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A few days later, Doug was searching through some old pictures. He came across a picture of him and a brunette woman with honey brown eyes. He did a double take. He vaguely remembered that night but he knew somewhere who might remember it more accurately, his best friend Michael Matthews. He gave him a call to see if he was up for a visit. He quickly said goodbye to his wife and daughter and drove to his best friend's house.
"Doug!" a voice exclaimed happily.
"Hey Mike."
"So, what's the picture you found?"
He showed the picture to him.
"I remember this clearly, we met these two women at a bar in London. We both got along with each of them but you're the one who ended up sleeping with her and her name was Patricia McMillian."
Doug nodded.
"Are you afraid that Jane will find out?"
"Actually, she knows that I was like this before I married her. Though, she'll be shocked that I possibly have a teenage daughter."
"Wait, what?"
"You said I slept with this woman, I possibly got her pregnant and she gave birth nine months later early August 1979."
"What makes you think that?"
"Jane and I befriended a single father of two daughters. The oldest was adopted in the early eighties. She has the identical eyes to this woman. She has some of my same features and tics."
"You should do some genetic testing first, just to make sure. Although, you'll need a sample of her DNA as well."
Doug nodded and wondered how he would get that DNA from his potential daughter without being creepy.
A few days later, he decided to visit Elliot. Currently, he was on the doorstep.
"Oh, hi Doug," Elliot greeted warmly.
"Hi Elliot, may I come in?"
The other man nodded and Doug walked in.
"My brother and his wife are here as well."
Doug nodded as Elliot led him towards the living room. He saw a dark haired woman and a brunette man.
"This is my friend Doug," Elliot introduced.
"Nice to meet you, I'm Ted and this is my wife Andromeda."
Doug smiled. "It's nice to meet you too. Isn't Andromeda a constellation?"
"Yes, it is."
"I've always been interested in astronomy, case and point why I wrote a book called 'A Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy'."
Everyone nodded.
"Is Amber home? I have something to discuss with her."
Elliot shook his head and replied. "No, she's at work than she has a date with Tim. She should be home around eleven or possibly she'll spend the night over Tim's."
Doug frowned disappointed.
"I doubt I can help but what did you want to ask my daughter?" Elliot asked, suspiciously.
Doug took the picture from his pocket and explained. "This is me and a woman named Patricia McMillian. It was taken on November 21st, 1978 by my best friend Michael Matthews."
Elliot glanced at the picture and saw the woman. She had the same honey brown eyes as his daughter.
"What are you trying to say?"
"There's a possibility that I'm Amber's biological father seeing as I had a one night stand with Patricia that night. I never saw her again after she left me alone the next morning. I came to ask Amber for some of her DNA, I know that sounds creepy."
Elliot nodded and said. "I think I saw something in her desk drawer. I think she was thinking about trying to find her biological father. I don't know why she never did."
"Sadly, that's because she was afraid that he wouldn't want her like her biological mum didn't want her," Andromeda sighed sadly.
"She told you that?" Elliot asked his sister-in-law.
"Nymphadora told me actually."
Elliot frowned. He didn't question why his daughter's biological mum didn't want her.
"I would never take her away from your family, I know how much she loves you besides she's of age there would be no custody battle."
Elliot nodded. He didn't need another custody battle with Amber he's already going through one with Sapphire.
"Do you think you could go grab what you found in Amber's desk or would that be snooping?"
"She has nothing to hide from me."
Doug nodded as Elliot walked up to his daughter's room. He got the little baggie and handed it to Doug. He left.
Elliot was right Amber did end up spending the night over her fiancé's. He hoped they were safe. He was much too young to be a grandfather but he trusted that they were.
The next morning, Amber arrived home and greeted her dad with a kiss on the cheek.
"Hey sweetie, how was Tim's?"
"It was good, and just so you know you're not going to be a grandfather anytime soon. I have Tim on a roughly four month intervals between each session. Although, that may change once we graduate."
"I trust you two."
"What did I miss?"
"Your Uncle Ted and Aunt Andromeda came over."
Amber nodded. "I'm sorry I missed them."
"Also, Doug came over."
"He did?"
Elliot nodded, picked up the picture off the breakfast bar, handed her the picture and said. "This is your biological mum."
"She was beautiful."
Elliot nodded. "There's a possibility that Doug is your biological father. He said he slept with her that night and was alone by the next morning."
"If he turns out to be my biological father, I won't leave this family. This is the family that raised me."
"I know that, I'll understand if you want to spend some time with them though."
Amber nodded.
"At least you're of age I don't have to go through a custody battle like I'm going through with Sapphire."
"How is that going?"
Elliot sighed. The father and daughter sat down and Elliott explained everything. Amber hated that her dad was going through this.
