I Woke Up 258 by M.P. Arsent
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I, of course, opened it immediately.
Dennis, sometimes I think you are to damn smart for
your own good. By whatever means you have arrived at
your conclusion, you are correct. Attached is a
summary of what we know for sure. We continue
to withhold any information from Mr Trenton.
Jacobs
I opened the attachment and started reading.
Daniel Trenton, white male age 39, married 2 children, Douglas 17 and Drake 15 and wife Jeanine. President and CEO of Trenton Industries.
There was more, but that was what I really needed to see. He would have been 17 or 18 when I had been born. Certainly an age where he might have felt overwhelmed finding himself a father, but it had apparently not stopped him only a couple of years later.
I skimmed the rest of the information and didn't find anything earth shattering. By the time I was finished with that it was time to get things going for supper.
Karl showed up a short time later and all he had to do was look at me to know something was up.
I just pointed him to my computer which I had left on and opened to the attachment. He sat down and read it.
"So what are you going to do about it lover?"
"Not sure just yet. Part of me wants to confront the guy and part of me is saying to have nothing to do with him."
"You know I'm with you no matter what right lover?"
"I know. Strange as this is going to sound, I think I need to talk with your dad or somebody."
"You know dad will keep it to himself if you ask him to."
I checked the time and knew that Stan wouldn't be home for a bit yet, so Karl and I sat down and had our own supper,pretty much in silence. I gave it enough time for Stan to get home and have his supper before I called.
"Dennis, what's wrong?"
"Nothing wrong,persay Stan."
"Sorry, gut reaction when I see your name on the caller ID."
"I need some advice."
I laid it all out for Stan and waited to see what he had to say.
"Dennis, all I can say is,if it were me I'd want to know regardless of what the guys motivations might be. If I've read things right he has no claims on any of your holdings. It could be as simple as he didn't know and now that the nest has been stirred he wants to know for sure. Can't say as I really blame him there. Ultimately,you're at some point going to have to face him. You know me Dennis, I'd want it done sooner rather than later."
"Thanks Stan, that's about what I thought you'd say. Guess I'm calling the lawyers in the morning. Have a good night Stan."
I hung up the phone.
"Any idea how long a paternity test takes to come back?"
Karl took out his phone.
"Google say 3 to 5 business days."
"Which depending on how fast they can take the sample puts it just before the Crookshank meet. I think I'm going to wait until after the meet so I won't have to deal with the guy."
"Flip side of that coin is you will be wondering that whole time and likely won't have your mind 100 percent on the meet either. From what you've been saying, this is liable to be the toughest meet of the year and you need to be in it and at 100 percent Den."
"I'm going to be wondering either way lover, and as much as I hate the idea I might have to ask the coach to pull me from the lineup."
"And what affect would that have on the rest of the squad?"
"They'd likely see it as a vote of no confidence and that I was distancing myself from the rest of them. Damned if I do damned if I don't. Guess I'm still making that call tomorrow and I can always ask him to back off until after the meet."
"He knows where you are lover. He could just show up out of the blue."
"There's nothing stopping him from doing that now Karl, except that I might file a harrassment charge, and he's not positive beyond a doubt that I am his son."
"Maybe not scientific proof, but in his own mind he's sure lover, otherwise I doubt like hell he'd be putting the kind of money that a 24/7 surveillance has to cost into it."
"Maybe. I'm going to have to do this sooner or later and it might just as well be now. I'm calling the lawyers in the morning, but I'm going to stipulate no contact until I request it; otherwise the guy can sit and spin."
"He could agree and still show up Den."
"He could but if he's done any research at all on me I'm betting he knows the reception he would get. Given what we've seen so far, I'm betting he has done the research."
"Yeah I'd have to agree. Guess it's going to be a long two weeks."
"Probably, but I don't see anything for it."
We settled down to some studying for the next couple of hours and then crashed.
Tuesday morning and we were up and out for our jogging with the guys and then back to get ready for the day. I went into campus at the usual time and it was the usual 15 minute discussion and then portfolio reviews.
"I'm assuming no changes Mr Sawyer?"
"None sir."
"Then off with you until Thursday."
So I went and grabbed a bit of lunch and hit my bench until I could get into the apparatus room. People it seemed were too busy today to stop and talk, which gave me time to call the lawyers.
"Mr Sawyer, what can I do for you today?"
"I want to go ahead and do the DNA test, but with the stipulation that there be no contact until I desire it."
"We can certainly try and make that stipulation. Is there any middle ground we can work towards?"
"At least until the end of the month. I have a rather important meet coming up in about 2 weeks and I don't want to be worried about Mr Trenton showing up and upsetting my life at least until that is taken care of."
"I'll get on to his lawyers as soon as we hang up and get back to you with his answer. If he doesn't end up agreeing, then what?"
"Then he can damn happy well wait until I am ready, which may be never if he wants to be an ass about it."
"Understood. I'll get back to you as soon as I can."
So then it was off to the rec center. I got changed up and hit the floor to stretch. There were a few other guys there so we took turns spotting each other until the whole team was there.
Apparently Dana had decided to hold any revelations until after we had finished working out. So we all got right to it and did our thing under the watchful eyes of both coaches and Gary. I threw all of my triples and landed them as did Greg and Josh. It finally got to the end and Dana gathered us all together, including the coaches.
"Ok you guys. I asked you to think of anything in your pasts that might throw us for a loop. We all know about coach Warren, and most of what Dennis thinks would put us off. Even at that Dennis has volunteered to go first."
"The one thing you guys don't know is that Karl and I were accused of running a drug ring while we were in high school. We were found not gulity and the real culprits caught so it's a wash, but the accusation alone would have got you thinking. Anything else has happened here on campus and is pretty much public record. I'm sure there are still a few folks who think the shooting last year was my fault, but anybody who read the press release from the school knows that the guy had problems before he ever got here. The deal with the grades last year was also laid at my feet but was ultimately found to be the work of another party. You guys are up to date on me."
The whole thing going on now with Trenton wasn't relative, in my opinion.
Jack owned up to his porn career, to a few whistles and one barely overheard, "I told you it was him."
There were the usual traffic tickets admitted to by at least half of the guys and one DUI.
"Ok sounds like we're in good shape then. Next mandatory is the all day on Saturday. Now get the hell out of here."
I headed for the pool as almost always. Laps taken care of I hit the whirlpool and had it all to myself. The showers were practically empty by the time I got there as well. When I was done I called Karl and let him know I was on my way and checked the car over before leaving.
I walked into the apartment and Karl was busy at the stove.
"So today was the big reveal. Anything to worry about?"
"Just the usual stuff and the one guy who admitted to a porn career."
"Oh I imagine that went over well."
"Better than you might think. He got a couple of whistles and I heard one comment of him being recognized by one of the guys."
I bet he takes more ribbing from the team than any harrassment he will get from Crookshank."
"Always possible lover, but it will be in good fun from us I think. How long until dinner?"
"About 15 minutes."
I sat down to check the email and see if there was anything from the lawyers yet, and there wasn't. I would have thought Trenton would have jumped on this.
"Anything from the lawyers yet?"
"No and I'm a bit surprised about that. If Trenton is so hot for this He should have jumped at the chance."
At which point my phone rang.