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"How was your trip?" asks Tayla as we are sitting in the waiting room for Jonah to get his mouth swiped for the paternity test. We got the letter when we got back that we needed to take him for his test while Kris was court ordered to get his test done as well and we would have the results back in a couple days.
"It was great," I say with a smile. "We had a really good time," I say as I watch Jonah playing at the lego table. "It was definitely a needed trip. He took me to the aquarium. I loved it. I got to hang out with dolphins and see sea turtles. I love sea turtles."
"That sounds really fun," she says, "Roman once took me to Discovery Cove for a weekend. Have you ever been there?"
"When I was younger but not since I've gotten older. I love that place too. I love sea creatures."
"It was one of our best vacations together I have to admit. It was simple but beautiful."
"We are looking at places to take a family vacation. I won't do Disneyworld but I will do Discovery Cove with Jonah but he's not old enough to get the full experience so we'll probably wait until he's a little older."
"Good idea," she says, "so what else happened on this trip? You're extremely happy," she says with a smile.
"Well," I say. "We did sleep together for the first time and it was beautiful."
"Wow," she says with a smile. "That's great."
"I know," I say.
"You never slept together before the trip?"
"No," I say. "We wanted to wait and take it slow plus after everything I wasn't ready. I needed to make sure I was ready. I was surely ready on our trip. It was perfect and beautiful. I'll never forget it. I love him so much, Tay."
"It sounds like it," she says with a smile. "I'm glad that you're finally happy with someone."
"Me too," I say, "I haven't been this happy for a long time. I have an amazing son and an amazing boyfriend. He gave me a promise ring."
"Wow," she says. "Let me see," she says as I show her the black diamond and white diamond infinity heart ring on my left ring finger. She looks at it and says, "that's beautiful. I love it."
"Thanks," I say with a smile. "He's a pretty good guy. I want to be with him the rest of my life. I love seeing him with Jonah and the fact he accepted him the way he did is amazing and the way he stepped up to take care of him is awesome. The way he accepted me and my past is even better because I really thought that once he knew who I was and my past he would leave."
"Yeah, Seth isn't that kind of guy. He has a good heart. You got really lucky with him."
"I think so too," I smile. "If these tests come back that Kris is the father I don't know what I am going to do. That means he has rights to Jonah and we may have to move back to Arizona. I don't want to move to Arizona. Seth said he would move to Arizona with me but I don't know how that would work when he's training and wrestling here in Florida even if he's getting ready to start to travel Florida is his main home. And I don't want to live in Arizona. Jonah's whole life is here, you're here, Roman's here. Everything he knows is here. I can't do that to him. I don't want to do that to him."
"Do you have to move to Arizona? Couldn't you set up visits once a month or something? It isn't healthy for a three year old to visit a prison every week. I think once a month should be more than enough not that I really believe he should be allowed to have any part in Jonah's life," she says.
"That's the last thing I want. I am going to fight it if I have to. Jonah has a dad as far as I am concerned and Seth is a great role model for him not some pimp and criminal in jail. I am just thankful Jonah is as awesome as he is. He could be just like Kris if that's his father and the last thing I want is Kris filling Jonah's head with ideas or having any impact on his life. That's a worst nightmare come true if these results come back that Kris is his father."
"I can't even imagine," she says touching my hand, "but hopefully this will all be over soon and you'll get the results you're hoping for."
"Thanks," I say as Jonah comes up to me, standing in front of me looking at me with his deep brown eyes. He brushes his curly hair out of his face. "Yes, Baby?" I ask him.
"Me sick?" he asks.
"No, you're not sick," I explain as I pick him up and sit him on my lap.
"No, Doctor!" he protests. "Me get a shot?" he asks.
"No, Sweetie," I say. "This isn't a regular doctor. This is a different kind of doctor. You're not going to get a shot. The doctor will just stick a Q-tip into your mouth and swipe a little bit off your cheek. You know how mama cleans your ears out with a Q-Tip?"
"Yes," he says.
"That's all the doctor is going to do. He's going to clean your mouth with a Q-Tip to wipe away all the germs okay?"
"Okay, Mama," he says.
"Jonah Batista and Jordyn Batista?" calls the receptionist. I stand up with Jonah and make my way over to the desk. "He's ready for you, Dear. Just walk through this door and turn to your right it is the first door on your left."
"Okay, thank-you," I say before I follow her instructions. I walk into the room and the doctor is already waiting for Jonah and me. I have never been so anxious in my life as I am as I sit down where he directs me. He gives me a release to sign and then explains what he is going to do to Jonah. "All right, Jonah," I say as I hold him on my lap. "It won't hurt at all okay?"
"Okay, Mama," he says before the doctor tells him to open his mouth. Jonah does as he is told without hesitation and the doctor sticks the cotton swab into his mouth and swipes the fluid from the inside of his cheek before putting it away for testing and then he does the same thing to me before he does the same with my swab. He thanks us for coming and tells me we should have the results in a few days after he delivers them to my attorney.
The next few days I waited anxiously to get the call from Tayla's dad that the results were in. I checked my phone over and over again just in case I missed a call or didn't hear my ring tone go off. I called him numerous times to see if he had received the results of the DNA test but he hadn't. He was still waiting for the Arizona courts to fax him or send him the info he needed to give me the information I had been waiting to hear. As the days went by the more anxious I grew waiting for the phone call. The day I had been waiting for finally came as I was at work. I told my manager I had been waiting for the call and it was from my attorney I needed to take it. She allowed me to excuse myself so that I could take Miguel's call. "Hello," I say as I answer the phone quickly.
"Jordyn," he says. "I have the results. I would rather give them to you in person. Are you working right now?"
"Yes," I say.
"What time do you get off?"
"I get off at 7," I say. "I think that's too late."
"I could come over to your house or to Seth's apartment wherever you'll be," he says. "And we can discuss it then unless you two have other plans."
"We don't really have anything going on. I was just going to pick Jonah up from Tayla's house and then meet Seth at his apartment. He had training today. If you want to swing by that's fine."
"Okay. I will be there about 8 to give you enough time to get Jonah, get home and get settled does that work for you?"
"That's good," I say with a nervous smile. "You sure you don't want to tell me on the phone?"
"It's much better if we discuss this in person to move on with our next step."
"That doesn't sound good," I say.
"We will talk about it," he says which doesn't make me feel any better but more anxious. The worst could be happening. I can't allow it to happen. I don't' want it to happen. "So I will see you at 8, Jordyn."
"See you at 8," I say before hanging up the phone, I bite my lower lip and take in a deep breath trying to compose myself before I make my way back out on the floor to take orders. I pull myself together and walk out like nothing had happened. I act as if nothing is on my mind or that my stomach isn't turning in a million knots and I feel like I am going to throw up any moment now.
I push through the rest of my shift and clock out for the night. I make my way to Tayla's house to pick Jonah up before I head to Seth's apartment, the apartment we will be sharing soon as a couple together. I walk into the apartment and Seth is nowhere to be found. "Babe, I'm home," I say putting my keys down on the table next to the door before taking off my shoes then Jonah's shoes.
"Coming," he calls from his bedroom. He walks out into the living room wearing just a towel around his waist and his hair dripping wet. The wetness dripping onto his ripped abs, his perfect washboard abs. He stands in front of me like a god and I can't take my eyes off of him. He greets me with a kiss on the cheek getting me wet.
"Seth!" I squeal with a smile.
He smiles at me and says, "Sorry, maybe once Jonah goes to bed I can get you wet in other places," he whispers in my ear so that Jonah can't hear him.
"Maybe," I say with a smile before I kiss him again. "But you're going to need to get dressed. Miguel is coming over."
"Tonight?" he asks.
"Yes," I say. "He has the results and wants to tell them to me and then to go on with the next step whatever that means. He gave nothing away on the phone. It doesn't sound good."
"Maybe it is good news. It doesn't really matter. Whatever it is we'll figure it out."
"I know," I say, "but as much as I hate to say this please get dressed."
"Are you sure?" he asks with a smirk.
"Yes," I say as I place my hands on his damp chest and look up into his dark brown eyes. I give him a soft smile that he returns with a smile of his own. "Maybe later I can take everything off of you that you put on," I suggest with a blink of my eyes.
"And maybe I can help you out of everything you have on right now," he winks.
"Sounds like a plan." I kiss his lips once more. "Now go get dressed he'll be here soon."
"Okay," he says before he walks away and goes back into the bedroom. I direct my attention to Jonah who is sitting at the coffee table playing with one of his toy trains.
"Jonah, Honey, Aunt Tay's daddy is coming over to talk to mommy and daddy and it is a grown up conversation. Can you play in your room for a little bit while we talk to him?" I ask knowing that some of Jonah's toys are already at the apartment.
"Okay, Mama," he says before he picks up his train.
"Thanks, Buddy and then after that we will get you ready for bed and read you a story okay?"
"Okay, Mama," he says before he makes his way to what will be his room when we move in. "Daddy!" he yells when Seth comes out of our room dressed in a pair of basketball shorts, a white t-shirt and his hair pulled up into a low ponytail.
"Hey, Buddy!" he says scooping him up. "Did you have fun at Aunt Tay's house today?"
"Yeah," he says, "train," he says showing him his train.
"That's a pretty cool train, Buddy," he says. "Is it Thomas?" he asks as I admire those two together. I all of a sudden don't care what those test results tell us because no matter what Seth is Jonah's dad. He is the only man he knows as his father and Seth is the only man that has taken care of him besides Roman in the last 3 years. Their bond is incredible and they are like best friends. Nothing will ever change that. I smile as Seth kisses his cheek and Jonah kisses him back on his cheek. "I love you, Buddy."
"I love you, Daddy," he says with a big smile making my heart melt and the doorbell rings.
"All right, Buddy, go play in your room while your Mama and I talk to Aunt Tay's dad, okay?"
"Okay, Daddy," he says as Seth puts him down. Jonah runs into his bedroom as Seth meets me by the door. "You ready?"
"I guess," I say as I open the door allowing Miguel to come in. "Hey," I say with a smile.
"Hey," he says with a smile as he comes into the door. I shut it behind him. "Seth," he says shaking Seth's hand. "How are you doing tonight? I'm sorry I interrupted your evening but I wanted to get started on the next step and give you the results of the paternity test."
"I'm scared as hell," I say as Seth wraps his arm around my waist holding me tight against him. "I don't know if I am ready to hear the truth." For some reason I just feel deep down that Kris is his father not because of my gut instinct but because even though Jonah sometimes resembles, well mostly resembles me I do see a little bit of Kris in him as well. As much as I try not to admit it there's a little bit of Kris in his looks especially with some of the looks he gives me sometimes.
"Let's sit down in the kitchen to talk," suggests Seth.
"Okay," I say as we lead the way to the kitchen.
"Everything is going to be okay I promise," says Seth.
"I know," I say, "but still I can't help but be a little bit scared."
"I know," he says before kissing my cheek softly before we all take a seat at the kitchen table.
"Well," says Miguel as he pulls out some paperwork. "I got the results back," he says looking over the papers in front of him. "And the results were pretty clear. There as a 99.9% DNA match between Kris and Jonah which means biologically he is Jonah's father."
I feel the lump rising in my throat, the tears burning my eyes at the results. I had always thought it I'm not sure why it was such a shock that the results proved it. "What happens now," I say swallowing back a cry.
"Well, that's the tricky part because now that he knows he's the father he knows he has right to your son and he has the right to either ask to terminate those rights or honor those rights to form a relationship with his son and from what I have heard from his lawyer is that he wants to be a part of Jonah's life and he wants to have a relationship with him."
"Why now? Why after 3 years does he want to have a relationship with the baby he never wanted that he sold?"
"And that's when that's going to come into play to get his rights terminated. Everything is still open. That will be used against him. We are going to petition the Arizona courts to get his rights terminated but he is willing to relinquish his rights under one condition," he says.
"What's the one condition?" I ask as Seth takes my hand, lacing our fingers together.
"He wants to see you," he says. "He wants you to go visit him."
"No," says Seth, "absolutely not."
"Do you see what he's doing? He's trying to control the situation like he does everything else. He's a manipulator. He's trying to get his way by manipulating the situation. He said he will give up his rights if I go to see him because he knows that I would do that over going to court to terminate his rights."
"She's right, Miguel. He's manipulating her into doing what he wants."
"I see that but listen, maybe if going to see him will be the best thing, he'll sign away his rights and you never have to worry about him again. The only issue with going to court is the judge could rule in his favor. It's up to you and whatever chances you want to take."
I sit and think about it as Seth answers, "we'll take our chances in court."
"No," I say, "No, I will go to see him but I want it written in writing and signed by attorneys that he will sign away his rights if I go to visit him. I can see him getting what he wants but not following through."
"Jordyn," says Seth, "Why would you do that?"
"Because I can't risk him being a toxic part in Jonah's life, Seth, I have to think about Jonah and what's best for him. At this time you are the only dad he knows and you are the only dad I want him to know. I saw you two earlier. You're inseparable and he loves you so much, Seth. He's innocent and I don't need him to know that Kris exists. I also know Kris he will go back on his word if he gets what he wants but that's why I want it in writing he is going to stick to his word before I travel to Arizona to see him."
"Jordyn, I think that's a risk."
"No, Seth, the risk is letting a judge decide the fate of my son, of our son. I can't allow that. I can't. This is the way I want to do it. Please support my decision."
"I don't think it's the right decision," he says. "It's not the right decision."
"For Jonah," I say, "it is. Think about Jonah. What if the judge would rule that Kris deserves his rights and deserves a relationship with his son and I have to take him to prison to see his dad? And what about the influence Kris could have on him, Seth? I know you don't want me to do this but it's not about what we want because I would rather saw off my arm than go see this monster again but I'm doing to ensure that Jonah never has to meet this man."
"I always said I would do anything for Jonah and I will even if it means letting you go to see his 'father' but I'm coming with you."
"Seth, I don't know if he would like that."
"It's I go or nothing, Jordyn. I'm not going to let you go see this man alone. After everything he did to you I can't let you go see him alone. I'm coming with you."
"Seth, that might piss him off."
"You know what pisses me off? The fact that he's trying to control and manipulate you into getting what he wants. He manipulated you from the start. I understand this is all for Jonah but damn it Jordyn you are not going to see him alone. If he gets pissed off he gets pissed off. I am your boyfriend and it is my job to protect you and make sure you are safe."
"Okay," I say, "you and I will go see Kris together. Jonah can stay with my mama and dad. They have been wanting to see him but I guess it's no better time than this to go visit my parents in Arizona, patch things up and start everything fresh."
"That's good," he says. "Look, Jordyn, I just don't want you to go see him alone. I hope you understand."
"I do Seth," I say. "It's fine."
"Okay," he says.
*A/N: What do you think of the test results? Why do you think it bothers Jordyn so much that Kris is the father? Do you think if she goes to visit him that he will relinquish his rights or is he just manipulating her? Is going to see him a bad idea? What do you think about Seth telling her he's going with her to see Kris? How do you think that's going to go? And how do you think everything is going to go with her parents? Please review and thank-you for reading.