Brooklyn's Baddest: A Bad Boy Fighter Romance (19 page)

Jake frowned and stared up at Evan, standing before him. “How can you say that? What in the hell are you talking about? I was never going to have kids! I don’t want to be a dad! What in the hell am I going to do with a kid?”

Evan blinked, and realization came over his face, but he shook his head. “You’re an idiot, Jake.” He finally said, reaching forward and closing his hand around Jake’s arm. “Get up. Get your ass up off that step and come with me.” He pulled Jake to his feet, and Jake followed Evan into the house. Evan unlocked it with the key he had as a spare.

They stepped into the living room and Evan turned to face Jake. “You idiot. What in the hell are you going to do here? Are you going to keep living here? Are you going to stay here for the rest of your life? Living in this dump? Working at the garage? Going to fights now and then? NO. You are not. Your life is changing, brother. Look around you. This isn’t your place anymore. This is not where you belong anymore. You belong in that dojo, learning karate.

You belong with those two old Japanese guys. You belong with that lady of yours…. The one you told me that you’re engaged to? Yeah, you belong with her. She loves you, bro, I saw it. She really loves you. You don’t even know how good you have it. You’re on top of the world! You have Lisa, and now you’re going to have a kid. You’re going to have a family! Damn it Jake! Think about that!”

Evan walked around the room and waved his arm around him, indicating the sparse walls and furniture. Jake had taken nearly everything he owned out of it when he had moved in with Lisa. “Dude, you don’t even live here anymore! You live with her. You have a chance at a life, Jake, at a real life. A good life. Hell, I’d give my right arm to have what you have! You’re a champion now, you have money, and you have a career in fighting!

You have a gorgeous woman who loves you and you have a kid on the way! What the hell else could you possibly ask for, huh? It doesn’t get any better than that! What… are you going to come back here and live like a miserable rat for the rest of your life, or are you going to grab that amazing life you’ve found and hold on tight to it? Both hands, you son of a bitch, you better grab onto her and that kid of yours, and that unbelievable life that’s waiting for you and don’t you ever let go of it, or I’ll beat your ass myself!” Evan was shouting by that point.

Jake stared at him and every word that his best friend spoke found its way into his head and into his heart. Swallowing his tears back, he shook his head. “I just… I didn’t expect any of that, Evan. I didn’t. Now look what I have!”

Evan glared at him. “You have it all, Jake! You have the whole dream, right in your hands, and what are you going to do, walk away from all of that? Don’t be a jerk!”

Shaking his head, Jake’s voice was quiet as he spoke. “What if I screw it up?”

Evan knew just what he was talking about. His best friend walked toward him and looked him straight in the eye. “Jake, you are not your father. You are not a low life failure, unless you walk out on Lisa, just like your old man walked out on you. You have a chance to make your whole life and everything about yourself different from him, from that dirt bag who left you and your mom. Don’t you dare do what he did and leave Lisa.

You have a choice to make. You can chicken out and be just like your father, or you can be the man I know you really are, and you can own up to the incredible opportunities that your life is offering you. I know if it was me, there would be no question. I’d take everything you have in a second, but that choice isn’t mine.”

He turned then, and walked toward the door. “You know what, why you don’t have a look around here, Jake. Take a long close look at your life here and you decide what’s right for you. You call me and let me know what you decide. I’ll be waiting, just like everyone else, for you to make up your mind about who you really are and what is really most important to you.”

With that, Evan turned and walked out of the door, letting it slam behind him. Jake heard him get in his car, and he heard the car pull away and drive down the street. He looked around him slowly at the room he was in, and then he walked from that room into the other rooms of the house, really looking at them and considering what his life had been while he had lived here, and he compared it to what his life had become.

He realized that there was no comparison. He had no life before. He had nothing before, and Lisa had changed that. Lisa had given him everything. Now she was going to give him a child, and he had the choice to turn that opportunity into a real family. His own family, and it could be a future that he had never allowed himself to imagine. It was real, and it was in his hands, if he didn’t screw up and lose it.

Panic washed through him again as he thought of how he had reacted to her news, and how he had left her, just like his father had left his mother and him. With a sickening groan, he bolted from the house and hurried into his car, calling Evan as he pulled out of the driveway and turned his car toward Lisa’s house.

Evan answered after a few rings. “Yeah? So what are you doing?” he asked sharply.

“Well, first I’m going to need you to forgive me for being so selfish and stupid, and I’m going to need you to do it soon, because I’m going to need a best man,” Jake told him as a wave of warmth washed over him and a smile began to spread across his face.

There was a soft chuckle on the other end of the line. “Done. You’re forgiven. Just let me know when the wedding is, brother. I’ll be right by your side, and Jake…”

“Yeah?” Jake asked in budding excitement.

“Congrats bro, you deserve all the happiness you can get,” Evan said with a kind tone. “Now go get that girl.”

They said goodbye and Jake rushed to Lisa’s house, practically leaping from his car the moment it was parked. He found her in her bed, her face wet with tears. His heart nearly stopped when he saw how much pain he had put her in.

Jake went right to her and wrapped his arms around her tightly, hugging her and then taking her face in his hands and looking into her dark eyes. “Lisa, I’m so sorry. I’m so very sorry. Please forgive me. I just… I got scared. I didn’t think I was ever going to be a dad. You surprised me and I wasn’t ready for it, but I thought about it, and I know without a doubt in my mind that you are what I want, and that baby of ours is what I want. Marry me. Okay? Please? Marry me for real, and let’s make this family happen.” He stared at her with his heart in his chest. “Say yes…” he whispered, watching her.

She grinned at him in relief and utter happiness as her every fear began to subside. “Yes, Jake. I will marry you, and we will be a family. I love you.” She said, reaching her hand up to his cheek.

“I love you too. So much,” he replied, closing the distance between them and kissing her gently. It was a long moment before he lifted his mouth from hers and looked at her again.

“Now we just have to tell my uncle.” She grinned mischievously, and Jake blinked in confusion.

“Your uncle?” he asked, wondering who she was talking about. She had never mentioned having an uncle to him.

With a sly grin she took his hand in hers. “My uncle Masahiro.”

Jake’s mouth fell open. “He’s…. he’s your uncle?”

She nodded. “He is the only family I have left. My father fought with him in the war, and my father sacrificed his life to save Masahiro, so in return for the life debt that he felt he owed to my father, Masahiro adopted me as his niece, and he has raised me since I was four.

My mother had already passed away, and there was no one else, so I grew up with Masahiro, and he has been like a father to me all of my life. He is my family, and so is Koichi. I have called them both uncle since I was that little girl left alone in the world, but it is Masahiro who raised me.”

“Wow…” Jake stared at her and then smiled wide again. “So… we are all going to be family?” he asked in complete wonder.

She nodded. “We are all going to be a family.” She kissed him then, and smiled up at him. “Forever.”  Jake knew that no dream he had ever had could compare with the reality of his future, his life, and the woman who had changed everything for him.

“Forever,” he repeated, pulling her close to him again. “You have given me a whole new life, and now it is time for me to give that back to you. I love you,” he said softly, and closed his mouth over hers, ending their talk with a deep kiss.

       
THE END

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