Total pages in book: 29
Estimated words: 25728 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 129(@200wpm)___ 103(@250wpm)___ 86(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 25728 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 129(@200wpm)___ 103(@250wpm)___ 86(@300wpm)
"Thank you." I made a beeline for the coffee pot keeping my back to him as much as possible hoping he didn't bring up this morning's fiasco. I could feel his eyes on me and I grew warm, heat rising to my ears.
When I finally turned around he was watching me over the newspaper, his eyes stopped on my breasts. Now Colin is a breast man and where mine had been okay before, they were spectacular now if I do say so myself. One of the bennies of pregnancy, one of the only ones except for the baby of course; I wanted to cross my arms but thought better of it.
"I have some papers for you to sign whenever you're ready."
And just like that my guard was up again I knew this morning was an anomaly.
"I'm serious about Anthony having my family name, a lot comes with that name, in case anything should happen to me I want to make sure my son's taken care of."
"But..."
"This isn't up for discussion Amber."
He went back to reading his paper did he want me to throw the coffee cup at him?
"But I'm not sure that I want..."
"Listen Amber whatever's between us has nothing to do with my son, I wasn't there when he was born, that was your choice, you will not stop me from taking care of him from now on."
At least there wasn't any of yesterday's venom in his words, and I did want Anthony to be taken care of, heaven knows Colin could do that way better than I financially. My funds were almost depleted, but what if he used this to take him away from me? Get real Amber giving him his name doesn't automatically make you, his mother null and void. My heart was still beating like a runaway train however; this was a big step.
"Okay."
He finally lowered his paper and looked at me fully.
"Wow that was easy, I thought I'd have to fight you for at least the better part of the morning."
Was he being playful? What the hell did I do in that bed anyway? He got up from the table and went to an attaché case on the side bar. Handing me the papers and a pen, he regained his seat.
I read them carefully I wasn't sure that this new Colin as different as he was this morning, wouldn't try to trick me into signing over the rights to my son. They looked on the up and up so I signed before returning them to him.
He stared at my signature for the longest time, his brow puckered. When he finally looked at me he looked all kinds of confused.
"Are you ambidextrous?"
What the hell!
"Uh, not that I know of." Now I was the one confused.
He placed the fingers of one hand over his mouth while crossing the other over his chest. I remembered this was his thinking look. He seemed overly interested in my signature, what did he think I had written a fake name? That was easily proven since my signature was very legible, I could never get the hang of the slash and slant method some used.
He looked at me again like he wasn't sure about something. Without another word he left the room with the papers in hand.
"Well good morning to you too sunshine."
"I heard that." I almost spit coffee all over myself. I decided to play it safe by keeping quiet and seeing about breakfast.
Colin
This isn't the signature I had become so familiar with, what the hell was really going on here anyway? Was I losing my mind? Nothing was adding the fuck up, I hate when that happens.
I picked up the phone and made a phone call.
"How'd things go yesterday sir, was it what we expected?"
"Yes Kurt it was just as you said, now I need something else from you."
"Name it boss."
"Same subject, only I need you to go back almost a year ago, anything you can find but focus especially around the time we were here."
"I'll get right on it sir."
"I appreciate it Kurt thank you." I hung up the phone my mind in total chaos, it was going in too many directions and I didn't like any of them. I hurried back to the kitchen because let's face it I couldn't stay away from her.
Waking up with her all over me had been a welcomed surprise, I'd been awake for a good five minutes with her doing her best to climb me while I did everything not to take her up on her offer. I knew she would've been livid if I had. And since when do you care about that? Less than twenty four hours in her presence and already you're going soft. I decided to put that aside for now and turned to the happy task of informing my mother that she had another grandchild.