Roman-
Its been two weeks. I haven't heard a word from her or my family. I sent roses to Delilah every day. Dean and Seth walked into my office.
"Yes?", I asked.
"You're doing it again, you've reverted back to your old self", Dean said shrugging.
I raised a brow.
"Guys, I'm fine", I said.
"No, you aren't", Seth said.
I sighed, gesturing for them to sit. I knew that if I didn't talk to them, they wouldn't drop it. They sat.
"Have you tried calling her? Going to see her?", Dean asked.
"I'm giving her space. Tyler had promised me he was keeping her away from our room. Only stripping", I said.
"Maybe she doesn't want space", Seth said.
"I've sent her roses every day for the past two weeks. I send a note telling her I love her and that I'm here, waiting for her", I said.
They nodded.
"I just have to wait", I said.
"What about your family?", Seth asked.
I shrugged.
"What family?", I asked.
"Your mom thinks you're mad at her. She asked me to check in on you and just to make sure your alive", Dean said.
"I'm not mad at her, I just want her to accept Lila or at least get to know her before judging her", I said.
They nodded.
Delilah-
Getting home, a man was standing at my door holding pink roses.
"Delilah Hernandez?", he asked.
I nodded.
"For you miss", he said, handing them to me.
He left, Roman was still sending roses. I smiled at how beautiful they were before walking in.
"More roses, wow", Eva said.
The apartment was covered in roses of different colors.
"Lila just forgive him already", Bayley said.
"No, then he'll stop sending roses", Eva said.
I laughed. Someone knocked. I left the girls smelling roses as I answered. Shocked to see Roman's mom standing there with Brie.
"Um, hello", I said.
She smiled.
"Delilah?", she asked.
I nodded and looked at Brie before looking back at her.
"My name is Patricia Reigns, I'm Roman's mother", she said.
She held her hand out to me and I took it, shaking it.
"Please, come in", I said.
She nodded. Bayley and Eva were fighting about which roses were prettier. I cleared my throat to get their attention. Turning to look at me, they stood.
"Mrs. Reigns, these are my best friends and roommates, Eva Marie and Bayley", I said.
She smiled and shook their hands.
"Mrs. Reigns? As in, Roman's mom?", Bayley asked.
She nodded and sat.
"Would you like something to drink?", Eva asked.
"Water please", she said.
Eva nodded. I sat across from Brie and Roman's mom.
"Don't be mad at Brie, I wanted to come and finally meet you without my son knowing.", she said.
Eva came back and handed her a water bottle. She thanked her.
"Not mad, more surprised than anything", I said, tucking my hair behind my ear.
She looked around, noticing the roses and she smiled.
"My son?", she asked.
I nodded, smiling.
"He's very persistent", I said.
She nodded.
"Especially with people he loves", she said, looking at me.
I looked down before meeting her eyes again.
"If you came here to ask me to leave him alone, you don't have to worry, I ended things with him. Hence the roses he keeps sending", I said.
"I wouldn't know that, he kicked us out of his life till we can accept you", she said.
"No, no he wasn't suppose to do that. I told him this was over because I didn't want him to lose his family", I said.
"Why would you do that for us? After everything we did to make sure he didn't end up with you?", she asked.
I shrugged.
"Lila", Bayley said, she nodded towards his mom.
I sighed, she wanted me to open up.
"After I got pregnant with my daughter, my dad kicked me out. He disowned me, he told my mom and sister that if he saw them talking to me, he would disown them too.", I shrugged.
"They just left you to fend for yourself, pregnant?", she asked.
I nodded.
"I did fine though. I stayed at a shelter for women, found a job", I shrugged.
"What was your first job?", she asked.
"I worked at the strip club I work at now, but I didn't strip till I was nineteen. I met Eva there, we went out to eat one day and met Bayley. She was looking for help and we both applied. The rest was history", I said.
"My husband called you a", she stopped.
I nodded.
"I am or was, after Roman, I stopped", I said.
She nodded.
"That doesn't make her a bad person", Bayley said, getting defensive.
His mom looked at me.
"No, it doesn't. My husband just", she stopped.
"He doesn't want people talking badly about your family because of me. I get it", I said.
She nodded and looked down.
"Where did you get that?", she asked, pointing at my hand.
I looked down and realized I still had the ring Roman gave me. I moved it around.
"Roman gave it to me, he proposed a couple of weeks ago. You should have this back", I said, taking it off and handing it to her.
She looked at it and shook her head.
"I gave it to my son so he could give it to the woman he loves. He gave it to you, it's yours", she said, setting it on the coffee table.
I shook my head no.
"We broke up, it would be wrong of me to keep it", I said.
"Like you said, my son is persistent. He's not going to give you up, trust me, keep this", she said.
The front door opened and Everly ran in. She stopped when she noticed Brie and Roman's mom. She hugged Brie.
"Did you have fun with your dad?", I asked.
She nodded and sat beside me, hugging my arm. She looked at Roman's mom and she smiled at Everly.
"Hi", she said sweetly.
"Hello again", his mom said.
"Mommy is Roman here too?", Everly asked whispering.
"No baby", I said.
Antonio walked in and set Everly's bags down. He hugged Roman's mom and Brie.
"Excuse me a second", I said, walking Antonio out.
I closed the front door behind me.
"What's she doing here?", he asked.
"Came to talk, wants to get to know me", I said.
He smiled.
"Good, she's the matriarch. She tells them she talked to you and liked you, the rest will follow", he said.
I nodded.
"It might be too late for that", I said.
He shook his head.
"Oh by the way", he said, pulling out a piece of paper.
I took it and unfolded it.
"You paid for Everly's school? Why? How did you know?", I asked.
"Roman told me. Actually we split it, he paid half and I paid the other. We made a deal to help pay for her school.", he said.
"Why would you do this?", I asked.
"She's my daughter Delilah, I'm stepping up. He's going to be her step dad, he's doing the same", he said.
"He's not going to be her step dad", I said.
"Sure he's not", he said, winking at me before he left.
I walked back in.