Man Of Honor-Ch 23
The next few days passed by with no word from either Anthony or Savannah so Derek and Penelope thought they were in the clear, sadly things changed on Monday morning. Penelope was getting ready for her doctors appointment, it was her first visit with her new OB and she was both excited and nervous.
Derek was in the kitchen fixing them a light breakfast when the doorbell rang, he dried his hands and headed through to the front door. The smile he was wearing dropped when he opened the door to reveal a smiling Savannah standing there in front of him.
She said, "hello lover, we need to talk", Derek said, "not right now we don't, we're getting ready to leave", Savannah said, "awwwww well that's just to bad" and brushed past him and walked into the living room. Derek shut the door and said, "Savannah seriously can't this wait, we're really heading out"?, she sat down on the couch and said, "sorry sexy but no, no this can't wait, we need to talk about our baby".
He sat down beside her and said, "what is it that you want exactly"?, she put her hand on his thigh and said, "I want us to raise our child together as husband and wife". Derek laughed and said, "that ain't gonna happen", Savannah said, "and why isn't it, this child growing inside me is yours" as she put her hand on her growing baby bump.
Derek said, "it might be but I'm not marrying you Savannah because I don't love you, that night was a mistake, an accident and I'm not truly sure how it happened". Savannah said, "ohhhh I remember every minute of it, you couldn't keep your hands off of me Derek, you wanted me and you wanted me bad".
She looked over at him and said, "you were amazing, you really know how to satisfy a woman", Derek opened his mouth to tell her to shut up when Penelope said, "I couldn't have said it better myself Savannah" as she started making her way down the staircase and stepped into the living room.
Savannah said, "if you don't mind Derek and I need to talk about our child", Penelope sat down beside Derek and said, "you don't mind if I stay do ya handsome"?, he kissed her lips gently and said, "no, not at all". Savannah said, "this is a private talk between me and my future husband so if you don't mind".
Penelope said, "you and your future husband"?, Savannah grinned and said, "that's right, we're going to get married and raise our child together". Penelope looked at Derek and then back at Savannah and said, "I can assure you that Derek isn't going to marry you Savannah".
Savannah said, "oh you can huh"?, Penelope intertwined fingers with Derek and said, "yes, yes I can", Savannah crossed her legs and said, "and just how can you be so sure of that"?, Penelope turned her hand over and smiled and said, "because Derek and I were married last week".
Savannahs mouth flew open and she said, "y y you're married"?, Derek and Penelope smiled and he said, "yes we are", Savannah said, "what about our baby"?, Derek said, "if the baby is mine then I will help take care of him or her but their will be as minimal contact between you and me as possible".
Penelope looked at her watch and said, "hotstuff we're going to be late", Derek said, "we've got to go Savannah" as he ushered her toward the door. As they all stepped outside Savannah said, "I have a doctors appointment tomorrow morning and I'd like you to be with me".
Derek said, "just let us know where and when and we'll be there", Savannah said, "we"?, Derek said, "that's right we and if you can't let her be there then I won't be there either". She blew out a deep breath and said, "it's fine if she wants to come, just fine" as she walked down the steps.
She stopped before getting into her car and said, "I'll send you the information", Derek nodded his head yes and him and his wife watched as Savannah climbed into her car, started the engine and pulled away from the curb. As she pulled away she hit Anthonys number and after a few rings he heard, "Anthony we've got problems, big problems" and then he listened as she filled him in on what was happening.