yet to wear makeup, yet she’s still beautiful. Her height is evident today since she doesn’t have heels on, instead, she’s wearing the cleanest pair of white sneakers I think I’ve ever seen! Simon unlocks the warehouse and we head up to the second floor. It’s just a bunch of empty rooms. We’re told the building is being gutted and where we
I wake up the next morning puking my guts up, just like every other day I wake up before ten, but I have a business matter to attend to today so I don’t really have a choice. I pick myself up from the bathroom floor, then shower and brush my teeth quickly. Today is supposed to be even hotter than yesterday, and I kind of regret having worn the white dress. The city's humidity is killing me! I pick the next lightest color, a baby blue dress much like the one I wore yesterday, but it has spaghetti straps, not a tank top. I wrap my hair up in a messy bun and head down to the lobby as soon as Simon texts that he is nearby. We drove over to the building and there was only one other car in the lot. It’s a dark blue four-door Honda Civic that I remember seeing in Jonny’s driveway last night. So it doesn’t surprise me that when the four men from last night got out of the car, Jonny was in the driver’s seat! Simon unlocks the warehouse and we head up to the second floor that w
~JONNY~ Someone is squeezing my thigh pretty close to my morning wood… “Jonny”, I hear an almost angelic voice whisper to me. As I open my eyes and focus, I lock gazes with Amory, who sits next to me on my bed, still in my tee. She has a look of surprise on her face at being awaken and having found me here. Shit, this isn’t good. My brain goes haywire! “Amory, lo siento. No fue mi intención. ¡Me quedé dormido!” (I’m sorry. I didn’t mean to, I fell asleep!) I tried explaining myself to her. “Umm, Jonny… I didn’t understand a thing you just said”, she says to me and starts to laugh. I’m so shocked by her lack of anger that I just stay silent. My bedroom door opens and in walks my mother and youngest brother Liam. “Jonny says he’s sorry and didn’t mean to fall asleep here with you, but I somehow doubt that’s true beautiful”, he says to Amory as a way of explaining my incoherent rambling in Spanish. At the same time, I feel like he’s hitting on her and I just wa
I toss and turn all night in the bed clearly too small to fit me in it, with the tee that Amory wore the night before still draped over my face. I wake up with my mother in the room staring at me in disbelief, “Jonny”?“I’m fine mamá”, (mom) I told her. She just rolls her eyes at me.“Come, Mr. Richards will be here with Amory soon”, she says to me. It’s eight in the morning, I think my mother is more excited about her coming back than even I am. I just shook my head at her.It’s almost ten when Sy and Amory do show up, but she looks ill. My mother notices too, and immediately is catering to her with her ginger and honey tea. Amory kindly accepts it, and writes all of our concerns off as it just being her nerves! They’re accompanied by a black girl today named Charlene who is supposedly Amory’s project manager or personal assistant, or something like that! Surprisingly, Emilia sits down between Amory and me before they start discussing the validation of her contract