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Paternity Test
The next twenty-four hours went by quickly, too quickly. Julie, Emily, and I left for the test an hour before it was supposed to begin. We arrived at the Paternity Center just in the nick of time. We walked inside to see Adam and Bombay were already there. Elizabitch was there too.
"Are you ready for this?" Bombay asked me as he stood next to me.
"Not really, but does it matter now?" I answered as the test administer walked into the room.
"I guess not." Bombay replied.
"My name is Dr. Brashear." the doctor introduced herself. She was a mid sized woman, with long straight brown hair and dark brown eyes. She spoke with a Kentucky accent. "I will be disserting the paternity test. Which of you are Scott and Adam?" she looked at Bombay, Adam and I.
Adam stood. "I'm Adam and this is Scott." Adam pointed to me.
"I prefer Scooter if you don't mind." I told her and she nodded.
"This isn't going to involve needles is it?" Julie asked, "I hate nee…… I mean Emily hates needles."
"There will be no needles. I am going to get saliva samples from all of use using a cotton swab." Dr. Brashear answered.
"Like they do it on Maury?" Julie asked.
"Uh, yeah. Like they do it on Maury." she answered and Julie smiled. Dr. Brashear went over to the counter and retrieved four cotton swabs along with four containers that had our names inscribed on them. "Now who is going first?"
"I will." Adam volunteered stepping forward. Dr. Brashear directed him towards a stool in the middle of the room. "Just open your mouth and I will get what I need." Adam did as he was directed and Dr. Brashear swirled the swab around in his mouth until she got what she needed. She placed the swab into the small container with Adam's name on it.
"Alright, Scooter. You're up." she looked at me and I traded places with Adam. A clean cotton swab was swirled inside my mouth. I was secretly hoping that this woman would loose my cotton swab during testing and I could get some extra time with Emily. "Alright, Julie we will get you next and the baby will be last. What is her name again?"
Julie smiled as she sat down on the stool after handing Emily to Adam. "Her name is Emily."
"My name is Emily too." Dr. Brashear answered getting the DNA sample from Julie's mouth and putting the swab in the container with Julie's name on it. "Now for the hard part. Emily probably will not like this very much." Dr. Brashear started towards the baby's mouth with the swab. Emily showed resistance, but after a few minutes of trying we were able to get Emily to open her mouth. However, when the swab was swirled around in her mouth she started crying. Dr. Brashear looked over at Julie. "Don't worry. This is very common." She turned back to the baby and ran a soothing hand over Emily's head. "Don't worry sweetie. It will be okay." Amazingly, the soothing words helped the baby and she stopped crying. "That's a good girl." Dr, Brashear put the Swab in the container and turned towards Adam and I.
"How long will it take to get the results back?" I asked.
"Forty-eight hours. You will come back to this exact place." she told me as she started to leave with the DNA samples. She turned back towards us before walking out the door. "You are free to go now."
Once again, the next forty-eight hours passed by quickly and the day finally came. The day that I would go to jail forever. I walked into the office with Julie and Emily. Adam and Bombay were right behind me. The first thing I noticed when I entered the room was the police officers waiting to take me to prison. They were the same ones that interrogated Adam after he claimed Emily was his to get me out of trouble. Elizabitch was also there standing next to them. We sat down and waited on Dr. Brashear to make her entrance. As far as I was concerned, she could have took her sweet time. However, only a couple of minutes after we sat down, she came in with the results.
"Do you have the results, Mam?" One of the officers asked the doctor.
"Yes." she opened the envelope and I took a deep breath. "When it comes to three week old Emily, Adam, you are not the father." A part of me breathed a sigh of relief. I had believed what they said, but still, the thought had been in mind a little. After all Julie and Adam had dated once before. Now I was one hundred percent sure I was the guy.
Dr. Brashear turned her attention to me. "Scott, when it comes to three week old Emily, you are the father." I couldn't help but smile. What else could I do. The officers were walking towards me, but I continued to smile. There wasn't anything I could do now. I had been expecting this for eight months now. Julie and I both knew that this was coming. I just wish it didn't come this soon.
The officer stopped right in front of me. "Scott Vanderbilt," he said and I willing got up from my seat. He turned me around quickly and pulled my hands behind my back placing me in the handcuffs. "You are under arrest for the statutory rape of a minor." I looked over at Julie and I could see the tears starting to roll down her cheeks. I nodded my head towards Adam and he took the hint and immediately held her tight. I looked over towards Elizabitch and she was smiling ear to ear. She was finally getting what she always wanted.
"It'll be okay." Julie I told her as they haled me out to the hallway. Bombay followed behind us.
The officer continued on. "You have the right to remain silent and refuse to answer questions. Do you understand?"
"Yes,"
I answered as we reached the door to the building and we walked
outside.
"Anything you say can and will be used against you
in a court of law. Do you understand?"
"Yes,"
I answered once more as we know stood next to the cop car.
"You
have the right to consult an attorney before speaking to the police
and to have an attorney present during questioning now or in the
future. Do you understand?"
"Yes,"
I answered once more.
"If you cannot afford an attorney, one
will be appointed for you before any questioning if you wish. Do you
understand?"
"Yes."
"If you decide to answer questions now without an attorney present you will still have the right to stop answering at any time until you talk to an attorney. Do you understand?"
"Yes," I answered one final time becoming tired of answering these questions.
"Knowing and understanding your rights as I have explained them to you, are you willing to answer my questions without an attorney present?"
"No, I want my attorney there." I stated as they helped me into the car.
"I'll meet you there," Bombay told me as he started to leave.
"No wait." I called him back. "Make sure Julie and Emily get home safely first."
He nodded. "Alright." He told me as the car door was shut and the car started and headed off towards the police station.
