Surprise Baby Girl-Ch 23

It wasn't long before Heather was walking into Fran and Daves front door, he instantly handed her the papers and stood there as she read them, she looked up at the very nervous couple and said, "I knew she was going to do this it was only a matter of when". Penelope said, "so this is normal"?, she nodded her head and said, "sadly yes".

Derek said, "what does this mean, am I going to lose custody of my son"?, she put her hand on his shoulder and said, "I promise I'm going to do everything I can to make sure that you don't lose your son". He smiled as he ran his hand over his head and said, "how can she say that I'm unfit when she's the one that has constantly cheated on me since we were married"?, Heather said, "she's just trying to throw things off of her and onto you to put her in a good light".

Heather looked at him and said, "just continue your life like you have been and try not to let it bother you", Derek said, "continue my normal routine"?, she nodded her head and said, "that's correct". Derek then said, "I have several appointments tomorrow to look at houses", she said, "that's good, that will show that you are working toward building a home for you and your son".

Penelope said, "to say that he's unfit won't they have to have some kind of proof"?, she said, "yes", Derek said, "what proof could they have on me, I haven't done anything wrong". She pulled her cell out of her pocket and said, "let me make a few calls and see what I can find out", they both then watched as she headed through the house to make her calls.

Derek sighed as he looked out the door into the back yard, he closed his eyes when he felt Penelopes hand on his arm, she said, "don't worry hotstuff, Heather is going to find out what's going on". He looked over at her and said, "what would I do without you"?, she laid her head on his shoulder and said, "well it's a good thing that you are never going to have to find out".

He kissed the top of her head and said, "how could I have been so stupid'?, she looked up at him and said, "stupid"?, he said, "how could I have chosen Savannah over you"?, she said, "you had a son to think of handsome". He said, "I could have been in my sons life and still have been with you", she said, "you are one of the bravest,
loving and moral men I have ever met in my life and you did what you thought was right".

Derek took a deep breath and said, "you and Hank are my world", she intertwined their fingers and said, "I love you and Hank more than I ever thought possible and I will do whatever it takes to make sure that you don't lose him". They both looked over their shoulders as Heather walked back into the room, Derek said, "what were you able to find out"?, they waited patiently for her to fill them in.

She walked over and motioned for them to come and sit down, they walked over and sat down on the couch and listened as Heather said, "she has pictures of the two of you together and a video of Derek and Chad fighting over Penelope". Derek said, "pictures, video, we didn't do anything wrong", Heather said, "I never said you did Derek, I'm just telling you what proof she has against you".

Derek said, "I'm sorry Heather", she said, "you don't have anything to be sorry about", Penelope said, "if they have a video it will show how Chad insulted me and that's what started that fight". Heather said, "I'm waiting on the evidence to be delivered and when it gets here we'll watch the video and look at the pictures and see if we can figure out what she's going to do next".

He got up and said, "how about some coffee"?, both Penelope and Heather nodded their heads yes and they then watched as he got up and headed toward the kitchen to keep himself busy by making coffee. As he was carrying the coffee back into the room there was a knock at the door, Penelope said, "I'll get it" and she kissed his cheek as she walked over and opened the door.

Heathers looked up to see her associate at the door and said, "come in Chris", she then walked over and handed the evidence to her boss and they all headed over to the living room couch. She pulled up the video footage and they all sat there and watched as the scene in the bar started to unfold again, when the video stopped Penelope said, "that's not all that happened, there is more, she cut it off to early".

Heather said, "we're going to need to find out if the bar has survelience cameras and if it does we need to get the complete footage", Penelope said, "I can just do my thing and find the footage". Derek looked at Heather and said, "she's amazing on the computer", Heather said, "let me make a call and get an order for the footage before you do your thing" earning a smile from Derek and Penelope as she pulled her cell out again to make that call.