Man Of Honor-Ch 24
Derek and Penelope sat smiling in an exam room, he reached over and intertwined their fingers and brought her hand up to his lips and kissed it. She said, "everything is going to be fine, right"?, he said, "right" as their attention turned to the doctor walking into the room.
She smiled and said, "Penelope it's so good to see you again", she said, "nice to see you to Susan, how's Andy and the kids"?, she said, "Andy is good and the kids are rotten". Susan looked at Derek and said, "and you must be her husband, Derek"?, he shook hands with her and said, "I am, it's nice to meet you".
Susan said, "I've known Penelope through Emily and JJ, she use to come with them to their appointments when they were pregnant with Henry and Jack". Derek nodded his head and said, "they highly recommended you for baby girls OB" and Susan smiled as she opened Penelopes file.
Penelope blew out a deep breath as Susan said, "alright I see that you're almost 12 weeks along now, how's the morning sickness"?, she said, "almost gone thank goodness". Susan nodded her head and said, "I agree, morning sickness can be really bad, I know it was for me when I was pregnant with all 4 of my kids".
Penelope said, "their is something that we need to discuss with you", she leaned forward and said, "sure honey" and then Penelope and Derek explained everything to her. When they were finished Susan said, "okay so what you're wanting to know is about paternity tests, right"?, she nodded her head and said, "yes".
Susan said, "well you can wait till the baby is born and have blood work done then", Penelope said, "I don't think Anthony is willing to wait till the baby is born". Susan crossed her legs and said, "well we can do an amniocentesis when you are around 5 months, so you've got almost 2 months left".
Penelope said, "how conclusive is the amnio"?, Susan said, "100% because we take DNA from you and the baby and of course we'll get a sample from Derek and go from there". Derek said, "and under no circumstances is Anthony to know anything about her results".
Susan said, "absolutely not, we believe in a patients privacy", Derek gently squeezed her hand and said, "don't worry sweetness, everything is going to be alright". Penelope smiled and said, "I love you", Derek said, "and I love you Mrs. Morgan, now and forever" causing Penelope to grin.
About 45 minutes later Derek and Penelope were walking out of the OBs office with all of the information about the amniocentesis and a card for her next appointment. Penelope looked at Derek and said, "can we grab a pizza before we head to the office"?, he grinned and said, "for you goddess anything" as they climbed into his truck and pulled away from the OB parking lot.
Across town Anthony was sitting at his desk looking at some files, he was trying his best to work but couldn't concentrate on anything but making sure Penelope was his forever. He couldn't believe what Savannah had told him, he couldn't believe that she had married Derek and so fast.
He knew that they would try to do something to keep the baby away from him but not this, not get married, Penelope belonged with him and to him and nobody else. Anthony looked at a picture of Penelope that sat on his desk, he picked it up and said, "you're going to be sorry, you and your little hotstuff are going to be sorry you ever messed with me".
He picked up his cell and dialed a familiar number, after a few rings he said, "Penelope we need to talk"