Sitting cross-legged on the floor in the living room and facing the baby, Louis looked into the box in front of him which is half full of animal flashcards. He pulled out one with a monkey image printed on it and held it up in front of the baby.

"Monkey" He uttered.

The baby stared at the monkey picture then glance at Louis, furrowing his little brows. He opened his mouth in an attempt to speak, but nothing came out.

"Monkey" Louis repeated slowly, with an encouraging smile.

gaga

"Good" Louis ruffled his hair fondly, then picked another card.

"Cow"

a-ga

"Oh my God, you're going to be a school topper unlike your father and I" Louis mumbled with a proud grin.

"We were losers don't ever be like us" He finished with a warning look then reached in for another card.

"Giraffe"

a-ga

Louis arched his brow but there was a playful glint in his eyes.

"Are you sure you are saying the right words? Cause all I'm hearing is a-ga"

The baby smiled, chewing on his SpongeBob toy which is covered with drool then the phone rang. Louis stretched for it and saw Sarah's number flashing across the screen.

"Hey babe" He answered with a wide grin.

Are you free?

Louis brows furrowed at her no-nonsense tone which is unusual. "Is something wrong?" He asked as he straightened himself up.

Yeah, I want us to meet and talk. Now

Louis glance at the baby then stood up, crossing over to the window. "I can't I'm um ..... I'm kinda babysitting at the moment"

Well, bring the kid along. Whatever I have to say can't wait.

Her words made Louis frown deeper. He ran his fingers through his hair, knowing it must be something really important if Sarah is demanding they meet now. "Are you pregnant?" He whispered slowly with a nervous look.

No

He let out a sigh of relief.

"Okay, where?" He asked, wondering how the hell he's going to take the baby out in public without someone identifying him.

The coffee shop outside my work

"Okay, I will be there" He muttered then Sarah ended the call without the usual I love you and kisses. He stares at the screen with a confused look then he felt a tug on his joggers.

He looked down and saw the baby who had lift his arms as a request to be picked up. With a sigh, Louis scoops him up and realized his chin is covered with some drool which he wiped off with a handkerchief. Then suddenly, something outside the window caught his attention. He glances out and saw a black Mercedes-Benz S-Class with tinted windows parked across the street.

He frowned, knowing non of the neighbors owned such an expensive car.

He felt like he was being watched and every hair on his entire body stood on end at once. Quickly he closed the curtains, taking deep breaths before peeking behind them. But then he saw nothing. It was as if the car had just vanished into thin air.

Was he imagining it? He thought as his frown deepened.

The baby let out a small whine, distracting him from his thoughts. He sighed, bouncing the baby and exhales loudly, assuming whatever he saw must be a figment of his imagination.

He looks at the baby with a smile and asked. "Wanna meet one of my girlfriends?"

The baby responded by cooing and smiled.

After getting dressed and changing the baby's diaper and clothes, Louis tried to disguise the baby with large sunglasses, so his face won't be visible. But the baby's reaction was to take them off since he wasn't familiar with it, so Louis had no other choice but to put one of Mary's red wigs on him before donning him with a hat and applied some make-up on his cheeks.

Afterward, he crossed to the mirror so the baby could gaze at himself.

"You look like the little mermaid" He said with a small chuckle.

The baby pouted and hummed, expressing his displeasure and immediately he started crying.

Louis cooed and began bouncing him in an attempt to calm him as he made his way out of his room to the living room, where he buckled the baby up in a convertible seat. He picked up the convertible and strode to the garage, where he secured it at the backseat of his car then gave the baby his Spongebob toy to play with, before shutting the door gently.

He got behind the wheels, fasten his seat belt, and turned on the ignition. The garage doors automatically opened then he drove down the ramp and out.

Twenty minutes later, he arrived at the coffee shop and parked the car. He got down and picked the convertible seat with the baby in it then sauntered his way toward the coffee shop. He smiled when he spotted Sarah sitting at their usual table and began striding toward her.

Sarah looked up as if sensing him and a smile edge up at the corners of her lips.

"Hey baby" Louis leaned down and kissed her cheek, before sitting across from her with the baby beside him.

"Why is the kid dressed like that?" Sarah asked with raised brows.

"Oh, we were playing dress-up when you called, I didn't have time to clean her up"

Sarah gazes at him in disbelief then glances at the baby who is frowning.

"Awe, I think she's upset and she looks so adorable even with the messy makeup" She cooed.

"Look at those eyelashes, damn her parents must have good genes"

The baby averted his gaze to Louis and babbles loudly with a pout as if demanding him to tell Sarah that he's a boy!

Louis glance at him and shrugged but said nothing.

The waitress came along and they ordered their usual. After taking a sip of his coffee, Louis piercing blue eyes questioned Sarah silently from under furrowed brows.

"What?" She asked looking at him as if she wasn't the one who called him a few minutes ago, demanding for them to talk.

"You tell me," Louis said with a confused look. "You called some few minutes ago, sounding.... I don't know, mad and I thought something bad had happened. I was worried"

Sarah glance toward the entrance door and spoke. "Do you know Nam from the strip club?" She asked.

Louis's heart suddenly stilled as Sarah watched him as if trying to read him.

For a moment he merely stared at her, his expression unreadable. "I have seen her a few times at the club," He said calmly, even though his heart is almost bursting through his ribs.

"Why, something happened to her?" He asked.

Sarah kept looking at him intensely and continued.

"Well, I went to the club yesterday with my friends and met her and she was telling me about her amazing boyfriend called Louis"

Louis started sweating despite the air-conditioning.

"And I was like wow my boyfriend is also called Louis and we started talking about our boyfriends, and she requested to see a picture of my boyfriend since both of our boyfriends coincidentally happen to have the same name"

"And guess what we found?" Sarah uttered, her face void of emotions.

"That we were dating the same son of a bitch!"

Another voice finished Sarah's sentence from behind, causing Louis to almost shit in his pants when he recognized the voice as Nam's.

He gulped nervously as Nam stepped forward and sat next to Sarah with a cold-eyed stare.

"So all the I'm working overtime, I'm going to visit my grandma and all that pathetic excuses were lies so you could be with Sarah and when you're spending time with me, you tell Sarah the same shit!" She exclaimed, with a furious look.

Everyone in the coffee shop became quiet, staring on with curious looks.

Sarah sniffles, wiping the tears in her eyes. "How could you do this to me after everything....

"Nah, nah wait" Nam stopped Sarah from continuing. "Let's allow him to explain. I'm sure he has a good reason why he played us" She said sarcastically.

You can hear a pin drop as if God himself is waiting for the answer.

Louis let out a breath, staring down the floor as his heart hammered under their angry stares of both women. He closed his eyes for a moment, in an attempt to summon some kind of courage, and opened his eyes again, looking at them with remorse, he gulped nervously as he tried to find his voice.

"We ain't got all day" An elderly woman at the table behind them shouted.

Louis took another deep breath and spoke.

"I love both of you" Was all he said before Sarah threw her ice tea in his face.

The baby babbled excitedly, unaffected by the upsetting scene.

Unfazed, Louis stood up to gain some kind of control over the situation and tell them the truth once and for all.

"This is why-why I couldn't tell you two," He said in a breathless voice.

"I've tried so-so many times to tell you but I couldn't. The truth is I love you, both of you, and I-I want a polyamorous relationship....

"You sick son of a bitch!" Nam exclaimed, interrupting him, and stood up then slapped him across the face.

A few approval cheers from the lookers-on filled the room.

"Don't fucking call me or Sarah again, you fucker. We are done" She said gritting her teeth.

"Sarah let's go, this dog is not worth your tears" She said then Sarah picked up her handbag and followed Nam out of the coffee shop.

Louis didn't try to stop them as he stares at their departing figures with a broken heart. He thought he had more time to tell them the truth at the right time. But he guesses his time had run out.

He sighed and glance around, seeing the disgust everyone is throwing in his way and plopped down in his seat. He glance at the baby who looked at him with a sad look and offered him his toy.

"Thanks buddy" He said with a sad smile then gestured for one of the waitresses to the table.

"Can you watch the baby, I'm going to clean up" The waitress glared at him but nodded regardless.

He thanked her and went to the washroom to clean up, and when he returned, the baby wasn't on the seat where he left him. He frown, glancing around, and walked to the counter where the waitress he had entrusted the baby with was working.

"Excuse me, where's the baby?" He asked.

"Some woman took him and said she's the mother" The waitress shrugged, then handed him a small note.

"She gave me this to give to you"

Her response sent a cold shiver down Louis's spine. With a racing heart and shaky hands, he unfolded the paper and read it.

If you wanna see the baby alive, you know what to do.

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