Chapter 56
“Gee, PL, didn’t waste any time, did you?” Brian gave him a playful slap on the back. “Nice to know after all these years your tadpoles are still strong swimmers.”
Paul knew exactly what he was talking about. “Who the hell ran their mouth to you?”
“Mimi, who else?” Brian then counted on his fingers. “Montana talked to Shaun, Shaun talked to Kelly, Kelly told Stephanie, Steph told Hunter, Hunter told Shawn, Shawn told Chris, Chris told Randy, Randy told Phil, Phil told Charlie, Charlie told Shelton, Shelton talked to Dave, Dave told Montel, Montel talked to Jeff, Jeff told Evan, Evan told Matt, Matt gave Tiffany the details, Tiffany told Maria, Maria told Michelle and Natalya, Natalya told Victoria while Michelle told Eve, Eve told Lilian, Lilian told Mike, Mike told Santino, Santino told Beth, Beth talked to Marylin while Mickie and Kofi overheard her, Kofi told Mimi, and Mimi told me, Zeke, Bam, Curt, Zack, Chavo, and Vickie. The end.”
“Fucking hell, why didn’t Montana and Shaun just tell the whole damn roster and save everyone the trouble? No wonder people have been looking at me weird all day. Jesus, Spanky, we haven’t even told the girls yet.”
“What are you waiting for, a gold engraved invitation? You ought to know by now you can’t hide this shit forever, PL.”
“Thanks to the big mouths of both wife and friend, I certainly can’t now.”
“It’s her first kid, what do you expect? Damn, even Reggie did the same thing when she was having Mac.”
“The only difference being the whole fucking roster didn’t know about it until she started to show.”
“Oh yeah, like puking in the bushes at your wedding reception wasn’t an indication.” Brian cleared his throat. “Shit, it’s nothing to be ashamed about.”
“Who says I’m ashamed? I hadn’t planned on announcing anything until Mon and I both had time to talk to the girls. She just found out a couple of days ago. Of course, that idea is shot in the head. Anyway, I got to find out if I have a match tonight or I’m stuck sitting on my ass counting tiles again.”
“I can talk to the bosses, PL, maybe get some action thrown your way.”
“Thanks for the sentiment, buddy, but you got a big ass PPV match to think about. I can manage, at least for now.”
“You need to do more than just ‘manage,’ dude; you need to get some show time, especially since you’re about to be a papi again.”
“We’ll be fine, Spanky. Jesus, you act like I’m destitute. I got a raise too, remember? Plus I got enough banked away to live off of for at least the next ten years. It’s just a slow period.”
“All right, but the offer still stands anytime you need it, especially now.”
Meanwhile:
Mariah gave Montana a gentle hug. “There’s the mommy to be!”
“I’m guessing Shaun told you,” Montana replied slowly.
“Actually, it was Kofi.”
“Wait, how did Kofi find out? I only told Shaun.”
“Honey, you should know by now if you tell Shaun anything, you may as well take out a full page ad in the New York Post or the National Enquirer.”
“Oh hell,” Montana groaned. “God only knows who else she told in that case.”
“By the way, Brian knows too,” Mariah added.
“That’s even worse. Good lord, Paul is going to throw a fit. We haven’t even had time to tell the girls yet with them being in school and him back on the road. And I only found out about the baby a couple of days ago. We were going to tell the girls this weekend.”
“Oh wow. If I’d known that, I wouldn’t have said anything.”
“Well, too late now. But it could be worse, I suppose, and besides, it isn’t something that is going to be a secret for long anyway.”
“So did they say how far along you really were?”
“Mmm hmm. Nine weeks.”
Mariah paused for a moment, as if to figure something out. “Oh, wow! That’s around the time you and Paul did it in the—”
“Do not go any further, Mariah.”
“You got pregnant in the locker room in Denver after you and Paul fought? Wow, make up sex at its finest!”
“For the love of God, you don’t listen very well, do you? And one word to your little booty call boyfriend about any of this and I will kindly have Paul snap both of your necks in two.”
“Nobody heard nothing from me. FYI, Brian isn’t exactly a booty call either. But wow, what a place to conceive, huh?”
“Things did get a little carried away. Considering once I found out how far I was, it didn’t take long to figure out that’s when it happened.”
“So how does he feel about all of this?”
“He was a bit shocked at first, especially after I told him how far along I was, but now he seems pretty happy about it.”
“Boy or girl?” Mariah wondered.
“I think it’s just a tad early to tell that, Mariah. But he’s happy with either as long as it’s healthy.”
“Most men want boys, though. You know, to carry on the family name and all that happy stuff.”
“Quite frankly, I’m pulling for one myself, but if it is a girl, I guess we will have to try again,” Montana replied with a giggle.
“Yeah, and in that event, maybe you can go to one of those places where you can pick the baby’s sex.”
“Let’s not get ahead of ourselves, Mariah. I haven’t even started to show with this one yet, much less anything else.”
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