Gonzo (Rolling Thunder Motorcycle Club Book 7) by Candace Blevins Read Free Book Online

will, to be used only if there was a medical issue that made knowing the biological father important, but the aunt felt I had a right to know so she told me. She did the right thing, and now I want to do right by her as well. I want to give her a ton of access to them, she’s been the mom figure for years… but I just can’t let someone else raise my kids now that I know they exist. And yeah, there are too many similarities for them not to be mine.”
    “Adjudicating parentage will be easy since there’s no father listed on the birth certificates and none acting as father at the current time. We’ll need a legal DNA test and then it’s a straightforward process. However, doing so opens up a whole host of things that won’t be so easy to handle. Custody will have to be decided, visitation rights, etc.”
    “And if the aunt and I don’t want any of that to be handled legally? If we just want to do what’s right for the kids without involving the courts?”
    “Then we go to mediation and write an agreement everyone can agree to, and it’ll be filed with the courts but you won’t have to go before the judge. The agreement can be that you’ll share joint custody and the two of you will work it out as you go, and if there are issues you can’t agree to you’ll come back to mediation. I can write in that a child support agreement isn’t necessary at this time, but should either party wish to change this then, again, they should return to mediation.”
    “And the joint custody agreement will work while we’re letting the kids stay with me for periods of time until they get used to being here.”
    “Yes, and if at some point in the future you want to change it to full custody and she’s willing to sign, I can write the papers up without a need for mediation.”
    “Oh, what about changing their last names? I want them to be my children in every sense of the word.”
    “With the mother out of the picture — unless the aunt wants to fight it — it should just be a matter of filing the paperwork.”
    “Thanks Sam, you’ve taken a huge load off my mind. I need to talk to their aunt and let her know my intentions before I start talking about a DNA test. I assume I should call your office and set an appointment when I’m ready to get started? How far out are you booked?”
    “I try to keep a few slots open on Fridays, but if you’re going to want to come in the next couple of weeks, you might want to go ahead and call to set something up.”
    “Do I need to write a check to make sure you’re mine and she doesn’t step in and snag you?”
    “It wouldn’t hurt. If you can drop by Monday with a sheet listing your name, the children’s names, the mother and aunt’s name, and anything else you have, along with a five-thousand dollar check, then you’ll have me and no one else in the firm will take her case. Just give it to my assistant. I’ll let her know to expect you.”
    Next, I emailed Connie to ask how the twins had handled our visit.
    I went through my internal to-do list and put it to paper, and did an internet search for the safest cars… only to discover they were all pussy cars. I hadn’t really expected to see muscle cars on the list, but I didn’t want to drive any of these.
    I thought back to who I was before I’d lost everything, and realized the me of ten years ago would’ve chosen the Toyota Forerunner from this list. However, further research showed the Nissan Maxima had higher safety ratings, and one version of it didn’t look too bad — and with a V6 engine it should have some decent pick-up. The model I wanted was closer to forty thousand dollars, which made me take a look at my finances.
    The MC is good at laundering ill-gotten gains into legal money, but I still have more than a hundred grand in cash, and buying a car with cash gets your name on all the wrong lists. I had sixty grand in the bank I could easily get to, and nearly two-hundred grand in investments but it would take