Chapter 30
Wheeler/Linka
Wheeler stood with his arms around Linka's waist near his car door to open it for her, looking at each other eyes, her eyes still red from tears, but it was full of love and longing for him, he leaned towards her and kissed her and deepened the kiss to feel the warmth of her lips, she kissed him He back eagerly, until he felt she is collapsing in his hands but not in good way ,She looked physically tired, and her breathing suddenly quickened
"Lin, Lin, are you ok? Do you want to go to the doctor or something?" he said horrified
"Nyet, ….I just need to eat something, …anything, I'm out of energy" She said in a weak voice
He opened the car door for her and put her in the passenger seat , quickly leaned the chair back, then run to the driver seat , he stopped at the first food truck he saw , they were serving fresh smoothie
"Please, I'm in a hurry, do you have anything ready?"
"We have a smoothie with strawberry, mango and..."
"Give it to me, I'm in a hurry, please" Wheeler said, interrupting the young man in the truck, as he paid and handle the big glass quickly to Linka "Babe, babe, try to drink some of it." He was trying to straighten her head with his palm, holding the glass with his other hand
She took it tiredly, and although it was so cold, she was drinking it quickly, then she adjusted the position of the seat so that she could sit properly
Wheeler tenderly stroked her hair, "Are you feeling better now, Pip?" she nodded at him in the affirmative "I should buy you some dinner, do want me to order any specific thing?"
"Anything fast, like fast food or something."
"Junk food! You don't like junk food Lin!" Wheeler said surprised.
"Can't we make an exception this time, I need anything quick yankee"
Wheeler insisted on holding her by the waist, even though she assured him that she was fine, he only left her when he put her on the kitchen table chair, he started taking out food from the bag and placing it in front of her
"Do you want to share with my Yankee?" he smiled at him lightly
"No thanks, Babe, you have already someone to share with him." he's joking with her with a smile
"Wheeler, listen, about this, …I…I'm really not asking you to be a father to this baby, in case that's not..." Linka was talking, looking at her food and slowly eating as if she was forcing herself to eat
"Lin, don't say that, he's my baby, and I'm his father, I'm so positive about this" He takes her face in his hands and raises it tenderly so that their eyes meet
"But what if he isn't Wheeler? Is this not fair? I can't make you raise someone else's baby"
What's the problem of it, Linka, he's only a baby, if you treat him with love and care he will love you back , you know how my relationship was with my father, I wish someone else would raise me even if it wasn't my biological father, someone love me and care for me Someone holds me when I cry, come with me on the first day of school, advises me about girls' stuff, tells me that no matter what happens, he will be always proud of me, I would love this person even if he was not my biological father, I would love him because he takes care of me and loves me"
"Wheeler... this could be the child of your enemy... the baby of the person you hate the most in your life, I can't I can't ask you to do that."
"But I want to do it babe, listen, I love this baby's mom, so much, she's the most important person in my life, and now that I love her, I'll love her baby too"
"Do you still love me?" She looked at him with tears in her eyes again
"I haven't stopped loving you since the first time I saw you" He looks at her and brings his face close to hers until their lips meet.
"And I love you too Yankee" After he hugged her, Linka cried on his shoulder, "I'm sorry Wheeler, sorry I didn't believe you, sorry I wasn't as careful of Greg as you asked me, sorry I believed him when he said that he is my friend. I'm sorry that in one second I was thinking that you are a cheater"
"Don't cry, Linka, it's not your fault, he's manipulative, he even played with my thoughts before " Wheeler was talking about the night of their anniversary when he wanted to propose to her and Greg showed up there and played with Wheeler's thoughts
"When was that?"
"I'll tell you about that later. And now, Promise me you'll stop thinking who the baby's father is, promise me, because I told you, I'm going to be his father anyway."
"Well, it's hard to promise that I will not think about it, but I promise you that I won't talk about it"
"This is good so far and I will work on changing your thoughts later" as he hugged her again.
Before Linka finished eating, Wheeler was telling her how Chelsea or Victoria had been arrested, how he used to live in Kwame's apartment , argue with him all the time at home and in the squad car, how he helped him go to the main branch of the phone company ,the accident that almost happened to them
He was trying to be funny and have a sense of humor in front of her to make her laugh and forget her sorrows, he partly succeeded, he knew that he is the source of her strength, he was trying to stay strong and smiling so that she would be strong too, while in reality inside him he was heartbroken, unbelievable What happened to her in his absence, he can't imagine how Greg was with her on that fateful night
"Linka, how could you leave the apartment so messy like that, this isn't like you" as he tried to forget his sadness he asked her
"I don't know Wheeler, I don't know if I'm not cleaning it because I'm tired, or because I'm sad, or what exactly, I think I was …afraid"
"Afraid? What are you afraid of?"
Afraid of facing the memories, they were killing me in your absence, all things became like if they are transferred to a people who were asking me about you. I almost can hear them asking me, where are you? When you will come back? Everything reminded me of you. Can you believe I haven't touched our bed since you left here?" She said, tears running down her cheeks, trying to hide them from Wheeler.
He Approach her and hug her "Don't be afraid, Babe, it's going to be fine now, I'll never leave you"
After a few minutes, Linka finished her food and intend to do the dishes, but Wheeler stopped her and took her hand grabbed them with both hands.
"Hey..hay, babe, I will not let you touch anything at home. You're pregnant and you need to rest, especially now. And to mention that, have you gone to the doctor or not yet?" He picks her up and sits on the couch.
"No, I haven't visited the doctor yet" She smiles and wraps her arms around his neck.
"So what do you think if I got excused for my working tomorrow for about two hours and go with you to meet our first baby"
"Our first baby, that's a cool Yankee? How many children do you want?" she laughs
"I told you before, only two. Don't you remember?"
"I thought you might have changed your mind"
"No, not quite, but if we have two boys we might try to have a girl for once more"
"And what about if we have the third boy? "She tries to tease him
"We will try until we will have a girl "Then they were laughing happily on the sofa, they forgot about Greg, and the clock was turning back to before the Chelsea thing happened to them, enjoying each other's company, They eat popcorn, Wheeler flips TV channels non-stop, Linka rests her head on his chest, closes her eyes softly, hears his heartbeat and feels safe again. Putting his hands around her waist
About half an hour later, Wheeler noticed that Linka was sleeping on his chest. He gently turned off the TV and carried her into the bed room. When he put her on the bed, she opened her eyes and grabbed his shirt and pulled him to her. "Stay here with me, don't go anywhere"
"I'm not going anywhere Babe, I'll stay here with you, "After he lay close to her and hugged her from behind and started wiping her hair, he whispered in her ear" I ... I just wanted to tell you that I really wanted to... You know... make love to you… but I'd rather wait for tomorrow, after the doctor makes sure that everything is ok , is this Alright? , I just don't want to hurt you or the baby."
"It's more than ok Wheeler, I have longed for your care and tenderness Moya lyubovʹ." Then she pulled him to her lips, and they spent a few minutes making up for all the hot kisses they hadn't been able to share over the past few weeks.
After some time of caressing and cuddling, they fell asleep in each other hands, in their old bed. Linka is overjoyed to know that her boyfriend did not cheat on her and came back to prove it to her. Wheeler is also happy to be back with her, but what Greg did to his girlfriend breaks his heart so hard, he vows to file a case against him and throwing him behind bars of a jail . For years if not forever, all they wish now was that this little baby was the product of their love
Greg
The guard helped Greg get up and enter the villa after he separated between him and Wheeler
"What happened, son, with whom were you fighting outside?" Mr. Hanson came running after hearing the commotion outside, the servants told him that Greg was fighting with someone outside.
"Nothing, just a crazy guy." Greg lay tired, and the maid brought a bag of ice to put on his face to stop the bleeding.
"What? And why does he come to your house to beat you? Why didn't you call the police, Greg?"
"Dad, please don't get involved in this, I told you it was nothing" Greg raises his voice at his father as he holds the ice pack to his face where Wheeler hits him
"What do you mean it's nothing, your face is completely bloody, I just want to protect you son, you know that we have a lot of enemies "
"I don't need anyone's protection, I can protect myself, and moreover, others should protect themselves from me, and now leave me alone, I don't want to see anyone" Greg yells as loud as he can, walks into the library and locks the door behind him
After Greg slammed the library door hard, threw the ice-bag against the wall angrily, he hovered around the library talking to himself.
"What the hell is going on here, how can he get back to her so simply after what I did to them , what about the girl's plan that I invented? I can't believe it, how dare this idiot blonde choose him over me, does she think that she can get away from me? I won't let anyone never get her nor my son, they are mine" as He slammed his fist on the desk in anger
Then he felt the blows in his face, "I'm going to take revenge on you, Wheeler, you'll see what Greg can do and I'll find a way to break your heart into a million pieces, so get ready, spud stuffer."
Greg leaned back in the chair behind the desk and started thinking about his next plan