Josh's eyes quickly adjusted to the darkness of his and Maya's bedroom as he looked down at the sleeping blonde who held one of his arms wrapped tight around her. Josh carefully pulled his arm out of her grasp, careful not to wake her. As he quietly got out of the bed, the mattress creaked, causing Josh to stop in his tracks. He looked over at Maya and watched her stir only a tiny bit before drifting back to sleep. Josh breathed out in relief and slyly slipped out of their bedroom.
Josh walked out into their kitchen and grabbed his phone, which sat on the counter, and left the apartment in a unexplained hurry. As Josh hit the streets of New York he pulled out his phone and dialed a number. As he waited for the caller to pick up the phone Josh quickly reevaluated the situation in his head. Before he could even think about backing out, the caller answered the phone. "Hey DJ," Josh answered quietly. "The same place right?"
DJ's gruff voice entered Josh's ear as he answered him. "Yea. You have your cut?"
"Always," Josh replied. "I'll see you in ten."
Josh made it to his destination in the time that he said he would, to see the same guy he was talking to standing there expectantly. Josh walked up to DJ and greeted him as per usual, with the typical male handshake. They pulled away and nodded at each other. Josh pulled out his stack and placed onto the table. "That's what's left of it. I took what I needed. Here's everything else."
DJ frowned and stared at the stack. "That's not how this works Matthews. You sell and you bring back every penny you make." DJ stepped towards Josh and spat in his face. "Or you'll get more than that the next time you do this." Josh closed his eyes and kept his cool. "You know how it works. You sell, you bring the money, and then I give you your cut."
DJ stepped back and picked up the stack of money on the table. "I'll let this slide Matthews, but next time I won't be so forgiving."
As Josh opened up his bedroom door he was expecting darkness, you know? A pitch black room with his girlfriend in bed, but instead the lamp was on, and Maya was standing there with Aiden in her arms, absolutely livid. Josh sighed and raked his fingers through his hair. "Maya," he began.
"Don't."
Maya brushed past him, her harsh tone hitting Josh hard. She angrily walked into in Aiden's room and bounced him around in an effort to get him back to sleep. "Sh," she whispered. "Go back to sleep."
As Aiden began to drift off, Maya laid him down softly inside his crib. She walked out of his room quietly, careful not to wake him. She closed his door softly and walked back into her and Josh's room. She walked over to the bed and stood beside it angrily. "Where were you?" Josh opened his mouth to speak but Maya cut him off. "Oh wait I know where you were," she said sarcastically. "Not here."
"Maya I'm sorry," Josh apologized. "Its just that work called and they had an extra shift, and they knew I was looking for some more. So I went."
Maya crossed her arms and looked into Josh's eyes. "Don't lie to me," she stated.
"Maya I'm not," Josh pleaded.
"Yes you are." Maya stared at Josh. "I called work Josh. You were never there. So where were you?" Josh sighed and looked at the ground. "You know what?" Maya began. "Whatever. I need to sleep anyways. Since it looks like I'm the only parent Aiden has right now."
Josh frowned. Maya's words hit him deep. "That's not fair Maya," he added. "I provide for him. I earn the money that keeps a roof over his head and clothes on his back! So do not tell me that you're the only parent he has right now." Maya just stared at Josh as he continued. "I love my son Maya. I would do anything for him. So if I say I'm working for our son. Trust that I'm working for our son."
Maya's eyes softened. "Fine," she relented. "I'm sorry for saying that. I guess I'll believe you now when you say you're working."
Maya walked up to Josh and hugged him, pushing her face into his chest. "I love you," Maya whispered.
Josh wrapped his arms around Maya and frowned as the guilt from his lie washed over him. "I love you too."
Maya typed away at her computer as she took the time that Aiden was asleep to do some work. In the midst of her work there was this constant buzzing from the floor above theirs that was driving Maya crazy. As if on cue, as the buzzing became louder, Aiden woke up crying. Sighing, Maya put down her laptop and attended to her crying son. "I know," she cooed as she entered his room. "They interrupted your nap. They just aren't nice now are they?"
Aiden's crying did not cease. Instead, it intensified. Maya just did her best to soothe Aiden. Except nothing is working. Maya walked around, bounced him up and down, rocked him back and forth, and even sang for him. It was just that nothing was working. As soon as he began to drift off once more, a loud knocking came to the door, awaking him again.
Aiden's crying was loud, and quite obnoxious. Maya just hurried to the door with Aiden in her arms and opened the door, and to her surprise, there were police officers.
"Hello ma'am," one greeted. "We're here to search through your apartment. We have a reason to believe that large amounts of illegal substances are hidden here."
Maya was simply in shock, and she sure as hell wasn't sure what to do.