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Saint’s expression changed, as he tried to make sense of what she’d just said.

Joni slowly lowered his arm from around my shoulders, his attention fixed on Kat.

“Ain’t this some bullshit,” Tae muttered.

I looked between Saint and my husband, trying to process what Kat had just suggested. As far as I knew, she had never been able to tell Joni or Tae who their biological fathers were, and now she was standing here saying they could share a father with Saint.

I glanced at my husband, who was still staring at Kat. I knew that expression well enough to understand he wasn’t about to let her make a statement like that without demanding some answers.

A few minutes ago, I’d been enjoying one of the happiest days of my pregnancy. My husband had surprised me with a beautiful vehicle, our family and friends were celebrating our sons, and everything had been going perfectly. Now Kat had introduced the possibility that Saint might be his and Tae’s brother.

I didn’t know what bothered me more, the possibility that she’d been keeping something like this to herself or the fact that she’d chosen my baby shower to bring it up.

Either way, she’d said enough to change the entire afternoon.

And judging by the look on my husband’s face, I knew the conversation was nowhere near over.

Chapter Fifteen

Khaotic

Istared at Kat, trying to figure out what the fuck possessed her to bring some shit like this up at my wife’s baby shower. One minute, we were celebrating my sons, and the next, she was standing in front of everybody talking about Saint could be mine and Tae’s brother.

“The fuck you mean Saint could be our brother?” I demanded, looking her dead in her face.

“Ajoni, I wasn’t sure until I saw him,” she explained.

“And you couldn’t figure that shit out without bringing it up in front of everybody?” I snapped. “You couldn’t pull one of us to the fucking side?”

Kat glanced around at the guests who were still watching us. Saint was standing nearby with Eve, and Tae hadn’t taken his eyes off our mother since she’d opened her mouth.

“I wasn’t tryna upset anybody, Ajoni. I just thought y’all should know,” she replied.

“Know what, Kat?” Tae interrupted, stepping closer. “You had our whole lives to do this shit, but typical Kat only thinking about your own hoe ass feelings,” he snapped.

“Jontae!” Gee fussed.

“I told y’all I wasn’t sure who your fathers were,” she defended herself.

“Then how the fuck you suddenly remember this nigga?” I questioned. “All these years, you couldn’t give us a name, but this nigga shows his face and now you got a whole fucking story?”

“Ajoni, I knew Frank, but that doesn’t mean he was your father. It’s possible he could be Tae’s too. I wasn’t keeping anything from y’all on purpose,” she insisted.

That was enough for me. I wasn’t about to spend another minute listening to her excuses, especially with half the fucking party watching.

“Man, get the fuck out my face,” I snapped before walking away.

“Ajoni!” she called behind me.

I ignored her and headed around the side of the house. I needed to get away from Kat before I said something that would have Gee getting on my ass, because I was already pissed enough to forget where the fuck I was.

I’d spent my entire life without knowing who my biological father was. It wasn’t something I sat around worrying about anymore. Gee and Ma Pat had raised us, and I’d made peace with the fact that Kat couldn’t tell me who fathered me. Now I was finding out she had names she could’ve given us years ago.

What pissed me off even more was her timing. Tori had been enjoying her shower, and everything had been going good until Kat decided to make the fucking afternoon about her.

I was standing near the side of the house when Tae came around the corner.

“I swear to God, every time I think Kat can’t get no worse, she pull some other bullshit.” He fussed.