had just heard. He stayed in the back a few minutes stroking his tapered beard, trying to decide what to do. He remembered that he was the only employee in the store. The manager on

e called customers, for they

in the face and thick in the waist" with a nice curvy ass. She worked at the information booth in the middle of the mall. She wore a casual outfit, a form-fitting tan polo shirt. Only one button was fastened, and he could see the black lace bra she wore underneath. He could see her nice curvaceous breast. They were, in James estimation, at least 38dd. Her nipples protruded out and were noticeable. She had on a knee length black rayon skirt, no

id, but James was in a relationship now and put all that on hold. They still talked and she continued to tell him about men that she had been with. James really wanted to find o

She had a nice hourglass shape to her, with a bubble butt. Joycelyn had on a one-piece jean short outfit. Her brown smooth legs were that of a woman who worked out. She was firm in all the right places. She wore blue Nike tennis shoes. They had met about four months ago. She h

ooked vaguely familiar, as if they had m

Jam

ecognize me?

t then it came to him, and

was one of those nights that he wasn't expecting anything to happen, but it did. His mind wondered

t expect anything from you. I don't know what I am going to do. Whether I am going to have an abortion or give it up

w its parents. We did this together and we will decide what to do together. If you don't think that you can care for this child, then give it to me and I will do it on my own. I will not jump for joy at the prospect of a woman telling me she is pregnant with my child, because I have gone through this several ti

e you c

thought that you were going to deny that it was y

h and stupid of me to deny something that may be true. And that would

zzical look, trying to remember the

y other man you

really didn't expect you to react this way. I

Katherine walked into the store. He told her that Joycelyn was pregnant, and she and Katherine began to talk. They talked for a minute o

that James would never forget for

m how old his baby momma was. He saw the looks that everyone would give him. The same look that Katherine was giving him now. The look she was giving James was a combination of shock, disgust, and outrage. The sneers that would come his way. The 'if that was my daughter, I would kill you', the 'you should be locked up or put under t

was fifteen,"

lking." James walked a few feet away stunned; talking to himself. "No, no, no, no, this cannot be happening. Not to me. Deal with it. Deal with it." He stood still and stared into s

d my mom wants to meet you. Are you going to c

nutes. I'll take you hom

l, but he knew that he would have to do this sooner or later and he had learned that sooner was always preferable than later. Although he had never met her, he imagined her h

of the gifts he possessed. He could remember entire conversations he had with women. James was

to the living room area. Directly across from the bar was a glass dinner table with four chairs. In the living room there was a wall unit that took up the entire wall. There was a 45-inch television set in it. There was a connecting sofa and love seat. An African American woman sat in a lounge chair. She had the same complexion as Joycelyn. She was larger, though. It was hard for James to see her because she was sitting. But what he could see, he took in at

er of my child. Here he is. Mom, this is J

hook the woman's hand. "James

ook older tha

m ma

ng for the better part of an hour. He wasn't sure how this would play

d, ma'am. I will

e is fifteen

ooked at Joycelyn. "I found

ouldn'

was eighteen abou

you told

s lying about his age. He

I was 20. I told y

ng about that. You didn't l

id James as he gave Joycelyn a

her age. She told this Puerto Rican that she was older than

Latinos

sed; you are one of the onl

Lewis, I am

mixed, w

, and my father

O

d James alone. At that moment Dianne sat upright in the recliner and looked dire

would you like to

a fifteen-year-old girl pregnant, huh? Please tel

or the abbreviated version?" James as

somewhere t

m, nowher

e entire

take a whi

am not goi

nd began relating what had happ