《Chapter six》

《Sariah's pov》

I have never felt so much anger towards the male species like I felt towards Earlan right now. I thought about paying someone to kill him mawga rass more than a dozen times.

My aunt asked me why I lied to her of all people and I could not contain my emotions when I answered her. I told her he didn't show any interest and I didn't want the world to laugh at me, saying I'm having another child that the father has rejected. She understood me and wanted me to allow him to see them and be a father, but I didn't want to see or have any dealings with him. Where the hell was he before now, I hated the law it was selfish and unfair.

Ms. Mckay and her daughter were the baby sitters and they came to collect the children,while I got ready for school with a heavy heart. Why did Earlan suddenly wants to see the child, my children, he doesn't know I have triplets and I told the lawyer to keep it that way.

Rajae helped me to monitor most of the employees in the yard, the babies stayed with the sitters over by the other house which I've given him. It worked out better for all of us, since no one is over this house, until my bigger children come home from school.

I drove out in my grey BMW and my phone rang, with the lawyer telling me Earlan had went and done the DNA test. She was now going to collect her copy of the results and ask if their was anything I wish to tell her. If she wasn't representing me I would have told her something bad, the nerve of her I thought seething with anger. Right now I wish my babies weren't his, tsk. What a situation I could hardly keep focus in my classes.

He was going to get the shock of his life and even though I have lots of money now, supposedly even more than him, he still will have to give me money for our children. I hated having to scull school to attend an unnecessary court hearing, when I told him to lets settle this out of court.

I was glad my aunt was there to assist me with the children and support me through this. We reached at the court house early and directed by the lawyer, to cover my babies heads as we took them inside via the back entrance. She stood outside by the glass door of the room me, my aunt and the children were waiting in. I saw Earlan and his mother when they arrived, they were speaking to a man who was obviously his lawyer.

As usual he attracted attention with the whole court house looking at him. Me and my children were bound to be on the news and that was exactly what I was running from. Police officers came to quiet the people trying to flock him and his personal securities stood close to him. I sighed and my aunt looked at me. After a while I heard my name and his name being called and the lawyer answered present for my name.

People had their phones out and I had no doubts that they had posted all sorts of things on the media already. Nervousness took me over as I straightened my pleated skirt when my name was called. Everyone was looking at my lawyer Kim Whittick, including Earlan and his mother. They stood up looking at the lawyer who stood with her arms folded glaring at them. My aunt laughed and I had to also, she was waiting on them to go into the court room.

When our names were called again she knocked lightly on the glass door. Earlan and his lawyer went into the court room. I opened the door and walked out holding my head straight, as I walked behind my lawyer into the courtroom. The judge said she was pleased to finally meet me, Earlan and his lawyer were staring at me, but I wasn't looking at them. I answered the questions asked by the judge and explained the reason in detail of why Earlan has never seen his child.

I told the court that he said he wasn't interested in my pregnancy when I told him and of how he sent me a bunch of disrespectful and demeaning text messages then blocked me. That didn't help one bit, these people just love hearing people's personal business out in the air. The judge which was a she did not take anything I said into consideration.

She revealed that the gender of the child was female and that was when I looked at the arse ole standing a feet away from me. The smile was wiped from his face when he turned and met my serious blank stare. His mother stood near to the door looking at me. I looked away from her as the judge ask for the presence of the child. Ms. Whittick stepped in and asked for the financial side of the matter to be dealth with.

She asked for six hundred thousand dollars forthnightly and the judge asked her why one child would need such finance if the child had special needs.
She asked the judge excuse and went for Earlanna, she told the judge to wait and I went for Earlene while my aunty brought Earlando. The courtroom was silent when the judge ask if they were triplets and I told her yes.

Earlan had what seemed like a heart attack or a mild stroke, it was evil of me but I felt some sort of reprieve from it. His lawyer held him up as his mother stood as if he she had seen a ghost.

The judge gave him a few moments to get himself together and the bitch held down his head wiping his tears. My lawyer smiled and I smiled in my heart and kept my face serious. He looked at me and I cut my eyes and looked away, the judge ordered he payed the six hundred thousand dollars every forthnight. His lawyer asked about custody and my lawyer told the judge it would do well for him to have them every weekend, starting the following weekend.

His lawyer tried to contest it but I fixed him a deadly look and he shut up, I glanced at Earlan holding Earlanna and he was looking at me, I wrenched up my face and cut my eyes at him again.

When our case was finished with I took Earlene and Earlando and headed out of the courtroom. My aunt trailed behind me as the cameras went off as I walked out of the waiting area of the courthouse. I went into my jeep where I waited for him or the lawyer to bring Earlene. He came behind the lawyer with his mother trailing behind them ahead of his personal securities. I barely wined down my window and told the lawyer to put her in the back.

She whispered that I have to talk to him to give him details of contact, on how, when and where he'll be collecting the children and which account he will make payments to. I wanted to cry as I sat their in my jeep, my aunty gave him my business number with his lawyer and mother now present. She told him when he contacted me, he would get the account number and any other relevant information.

"Sariah, I want to talk to you." Said Ms. Charmaine. I didn't answer her as I was barely holding in my tears. My aunty told her she would get to talk to me soon.

"Can we go for lunch? Please? I have just met my grandchildren and I would like to spend a few minutes with them and you." She said and I started to cry.

Earlan walked away and quickly went into his car, his mother asked my aunt who was sitting in the back with the children to open the passenger door and my aunt did, while the lawyers went away. I dried my eyes and drove out of the courthouse parking lot, with Earlan's car following behind. I drove to Cross Roads and parked in popeyes parking lot.

I told her she could go with them and saw Balla emerged from Earlan's car to assist her with them. "Good Lord, Sariah you nearly killed the man in the courthouse." My aunt laughed and said after his mother left.

"He still hasn't come to grips of having three children I know it, right now he is sitting in that car baffled." She said.

"You want pizza?" I asked her.

"Yes and you're going to order it, so your baby daddy can get to look at you some more." She said laughing.

"Guess you don't want any pizza then." I told her.

One of his car door opened and Torcha came out and walked into Popeyes restaurant. A few minutes later he came to my window and knocked lightly, I wined it down.

"Hello stranger, Ms. Charmaine is calling you and your aunt." He said.

"Ok thank you." My aunt said.

I slowly came out of the vehicle and went inside the restaurant with my aunt. We went to the eating area upstairs and saw Balla assisting her with the triplets. I lifted up my son who I nicknamed Younglord and held him in my lap, as me and aunt sat down at the table with the food and drinks.

Ms. Charmaine had Tracy and whom ever else on video call on her phone, with the camera on me and the children. Earlan came up their with Torcha and sat beside his mother on the opposite side of the table. I pass around wipes to wipe my babies' hands, then I fed younglord and myself when Balla hand me a serving of fried chicken and fries.

Half an hour later and I still didn't give Earlan a glance across the table feeding Earlanna. "Sariah how yuh know di girls dem different, cause mi a try memba dem by dem clothes but mi figat again?" Ms. Charmaine asked me.

"I get mixed up with them sometimes too, I have to look properly at them to be sure which one is which." I replied.

Earlan was looking at me, God, would he stop, I was already very uncomfortable.

"Ok, which one am I holding?" She asked.

"They actually know their names, look 'Earlene'." I said, and my firstborn of the triplets look over at me, she began to strecth for me and I hand over younglord to my aunt and took her.
Younglord began to frowns and try to get back on my lap.

"Younglord sit with aunty a while." I told him.

"Younglord!?" His mother asked and my aunty laughed softly.

"Yea, he has a temper like him puppa, hence his nickname." I told her, Tracy began to laugh and say something on the phone and I looked over to see him laughing and looking towards Torcha and Balla sitting across from us.

"Can we exchange seats?" He asked my aunty.

"Sure." She said getting up, damn this woman a sell me out, I said to myself.

He sat down and said. "Hi." I didn't answer him, I poked a few fries in my mouth and his mother and my aunt started laughing. He took Earlanna who was now strecthing for me.

"No man this look hard, a how she manage dem?" It was Tracy's voice still on the video call.

I wiped off their greasy hands when they were finished eating and decide it was time for us to go.

"Mi no know how mi ago sleep tonight." Ms. Charmaine said.

Earlan stood up with Younglord, the restaurant was starting to fill up with lunchers. The attention was becoming more, Balla pack up the rest of the food and I took up Earlanna and went downstairs and out to my jeep. My aunt came out behind Ms. Charmaine with Earlene and went to the back where she would be driving with the children.

I told them a hasty good bye when Earlan put Younglord in the vehicle and drove off. His car followed close behind mines until I turn off in the direction of home and I guess his mother must be going to his home since Portmore wasn't anywhere up this side.

Ms. Charmaine called after eight that night, my aunt had watched the news but not I, she said it wasn't bad and she talked to her on the phone. My aunt told Earlan who was with his mother, that she would be going back home abroad and didn't want us fighting over her grandnieces and grandnephew.

She told them I was busy and would provide any other information they may need at a later date. When I went to bed that night sleep was far away from me, I got up and study blanking my mind from reality.

I went to class the next morning feeling sleepy, when I came home my aunt said Earlan had messaged asking how the children were doing? She had replied telling him that they were doing all right. She wanted me to give him my personal number instead of the business number and she said that I should try to work with him, for my children sake even though I didn't want to.

She left on Monday of the following week and it was hard to see her go, she was my rock, confidant and shoulder to lean on.

I did not answer the phone to Earlan's neither his mother's call, my lawyer called on my personal number Friday evening and we talked. It was hard for me to give up my babies for two days, I have never slept without them and I didn't know if they would be ok without me. After we finished talking I texted him and his mother my address from my personal number. I went to their room and packed their bags and photo copied their birth certificates.

I wrote small notes of what they like and attached them to their bags, then cried myself to sleep that night. My lawyer made the journey with him, his mother, sister and whoever else was out in the cars that I didn't recognize or could see from the upstairs window.

My daughters walked the triplets with their bags outside to them, I came downstairs to speak with the lawyer in the living room. I was crying down the place even though I wanted to appear strong. I was a hundred percent sure now that I hated Earlan and every damn man. I didn't go out to them and I did not invite them inside, when she asked me if they could go now, I told her yes. It was sad all around, his mother looked disappointed that I didn't invite them in and my three children present with me was already missing their younger siblings.

They did not like to see me sad or cry and I was worried that I was upsetting them. When they drove out of the yard I layed down on the floor of the living room and hollered. The lawyer stayed with us until in the afternoon when I calmed down and she had counseled me.

My aunt call to find out what was going on, as usual she lectured me on being reasonable. She was happy that the triplets had a father who wanted them, unlike my other two dead beat baby daddies. I wasn't being totally selfish in not wanting him to see or bond with his children. It was just that I had become so use to just me and my children, that I was finding it difficult to share them with a father.

When my gym trainer came that evening I poured all my energy into my excercises. I wanted to do a breast lift but the trainer thought I looked way too good for someone who had given birth five times. He was against me doing a breast lift or any kind of surgery, he thought I looked exceptionally good just the way I am.

The stretch marks on my belly was barely visible but they were their, I just wanted to look good and feel comfortable with myself and in my clothes.

The lawyer called me Sunday morning and told me that she heard that Earlan was happy but worried over me. She said she hoped we got along for the sake of the children and ours. They would be coming back home on Monday evening, I will not be here I will still be at school. All the better I thought and lectured my four other children the next morning on what to do when they arrived.

Rajae thought I was being dramatic, but I curse his ass out because Alkaline was one of his favourite artist. I flung the broom at him as he started singing one of his songs and he ran away laughing.

My phone vibrated during my last lecture with Ms. Charmaine calling me, I went outside and took the call.

Good evening

Good evening Sariah, your two beautiful big daughters say you're not here, will you soon be home?

Yes, maybe in the next forty five minutes or so.

Ok I'll just wait on you then.

Ok.

I went back inside my class but don't ask me what the lecturer said, because everything went pass my ears. They may have gotten fed up and left, I thought while I drove home over an hour later. But they hadn't when my gates opened and I drove in, two cars were parked at the front of my house. I drove around to the back where my garages were and saw them and my children sitting over by the lounge area a short distance beyond my big two story house.

I parked and Shion and Sidoney came to help me with my bag and laptop. I told them to put them inside then walked over to where Earlan and his mother were sitting with my other children. This is most definitely Rajae's doing I told myself, he was standing with a sprout cup and some other baby things in his hand infront of Ms. Charmaine.

"Good evening," I said when I reached them and lifted Earlene who was the first in reach.

I heard a few good evenings as I kissed my baby's forehead while asking if she had been a good lum lum. I sat down on one of the comfortable seats and took up Earlando who had been playing but was now holding unto my foot for attention. Earlanna squealed "ma me ma" from Ms. Charmaine's lap across from us and she had to put her down so she could come to me.

I smiled feeling happy to have them back with me. Balla and Torcha were sitting down chatting a few feet away, they waved at me when my eyes went in their direction. Rajae went with Earlan to where the two other men sat and Ms. Charmaine came and sat beside me, while I rock all three children to bed.

Younglord in my arms and my baby girls on my raised lap, it was a practice I had mastered. My older children knew how to help me with them, the girls were the first to fall asleep and they were taken upstairs to my room. Rakeem came for Younglord who was now asleep, I sighed contentedly and leaned back.

"I wanted to ask if I could stay with you for a while and helped to look after my grandchildren." Ms. Charmaine asked.

I massaged my temple while I told her that. "I have too baby sitters, but it is ok if you would like to stay." Rajae walked off to the back with Earlan and the other men and I hoped he wasn't telling them anything they need not know.

"Won't your husband miss you though?" I asked her.

"We'll miss each other, but I want to spend time with my grandchildren and I have something to tell you." She said.

"Ok tell mi." I said.

To be continued...

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