Chapter Twenty Nine
The farmers market was blossoming as I went through with my basket grabbing multiple things. Smiling i grab two fresh pineapples and get them cut. Since being on this tropical island, I have fallen in love with pineapple and eat it all the time. It's so sweet and tasty. The little girl inside of me loves it too. I smile as she dances in my belly while I wait for it. Grabbing it from the guy I pay and turn to look at the jewelry displays set up.
Hearing my phone ring I groan slightly as I fish it out of my purse, lighting it up I see Jason's name.
"Hey Jason." I smile answering,
"Hey." He huffs. "How's life?"
"Great? Why do you seem irritated?" I sense his tone. Walking out of the market I carry my basket.
"I'm on my way to come see you." He sounds as if he is packing.
"Oh okay." I smile, "everything okay?"
"No it's not." He adds. "I'm heading to the cave to grab the glider and I should be there in like 4 hours."
"What's going on?" I walk the village road back to my condo.
"Deathstroke." He sighs.
"What now?" I roll my eyes.
"He's hunting you." Jason sighs.
"I haven't been a titan for years." I scoff, "no way he's going to track me down."
"He trashed your entire house last night." Jason sighs. "Got past all of the fucking security."
Stopping in my tracks I look down to my stomach feeling a sense of doom. "I'll start packing." I sigh. Continuing on to my condo.
"I don't know if he would ever be able to track you there, but I'm getting to you either way." He sighs. "You don't have to leave, we can stay there for as long as you'd like."
"Okay. Let me know your ETA." I walk up to the condo.
"If you need anything call one of us." He hangs up.
Of course after 2 blissful weeks, something has to go wrong. Oh well Jason will be good company. As long as Deathstroke doesn't come after me, I'm good. Punching my code into the door I open it. Smiling I look down and Junie isn't at the door like she normally is.
"Junie!" I call out, "I got you some tuna." I walk in closing the door.
Turning into the kitchen I stop dead in my tracks. The coffee pot is on and I know I turning it off. I had dumped out the pot and turned it off. Placing my basket on the counter I feel my anxiety rise. Looking around I don't see Junie. Worry consumes me as I go down the hallway to the bedrooms. My bedroom door is cracked and I remember leaving it wide open.
Curling my energy into my hands I hear Junie's meowing on the other side of the door. Slowly I press the door open and see Junie on the bed. She meows as she sees me. Her attention drawn to the running shower. I look to the floor to see the evidence of my intruder.
Anger bubbles inside of me as I see his black uniform laying on the floor with the blue bird on the front. Slamming open the bathroom door Dick jerks as his hair lays splayed across his face. Water soaked and clean. His eyes are wide in shock as he sees my anger.
"What the fuck?" I yell crossing my arms.
"Well hello, how are you. would have been nice." He smirks as he turns the water off. I lean against the door way as I glare at him. "I'm good." He jokes, "how are you?"
"You need to leave, now." I turn on my foot storming out of my bedroom. Grabbing my basket in the kitchen, I'm aggressively unloading my goodies. Throwing things in the fridge and putting the fruits and vegetables up.
My anger boils as Dick gets out of the shower. The only reason he is here is because he found out about her being his. What an ass. He hasn't contacted me in weeks, but now wants something to do with me because of the baby. Fuck him, he doesn't get to walk back in just like that. We deserve better than that.
Turning to get Junie's tuna I drop it on the floor. Before I even have time to groan about it, Dick leans over grabbing it.
"Rae, let's talk" he sighs handing me the tuna.
"Pass, get out." I turn grabbing a plate from the cabinet.
"Fine, then listen." He huffs out, "I was trying to protect you, and I've failed. Deathstroke is hunting you down because of me. I had to break contact with you to try and keep you out of his range."
"I don't care why." I slam the cabinet. Grabbing the tuna, Junie hops straight on the counter. Her yowl makes me smile as she cries for food.
"I'm sorry Rae, I knew using Jason would make you hate me and not hunt me down for more questions." He sighs, "it was a low blow and not true."
"Fuck off." I grab a knife.
"You're looking big." He smirks.
"And you look like a big dick" I grab the tuna fish cutting it up. Junie sits waiting patiently on her food.
"Rae." He sigh.
"Fuck." I jerk back as I slice my finger open. Dropping the knife the blood starts to drip from my pointer finger. Turning to the sink I barely have time to turn on the water before Dick has ahold of my hand, squeezing the cut. "Don't touch me!" I yell trying to pull from him.
"Let me help you." He groans as he runs cool water over the cut.
My emotions rage as his breath is on my neck. I try to hold strong with my anger, but the tears come out. Flooding my face I push him off of me, forcing him back.
"You don't get to just walk back in." I scream. "You fucking broke me." I wrap a dish towel around my finger.
"Rae, I broke you to protect you." He huffs. "You think I didn't bawl my eyes out every time I thought of you. Worried about what shape you were in."
"All I thought of was you dumping me because of the baby." I wiped my tears. "Hope it was bitter when Damian told you the truth." I go to storm out of the patio doors to my beach when Dick grabs my hand.
"What truth?" He raises a brow. "I haven't seen or talked to Damian."
"Oh bullshit, he was sent to Titans tower 2 weeks ago." I cross my arms.
"Rae, I've been gone for 3 weeks tracking him. I didn't know he was even at the tower." He looks away, "I'm sure Kori is enjoying him."
"So you don't know?" I wipe a loose tear.
"I know that I love you." He sighs, "and I'm a monster. I was trying to keep you safe, and I hurt you."
"Damian switched the DNA. It's your daughter." I turn slamming the patio door. Walking out to my beach chair the door doesn't open and I breath a sigh of relief.
I sit with my head in my hands.
The breeze feels soft on my skin as I sit under the large umbrella. I sit meditating for what seems like forever. After a few hours I feel a sense of calm overtake me. Peace fills me and I realize how bad I need to calm down with Dick being here. Whether I'm hurt or not, we still have to work together to raise her.
Composing myself I walk back into the condo to find Dick sitting at the counter with his hand on his head thinking. I sigh as I walk to the fridge grabbing a container of pineapple. "Why is he looking for me?" I ask
"Because I screwed up before the titans disbanded all of those years ago." He admits, "and I can't fix it."
I look at Junie basking in the sun light and then back to Dick. "So is he after me to fix it or get even?" I sigh
"Even." He looks down.
"What happened?" I lean against the counter eating the pineapple.
"We had a kid come to us, looking for family. He was gifted." He looks away, "it was Slade's son"
"He has kids?" I look shocked
"He had 2." He looks at me. "Now 1 and it's my fault."
"Why didn't you tell me any of this?" I cross my arms
"Because I'm so ashamed." He looks down, "I went after him alone. Jericho saw me and followed. I was exhausted from hunting a lead on you in Seattle that the battle with him was rough. As he went to stab me in the chest with his sword." Dick looks away, "Jericho stepped in front of it and died."
"Oh shit." I lean over covering my mouth, "Slade was supposed to kill you, but killed his own kid."
"Yeah. But there's more." He sighs. "Jericho could move his soul into other peoples bodies briefly by looking into their eyes."
"He transferred himself into Deathstroke before he died?" I scoff, "great."
"Yeah." He sighs
"So what's the plan." I sigh.
"Any ideas?" He sighs, "because I've worked so hard to keep him away, but the minute I caught him towards Gotham, I tracked you down first."
"How did you track me?" I crossed my arms.
The smirk plays on his face as he turns his head slightly. "After searching for you for 10 months, I wasn't going to search like that again." He admits.
"So what, you put a tracker in me?" I scoff. Dick looks away with a smile, "no you didn't" I yell. "Where?"
"It's not in you." He smirks. He looks over to Junie laying on the floor.
"Really? My cat?" I huff.
"You wouldn't go far without her." He smiles.
"What happens when she dies?" I finish the last of my pineapple.
"New cat." He shrugs
I sigh out looking at my swollen belly, "Jason will be here soon, he may have some ideas"
"He told me about the kiss" Dick looks away.
"And why does that concern you?" I scoff, "I'm single."
"Rae, I don't want to be on a break. I had to-" he pleads.
"No. You didn't have to hurt me the way you did." I yell. "You destroyed me Richard."
"Yes I did, if I died and you were angry. You wouldn't seek out vengeance." He crossed his arms, "like you did with Joker, I had to keep you safe"
Opening my mouth to argue, I'm lost for words. Fucker had a point. He knows I would be too consumed in my own guilt and anger at myself to go after Dicks killer. Shutting my mouth I look away and his smirk lands back on his face.
"I'm going to nap." I announce.
"I love you Rae." He sighs.
"Right." I turn down the hall to my bedroom.
Closing the door I breath a sigh of relief as my migraine burns. His emotions are strong today and I feel overwhelmed by them. I have got to distance myself from him a little right now. I can't sink back into his grasp, because this heartbreak burns. I've got to focus on her.
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