"Are you ready to listen to what I have to say?" Steven looked at Carmen as she play with her hands.

"No not really." She answered back softly.

"How we suppose to move past this then?" He asked her.

"We don't. If I go back to you, I'm going against my own words." Carmen said.

"But I didn't do anything. I promise. I put that on our baby. I went to her house, she came to me, and told me she was pregnant, so I went to her house, and confronted her about it. Yea the pictures look suspect, but it was innocent. She did touch me, and put her boobs all in my face, but that's it. When you saw me holding her hand, it was for play. I needed her to walk in the bathroom, and take a pregnancy test. That's it. Nothing happen. I lied, yes I did. It was wrong. I know, but I didn't want this to happen. And it did." Steven shook his head.

"What I don't get is, why you just didn't tell me, when it first happened." Carmen asked him.

"Afraid, that you would blow the hell up, and beat my ass." Steven said. Carmen tried not to smile.

"This still don't change anything Steven. You lied to me in my face. That cut deep. Then you treated me so badly afterwards. When you was in the wrong, and not me." Carmen said.

Steven sighed deeply.

"Alright. Say no more." Steven said. Carmen looked away from him. "I'm about to go get your something to eat, I'll be right back." Steven got off the bed.

"I'm not hungry. Have you heard anything about my brother yet?" Carmen asked him.

"Nah, not yet. Well I'll be back up here later then." Steven said.

"Okay. Thanks for coming." Carmen told him, and he walked out.

Carmen rubbed her stomach, and sighed deeply. Carmen woke up to someone covering her mouth with her. She opened her eyes, and stared at Kat.

"We going to do this quick and easy okay?" He asked her, pulling out a gun.

Carmen eyes widen.

"The silencer is on the gun, so no one will hear." He whispered in her eyes.

"That's were you wrong my nigga." Steven said behind him. Kat Man turned around, Steven punch him in the face, he almost fall on Carmen, but she moved out the way.

"Get me out here now!" She yelled at Steven. Steven help her get the cords off her, and he picked her up. And they walked out the room fast.

Once they was in the car, Steven took off his shirt, and hand it Carmen.

"All your ass out." He smirked at her, as she glared at him.

"How you knew?" She asked him. She put the shirt on.

"I felt it, in my hands. I almost grabbed a handful of it when you got in the car." Steven laughed.

"No I meant, how you knew he was coming to my room?" Carmen asked him, when he pulled off.

"Oh I saw that nigga, he can't hide, with his tall ass. I glad I came when I did, that nigga a crack head. He would do anything for money. You going to my mother house for a while." Steven said to her.

"What about you?" She looked over at him.

"I'm good, I got me. You just worry about you, and our little one." He said.

"But what if something happen to you too? I can lose you too Steven. Losing my brother is killing me, I can't lose you." Tears filled her eyes.

"You not going to lose me. I have to get away for a while though. If I'm around, they going to easily get to you. Plus they have other people doing their dirty work." Steven shook his head.

"I'll go with you." Carmen said.

"Nah man, it could get dangerous." Steven pulled up to his house.

"I'm going with you. Case close." Carmen folded her arms stubbornly.

Steven stared at her.

"I thought you didn't want nothing to do with me?"

"I don't, but I still don't want anything to happen to you." Carmen opened the car door.

"Wow, ain't this some shit." Steven mumbled. He helped her in the house.

"You bet not drop me!" Carmen yelled as Steven open the door. When they walked in, the house was a complete mess.

"Fuck!" Steven yelled. He put Carmen, he walked upstairs to his closet where his safe was. "Oh thank god." He whispered. Carmen walked upstairs.

"I bet you happy they haven't found the safe." She sat on the bed.

"Happy as hell, how the fuck they got in?" He asked his self.

"Maybe the side door, you barely lock that. I usually lock it for you." Carmen rubbed her stomach as it growled. Steven looked back at her.

"You hungry?" He asked her. She nodded her head yes. "We going to stay at the hotel for the night, and in the morning, we going to Charleston, I have to make this drop before I do anything." Steven said. Carmen shook her head in disbelief.

"Just stop Steven, this why they after you. You have money, you moving up. Just stop slow down." Carmen said.

"One more time, just one more." Steven looked at her.

"Fine. You just need to pack some clothes, and we can go." Carmen said.

"Thank you. This mean a lot, even when we not together, you still holding a nigga down." Steven pulled her up and kissed her. Carmen wrapped her arms around his neck, and he deepened the kiss.

Carmen pulled back first. Steven groaned in frustration.

"I want you." He said against her mouth.

"Steven we have to go." Carmen said.

"Ugh, fine. I'll get up in it later, don't worry about it." Steven pack some clothes, while Carmen walked downstairs to lock the side door. "Carmen!" Steven yelled Carmen name.

"I'm downstairs!" Carmen yelled.

Steven came downstairs carrying two duffle bags. One with his money, and another with his clothes.

"Where your clothes?" He asked Carmen.

"PeeWee brought me a bunch of sweat pants and t-shirts since I couldn't fit my clothes. There at his house. I don't want to go back there." Carmen said sadly.

"I feel you, how about we get to the hotel, and then we go shopping." Steven said to her.

Carmen nodded. As soon as they step outside, somebody started shooting at them. Carmen screamed and Steven rushed back in the house, making sure to cover Carmen.

"Oh my gosh, this is crazy." Carmen said. Steven was leaning against the door. Carmen turned around. "You're bleeding!" She screamed.

"It just my leg and arm. How you though, you good?" Steven looked at her. Carmen started crying. "Reach in my pocket and call my mother." Steven said.

"No, I'm calling the ambulance." Carmen hands shook as she reached in his pocket and grab his phone. Steven hands covered hers.

"My mother, she know what she doing. Hurry up, blood leaking." Steven yawned.

"Okay, okay." Carmen dialed his mother number. "Uhh hey Mama Lorraine...Yes this is Carmen...I'm fine....It's Steven...He just got shot in his arm and leg....His eyes close...Slap him?" Carmen slap Steven across his face. He open is eyes. She hang up the phone when Mama Lorraine said she was on her way.

"Man what time is it?" Steven asked her.

Carmen looked at his phone.

"It's five in the afternoon." Carmen said as she touch his arm. "You loosing a lot of blood. Wake up!" She slap him again.

"Carmen you slap me one damn time, I'm going to slap your ass back. I'm resting my eyes. Steven glared at her. Carmen gave him an apologetic look.

"Just keep your eyes open. We have no chocolate here." Carmen sighed.

"I'm sorry for everything, I don't think I apologize." Steven grabbed her face in his hands. "I'm sorry Caramel. You still my Caramel right?" He looked at her, with his eyes still half away close.

Carmen started to cry again.

"Stop Steven, you making me cry. You need to move away from the door. Move over a little bit." Carmen help him move over.

"I'm sorry bae. Please forgive me. I fucked up man, I did. Can you forgive me? I did some foul shit to you, I said some fouls things to you. I wish I could take it back, but I can't." Steven yawned again. He grabbed Carmen hands in his. "My mom here yet?" Steven asked Carmen.

"No not yet, stop talking." Carmen said to him.

"You didn't say if you forgive me or not."

"I forgive you." Carmen whispered.

"Now give me a kiss to seal it." Steven poke out his lips. Carmen kissed him. "Goodnight." Steven closed his eyes. Carmen slapped him. He didn't wake up. She slap him again. He didn't wake up.

"Shit!" She yelled, and laid on him. "Steven you getting blood on your floor." She cried.

The door open and Derrick walked in with Mama Lorraine.

"Why you didn't keep slapping him?" Mama Lorraine asked Carmen.

"I did, he won't wake up. He still bleeding out." Carmen said.

"Derrick call your mama, I might need her help. We need to move him to a bed." Mama Lorraine said.

"Will he be okay?" Carmen asked.

Mama Lorraine nodded her head yes.

"We can't wake him up yet, not until we get the bullets out." Mama Lorraine said, and sighed deeply.

"She's on the way." Derrick said, and looked down at Steven. "What happen Car-Men?"

"We was getting ready to go to a hotel, and as soon as we walked outside we was getting shot at. Steven covered me, and he got shot. He save me yet again." Carmen said. She felt like she owe him so much now. When the bullets started flying, the first thing he did was cover her. Making sure she didn't get hit. She have to make this right.

"He save you and the baby." Mama Lorraine said, as she tore Steven's shirt.

Mama Nina showed up, and they got him in the room downstairs. Mama Nina hook up an IV for him.

"Let's hurry up and do this before he wakes up." Mama Nina said.

Mama Nina in Media

They work on Steven as Carmen laid in Living room. She couldn't watch them do that to him.

"Car-Men bring the chocolate, we done." Derrick yelled.

Carmen took them the chocolate. The feed him chocolate and let it process in his system.

"He should be waking up soon." Derrick said.

Carmen went to get on the bed with Steven.

Steven eyes open.

"Damn how long I been out?" He asked.

"Five hours. You going to be sore for some days so take it easy. You want to go to hotel, lets go." Mama Lorraine said Steven.

"I need help putting on my clothes." Steven said.

"Baby mama duties Carmen." Mama Lorraine said and they walked out.

"Are you okay?" Steven asked Carmen.

She nodded her head yeah.

"Good. Help me put on my clothes please." Steven kissed her forehead, as she hugged him close.

"I love you Steven." She kissed his mouth.

"I love you too, my caramel." He yawned.

"Nope, stop yawning." Carmen said, and he laughed.

"That was fake man." He said.

Carmen glared at him.

"I don't like you." Carmen said.

"I don't care. You love me, that all that matter."

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