Well I wasn’t expecting that to come out of her mouth. I would drink myself stupid at that point to. “I’m sorry Fi. I wish I had the answers as to why parents can walk away from their kids.” She looks at me like she has a thousand questions. Where do I start with this can of worms that I opened? But first I have to ask a few more questions. “ Fi, what happened between you and him?” She looks at me with sad eyes, full of regret. “It was just after Keith was born, my friend Dawn had taken the boys for the day so I could relax. My friend Maria and I met up for girls day. While we were at the salon we overheard Andrea running her mouth about her wonderful boss Adam that she was sleeping with. He was paying for her spa day so that they could go away on a trip. Adam told his dumb wife that he had an accountant convention to attend.” Such a stupid b***h. “ Well she checked out before us and when I used my card the lady realized that my last name matched Adam’s last name Vansnoke. I laughed and said that he was my soon to be ex. When we got outside Maria called her cousin Dom who is a private investigator and he took the case for free because of their stupidity. He gave me the name of my divorce attorney his wife Alaina.”
“So I need to call her in the morning so she can deal with this new problem. What is your story Mr. J?” I look at her all confused. “ Don’t you watch Batman, The Joker, Harley Quinn calls him Mr. J.” “ Ok little smart ass I know who Harley and Mr. J are, Batman is the best DC character. I have all the Batman movies on Dvd. I want to know why you think I am Mr. J?” I start laughing because she looks so cute tapping her chin. “ Let me count the ways, 1- you are bossy like him, 2- you have your own crew of people just missing the man in the panda suit. 3 you scream badass like the joker.” I can't resist the urge to tease her so you think I am badass huh?” She rolls her eyes at me and says “ You know you are.”
“So are you going to tell me your story or what? You know mine.” I look at the clock and I realize it’s 5, we have been talking for an hour. “ Come with me and I’ll tell you what you want to know but in the end you owe that smartass comment I stopped you from saying.” She looks at my outstretched hand then finally takes it, I pull her down the hall to my room. “All we are going to do is lay here talk and maybe get a few hours of sleep. My sister will be here around 8 for the girls.” I go to my dresser and pull out a pair of boxers and a shirt for her to wear. “You can change in the bathroom over there.” As she heads to the bathroom I know this is totally going to suck, but seeing her in my clothes and in bed will be worth the blue balls. I quickly strip down and throw on my gray sweatpants. I am pulling down the covers on the bed when she walks out. f**k she looks sexy in my clothes. “You’re bed is huge, what is it a king?” I smile at her finally able to throw some smart mouth back at her “ Of course, what else do except me to sleep on? I am the king.” She starts laughing, and it's something I want to hear more of.
“So tell me your story, you know mine.” I let out a deep breath to begin this nightmare. “ I met Shawna at a party at the clubhouse, about 2 years go. One of the club whores was her cousin. This is before she was into drugs.” I stop remembering the good times. “ She worked part time waitressing while finishing up her degree in child care. We hit off right away. She was easy to talk to, just a fun person to hang around. Her being older than most of the people she was going to school with, she had this need to fit in. I was away on club business when she showed up at the clubhouse close to an overdose. She had become very clingy and accused me of cheating every time I went away.” I stop and scrub my hands down my face, as I wipe away that memory. “ Doug was at the clubhouse when she got there. He took her to the ER and that’s how we found out about the girls. She was 4 months pregnant at that point. For the safety of the girls I found a rehab that specializes in helping pregnant women stay clean.” I take a chance and look at Fi. She has tears in her eyes. “ Shawna was pissed to say the least when came to. I told her once my daughters were born she could get high as much as she wanted. She had the twins at the end of her 7th month and walked away that day to get high.” “ Now we are battling for custody as she thinks they will be her meal ticket but I refuse to let her have them. She missed a custody hearing today and the judge revoked her parental rights.” I look at Fi who looks sad but like she is ready to kill. “ I hope I never meet her, I feel for her safety. My inner Harley Quinn wants to come out and play with her.” I pull her into my arms and hold her. I can’t help but say “ I would pay to see that.” Then I remember she owes me a comment. “ What was your smart ass comment earlier, I almost forgot to ask.” She hides her face in my chest and giggles. “My comment was Do you promise and make sure to leave a handprint” All I can do is groan. This little sprite is going to be the death of me.