Sorry for the delay, this chapter should be written better than the others. I am not sure how much more I will add. I found out some chapters are missing and that is a problem. Though I will search my CD's to find them. Some asked why Rory would cheat, all I can say is well that it happens sometimes even in the best scenarios. I try to keep my fics real. I hope you like this section. Thanks for reading. Please review.
The Test
A week after little Adriana Leigh Huntzberger is born they travel to New Jersey to have her tested to make sure she is Logan's daughter. They traveled across state lines to an independent clinic to do the test. For the five hundredth time Rory apologized. Logan has had enough.
"I love you baby, and we all make mistakes, please don't keep apologizing; okay."
"You are right," she acknowledged."
She turned around to watch little Anna sleep as they continued to drive into New Jersey, unaware they are being followed.
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Rory and Logan had been very cautious about who knew about the Jess incident. At one point, Logan had meet Lorelei at an out of the way coffee shop to give her the news; aware that his family had eyes everywhere waiting for Rory to fall on her face in the marriage. Newly married to Joshua Galway and pregnant, Lorelei was as devastated about the incident as Logan had been. They sat quietly as they drank their coffee and meditated each in their own thoughts of Rory.
"I know we aren't here for me to make excuses for Rory and I understand the need for discretion; you know I have to tell Josh but that is as for as the information will go," she added sadly.
"I appreciated that Lorelei," he said.
"I am sorry about this Logan."
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Logan noticed a familiar car behind them and stopped at the nearest gas station and get gas with the hope the car will keep going. The Volvo he had seen in the mirror passed the station but turned around when Logan went inside to pay. His sigh of relief turned back to suspicion when came out of gas station and ran right into his uncle Eli. "Hey nephew what's up?"
His uncle Eli was the black sheep of the family and if he had been the one following them then they had big problems.
"Hey uncle, how are things?"
"I could ask you the same thing; a Thursday morning drive in New Jersey with your family, what's that all about?"
"Nothing sinister just going to see friends for the weekend; what are you doing here?"
"Just hanging out, Logan, nothing pressing going on."
They talked briefly and promise to get together soon.
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Logan told Rory about his uncle and that he didn't trust him. They decided to go visit some people Logan knew to stall for time and use their phone to reschedule the appointment. Eventually Eli seemed to give up and passed them on the freeway.
"Eli is always out for a buck if he thinks he has something on me he would sell the information to my father; who hates him since he is my mother's ex con brother."
"The plot thickens in the family," Rory laughed as she tried to relax and think of something other than the upcoming test.
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Logan's friend Ethan is happy to see them even though he is on the way to work and his wife is sick with the flu. Ethan took a few moments to talk to Logan at the door but Rory stayed in the car with the baby and kept an eye out for the Volvo. It was a good thing Logan knew more people in "Jersey". Their second stop was more successful since they were able to contact Logan's high school pal, Vinnie, at his home office.
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Vinnie was happy to see Logan and his family they spoke of old times while Rory entertained the baby and made what she hoped was a quick call when Vinnie wasn't paying attention. Just what they didn't need was for a family friend to call Logan's sister and tell her of a strange visit from her brother on an early Thursday morning. Rory suspected the first stop maybe would be what undid all their careful planning.
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They decided to have lunch after leaving they left Vinnie's and waited for the appointment time. They baby was fussy from not having her nap and Rory took her to the ladies room to breast feed her. She seemed happy afterward and Logan smiled. He was convinced that motherhood would be the best thing for Rory and him. Rory had quit her job a month before the baby was born because she had almost miscarried twice because of stress. She has decided to do freelance writing for a few years will the baby was young.
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At the doctor's office, they were happy to see an empty lobby at the doctor's office they had chosen, they are the last patients of the day. Their appointment was under an assumed name of Phillip Johnston, having done all they could to keep the Huntzberger name out of this situation. Logan went in first to have is blood drawn. Anna didn't cry when they take her blood because she is so sleepy; Rory flinched as they put the needle in the baby's thigh, it's all my fault she thought to herself. Logan puts his arm around her because he could see she was emotional. The nurse told them the results should be back in about three days.
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It is only around five o'clock but they decided to stay the night not far from the doctor's office at a local hotel chain. They ordered room service and a portable crib for the baby. Before the food arrived Logan went to the store to get some diapers for the baby; he had almost gotten to the register when he saw Eli at the check out so he doubled back and went down the frozen food aisle hoping he has not been seen. While he is stood there he grabbed Rory's favorite ice cream, Cherry Garcia, then again headed to the check as he sent out prayers that Eli had gone on his way.
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Eli stood outside drinking a coke when Logan exited on the other side of the building he called his name across the parking lot. Logan tried to ignore him but he came face to face with him.
"Must be my lucky day, nephew, all this years and I see you twice in one day."
"Hey again Eli," Logan said as he attempted to not reveal his nervousness and a bit of anger that rose up in him..
"Where are the wife and baby?"
'At my friends, I was just picking up some post pregnancy craving ice cream and a couple baby supplies, but I really have to run, uncle."
"Later," Eli replied as he stood in the middle of parking lot while he drank his coffee.
He knew exactly where Logan was going because he was at the same hotel.
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Logan stayed at the hotel only long enough to get there stuff and get out of there. They headed back to New York as fast as they could safely do it. He knew in his heart Eli was following them he had known it from the first time he saw him. It took him around three hours to get all them way back to their new home where he almost half expected to see Eli again. His prayers were answered this time and they were alone the rest of the night. Rory didn't say much on the drive she kept thinking all of this was her fault. She felt really depressed and it scared her; she knew she needed to talk to Logan about it as soon as possible. She had been warned about post partum depression and her case a guilty conscience was a deadly mix.
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That night she snuggled up to Logan and tried to explain to him everything she felt inside. He listened so closely she thought he is asleep.
"You can relax Rory I promise I am not going anywhere either way, Sweetie, just concentrate on our cutie pie Anna and your writing and we will be fine."
"Thank you Logan for being here for me, you have no idea how much I love you and I appreciate the way you have been through all of this," she said laying her head on his chest.
"I believe in for better or worse, Rory," he replied, confidently.
After her putting up with his sleeping around during there little "break" a few years back, he had to consider that things do come back around. Some times they show up to bite you in the behind in the worse ways.
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Logan got the three am feeding that morning. He warmed the breast milk and sat in the rocker with Anna. Rory watched them while she pretended to be asleep. He was so gentle with her and Anna. How could she have been so stupid as to test their marriage the way she had? Maybe she should see someone about her erratic behavior. She had learned a lesson and humiliated herself in one single swoop. She was glad that Love conquered all. She lay still as she listened to the happy sounds of the baby eating as she adoring looked in the direction of her father, because no matter the test results, Logan would be her father. Rory knew that, just as she realized she could never see Jess again the same way that she had. Her immaturity and naiveté were gone for good.
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They called with the test results on early Monday morning and Logan answered the phone but gave it to Rory for them to tell her. Rory bit her lip as she faced Logan with the news.
"She is all ours Logan, mine and yours alone."
He held her for a very long time and kissed her forehead as he looked over her head at the baby who sat innocently in her swing. Some how he had known it was only Rory's guilt that allowed her to think his baby belonged to Jess. In his heart, Logan had known the little girl was his.
TBC