Chapter 22

The Joker was avoiding me. I halfway expected for someone to break into my floor and "accidentally" shoot me in the stomach. I honestly had no idea how someone like J would handle something like this. I for one was excited. I could already envision teaching my little guy how to shoot, how to torture people, how to hustle the streets. He was going to be a little mini me. He was going to be the most feared thug of Gotham. He would take it over someday. I smiled at the thought. My Dad would have been so proud.

I was going over floor plans of the new Gotham Police Headquarters that was being built. How I got these floor plans is another story. I may have been almost four months pregnant but I still did what I did. I heard a knock at my office door and Crimson walked in.

"How is it going?" She asked.

"Fine. Hopefully if we blow up enough of these places, they will just stop building PD's in Gotham." I said smiling. She smiled back.

"I meant how are you doing." She said back. My smile faded.

"I'm fine. It's been a couple weeks and I still haven't seen him." I said.

"Well, I figured I would let you know that um, he gave me specific orders to keep you inside." She said. I jumped out of my seat.

"What?!" I said angrily. I shoved past her and to my elevator. One of J's henchmen was guarding the elevator door.

"I'm sorry boss lady. Boss doesn't want you leavin' the building." He said shakingly. I scoffed and shoved past him. Crimson followed.

"He upstairs?" I asked. She nodded. I hit the penthouse button and tried to keep my temper down. The doors opened and I shoved my way past the henchmen at the front. I burst into J's office as he was sitting in his fancy office chair and Frost beside him.

"You've put me on lockdown?!" I yelled. He sighed and fought back a grin. He motioned for Frost and Crimson to beat it. They shut the door and J got up.

"You've got my kid in you. He's gonna carry on the family name obviously. So I gotta be sure he is protected. In order to do that, I gotta protect you." He said.

"Oh so it's not at all about protecting me?" I asked. He walked to me and put his cold hands on either side of my stomach which now had a tiny bump.

"Well he will need his mother." He said grinning.

"You can't keep me locked up in here for five months J." I said. He laughed.

"Watch me my Queen." He said as he planted a hard kiss on my lips. I pulled away.

"What about my doctor's appointments?" I asked.

"I took care of it. Dr. Lanes has agreed to do house calls. Mainly because I threatened to murder his wife and kids if he didn't comply." He said as he wrapped his arms around me.

"How did Quinn lose your twins?" I blurted out. He pulled away slightly. I was scared that would set him off but instead he kept eye contact.

"Me." He said bluntly. "I killed them." He said with a rare frown that I never saw on his face. I nodded. I knew that was probably it.

"J, I piss you off a lot. What makes you think this will be any different?" I asked.

"Well behave yourself and we're safe." he chuckled out. I eyed him.

"Fine. This is my second shot at this. So I will do it correctly." He said.

"So will you be here for my appointments? And when this little guy comes?" I asked. I released me.

"No. I don't do that." He said back as he sat back in his chair. I rolled my eyes. I figured this much. I decided to turn on the charm. I really wanted to continue my part of our business. Just because I was pregnant didn't mean I was not capable. I snaked my way to his desk and sat on top of it, right in front of his MAC computer.

"Come on baby. I have a meeting with Ivy tonight. She is trying to lower our cut. I have to go." I said as I stroked his upper arms. He rolled his eyes and growled.

"No. I will take care of it." He growled. I knew it was probably not a good idea for J to see Ivy. They didn't really get along. I didn't know the whole story, but I guess there was a bit of a battle for Harley Quinn between J and Ivy at one point.

"It's my deal baby. I will be fine. I'll have Crimson and a few of the guys. Nothing will happen to us." I said as I kissed his neck. He growled again in frustration and pulled away so he was looking at me. He grabbed my chin roughly and made me look at him.

"If anything goes wrong, I will have that flower bitches head on a platter. Punishment will also be in order for you." He said sternly. I nodded. Even though I knew J was going to try not to physically hurt me for the next five months, he could do others things.

"Now get outta here. I've got work to do." He said. I obeyed and left the office. This whole taking orders from him nonsense was getting tiring. I couldn't wait til this lil guy was out of me so I could beat the shit out of J when he deserved it.

I went out to the Penthouse living area and saw Frost leaning his arm against the wall that Crimson was up against. His flirting face disappeared when he saw me and he backed up.

"Don't let me interrupt." I said smiling.

"No you're not Ms. Cee. I will see you two ladies later." Frost said as he walked back into J's office.

"You and I are going to Ivy's tonight for that meeting. Get a few of J's guys ready." I said as we headed towards the elevator.

"How did you manage to pull that off?" She asked.

"I have my ways with him." I said winking at Crimson. We walked into my office and I gave Crimson the run down. "Ivy is wanting a bigger cut. These elixir's we have been buying from her have been a huge seller at the club and have been increasing revenue. So we really don't want to do a pay increase for Ivy. But she is a stubborn one so it may get a little ugly. Tomorrow I want to start going over the plans for the new Gotham PD. With their new headquarters opening up, they have made our lives more difficult so we have to eliminate that. We may have to blow up five precincts but so be it." I said. Crimson nodded. "Go ahead and let our team know what's going on. Have Frost get the okay from J. He probably won't want me anywhere near the PD mission but I really don't care. I will be there." I said. Crimson nodded again and exited the room.

I looked down at my semi-pregnant belly and smiled. I knew that my life would never be normal. We wouldn't be normal parents. But I was going to love this kid and kill anyone who ever messed with him.