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was. But she wasn’t
a real aunt. She
would have to be married to him in order to be their aunt, and that
wouldn’t happen. He liked Sherita, but marriage was out of the
question, and that went for every woman he’d come into contact with
who thought he’d budge on his stance.
    “ Sherita, did you hear
me?” his said in a low tone so as not to wake Grace.
    Sherita’s smile faded. She
looked over at Desmond, watching him gently stroke Grace’s hair
with his large hand. “I heard you…not sure I understand what you
mean.”
    “ We have to keep the
babies entertained, right? So what are our plans?”
    Sherita shrugged. “You tell
me, Uncle Desmond. What do you do with your children?”
    Eyebrows raised, he asked,
“My children?”
    “ Yes. Your children.”
    He smirked. “That’s rather
presumptuous of you to say. I don’t have children. Don’t want
any.”
    “ Oh, then I apologize. I
just assumed a man with your reputation would be a proud father
with multiple baby mommas.”
    The smirk on his face had
sense faded and now, glaring at her, Desmond responded, “That’s why
you shouldn’t assume things. You don’t even know me,
Sherita.”
    “ You’re right. I don’t
know you, and I don’t want to know you so stop talking to me.”
Sherita stood up and walked out of the room with Ezra in her arms,
continuing on to the kitchen. Thirty minutes into babysitting and
she was already thinking of leaving. But, she couldn’t let Emily
down, and she wanted to spend time with the babies. Maybe if she
steered clear of Desmond, things would go a bit smoother. He could
stay in the family room with Grace, and she would find some place
to get comfortable with Ezra.
    She opened the
refrigerator, pulled out a bottle of water and when she turned
around, she saw Desmond standing near the island, staring. Without
Grace. He’d probably put her back in the car seat, or in Ezra’s
Pack N’ Play.
    Sherita felt blood rush to
her head. She didn’t need this. Not now. Not ever.
    “ Can I ask you something,
Sherita?”
    “ No.”
    “ Why don’t you like me?”
he asked anyway.
    She glared at him. “I’m not
about to argue with you in front of the babies, so you can forget
about it.”
    “ Argue? I haven’t been in
an argument with a woman since—” He thought for a moment and
continued, “Actually, I’ve never been in an argument with a woman.
I have other ways of dealing with my frustration. But that’s
irrelevant at the moment. Right now, I want to talk with you.”
    “ About?”
    “ Your obvious attitude
towards me. If you don’t like me, that’s fine. I’m a big boy. I can
handle it, baby, but that doesn’t mean you can just talk to me any
kind of way and think I’m cool with it. I’m telling you, I’m
not.”
    “ And I’m telling you I have no interest
in talking to you at all.”
    He took slow steps her way.
“And I’m telling you that’s not acceptable. Like it or not, we have
to see each other quite frequently.”
    “ No we don’t. You proved
that for an entire year. Anytime I showed up to one of your
family’s events, you left. And, from what I understand, you would
call people to see if I was in attendance at a particular place,
and if I was, you wouldn’t show up at all. Why don’t you continue
doing that, Desmond? It was working really well.”
    So she knew. He couldn’t
dispute it. He had been avoiding her, but she wouldn’t understand
the reason why. She wouldn’t get it if he told her that being
around her made him desire things he didn’t feel he wanted or was
ready for – like children, a home and especially a wife. And it
didn’t help matters that she was the most beautiful woman he’d ever
laid eyes on. Even now, staring at her pouty, pink lips had him
thinking about kissing them.
    “ This is ridiculous,”
Sherita mumbled, certain Desmond hadn’t heard her. She had to get
out of the house. This co-babysitting was not a good idea as she
suspected it wouldn’t be.