calendar, she intentionally jabbed her elbow into my
nuts so I couldn’t move. “There are some things in this
book you need to see. No interruptions until the end
please.”
Nodding to agree while holding my jewels, I watched as
she flipped through the pages of a photo-album of strictly Samantha and myself. It started off with a page
dedicated to Emily finding out about being pregnant.
The woman went so far as to keeping the first stick she
peed on with the positive result.
Emily’s slideshow went on to show me everything in
Sammy’s life that I had been there to witness. A silent
bystander who stood alone at a distance most of the
time, but still there. I smiled at seeing Samantha in
those cheerleading uniforms I loved so much. They were
my favorite.
The last page was the one that caught my attention the
most. Similar to the first one, it too had a pee-stick
attached to it with a positive result. Ultrasound pictures
surrounded the outside of the page while a piece of white
paper lay perfectly straight in the center. The paper had
obviously been trimmed to fit the page. I had to squint a
little to read the print.
Collin W. Utley-99.9% Paternal Match , Positive. Gabriel A. Utley-0.0%, Paternal Match, Negative .
Emily closed the book. “Are there any questions
regarding what you saw?”
Our eyes met when she peered back at me. “Does the last
page have any truth to it?”
“Ninety-nine point nine percent truth.” She told me with
a little smirk. “You are my granddaughter’s father and
she needs her daddy in her life. Samantha should’ve
been the one to break this news to you, but she is so
damn stubborn. She gets it from her father.”
I couldn’t find the words to speak as I sat there, staring
at my favorite photo of me and Sammy placed on my
desk. For the first time in so long, I had been completely
motionless. She took my face into her hands and kindly smiled.
“Collin, I didn’t come here just to tell you about your
daughter…you should know that Sammy is miserable
without you. After Matthew confronted Gabriel,
Samantha truly started to realize how much she has hurt
you. Please…as a favor to me…go talk to her. I’m not
saying go back to her, but just go talk to her. It will help
put her mind at ease.”
Before either of us could say another word, my newest
girl Bambi was getting ready to put on a private show for
me through the other side of the gigantic glass that
separated my office from the showroom floor.
Emily looked up just in time to see the sexy female in
her get-up. “Who in the hell is that Collin?!” her fist
balling up and hitting me in the crotch.
I gasped for air, thankful she had no idea who the girl
was. We watched her dance on the pole with her masquerade mask on. Her red heels were gorgeous as
she skillfully danced.
“Please tell me that is NOT who I think it is!” She
shouted, smacking me a few times before standing and
darting out of the room.
I followed her out, stopping just before the entrance of
the private room Erin had been in. She turned to look at
me and I flinched in anticipation, fearful of her hitting
me again.
“Go. Leave me alone to talk to my daughter. You and I
will discuss your punishment later.” She dismissed me
with a wave of her hand.
****
-Samuel Utley My twin brother, Jesse, and I have never really seen eye-to-eye. He is the one with the brains and I just work with my hands. Tonight, we decided to use our fake IDs at some bar far away from home and just hang out. While Jesse mingled with a few females, impressing them with his smart-ass doctor talk, I couldn’t get Gabriel’s request out of my head. He wanted me to imprint and mate with some unknown chick so our offspring