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silent for a minute.   “Okay.   I’ll give it a try.”
    “Great.   I can pick you up at 7.”   Romeo smiled.
    “I’ll be ready.”
    Romeo hung up barely able to contain his smile.  
     
     
     
    Anton walked to his car after a very long work day, reluctant to go home.   He just knew the moment he walked through the door Dazzy was going to be in his face about something.    
    “Anton!”   A female voice yelled out from behind him.
    He turned to see it was Jamelah. He was still furious with her for going behind his back, but glad to see her anyway.  
    “Hey Jamelah.”
    “I’m glad I caught you.”   She said panting from running.
    “Well, here I am.”   He said sarcastically.
    “Look, I’m on my way to the airport, but I had to stop by and tell you that I’m sorry for going behind your back like that.”
    “It’s okay.   I know you had good intentions.   I would say don’t do anything like this again, but I know that would be a waste of breath.”   He laughed as he hugged her.
    “Well, I have to get out of here so I don’t miss my flight.”   She went in her pocket and pulled out a folded piece of paper and handed it to him.”
    “What’s this?”   He asked.
    “It’s the results.”
    “Jamelah.”   Anton said with irritation.
    “I haven’t looked at them because I felt so bad about how things went, but I couldn’t bring myself to throw them away.”
    Anton just stuffed the paper into his pocket.
    “It’s totally up to you if you look at.   I’m out of it.”   She stood up on her tiptoes and gave him a hug and a kiss.   “I have to get out of here.   I’ll call you when I get home?”
    “Here, I’ll give you a ride.   Which airport are you at?”   He reached down and grabbed her bag.
    “No, no.   I have a ride already.”   She smiled.
    “You don’t have to pay for a cab.   I’ll take you.   Let’s go.”  
    He grabbed her bag, but was stopped.  
    “I have a ride already, Anton.”
    He raised his eyebrow.   “With who?”
    “Before you get all ‘big brother-ish’, his name is Charlie.   I met him at the conference, and he is a very nice guy.”
    “I’ll be the judge of that!   Where is he?”
    She grabbed his arm before he could get away from her.   “Oh no you don’t!   I told him to meet me here so we could go to the airport together.   You are not going to scare this one off!”
    “I’m not going to scare him off; I just want to find out what he’s about.”
    “No you don’t.   Besides, I already did.”   She smiled devilishly.
    “You did what?”
    “Oh calm down.   I’m a big girl.   I can take care of myself.”   She laughed.
    “I know you can.   I just don’t want to see my little sister get hurt.”   He gave her a hug.
    “Well, I’m not that same little girl you used to protect on the playground anymore.   You have to trust me.”
    “I know, I know.”
    “Well, big bro, I really have to go.   I’ll call you once I get home, okay?”   She gave him another kiss.
    “Okay. Tell this guy Charlie, that I work in security so I can find his ass.”
    Jamelah laughed.   “Okay.”  
    Anton smiled and shook his head as he sat in his car.   As he started the car, he remembered that he had the results in his pocket.   Part of him wanted to rip it up, but the other part of him wanted to see the results.   He reached in his pocket and pulled out the folded sheet of paper, took a deep breath and slowly opened it.   He saw a lot of numbers and medical speech, but his eyes zoned in on what he was looking for.  
    “Percentage of paternity 99.9%.”
    He felt as if his heart was going to explode.   Angel was truly his and he had hard proof.   Suddenly, he didn’t care what kind of hell Dazzy had to dish out.   He just wanted to go home and kiss his baby.
     

Chapter 7
     
    Romeo adjusted his tie and rang the doorbell of the quaint little bungalow that Krystal inherited from her grandparents.   She told him