ONE LAST TIME
Chapter Six
Later that day, Jack took baby
Jack with him to his hotel. He didn't feel right being with Rose in her home
with a baby who would make matters worse for them. The baby was very close to
him, and he didn't think to take any time to notice and not get close to a
child that might not be his. He looked in a telephone book and looked for a
place that did paternity testing.
When he made the call, he looked
at the infant. He felt heartbroken. It tore at his heart, because this child
was so innocent. When a lady answered, Jack stuttered, "H-hello. I am
interested in getting testing for a child that is said to be mine, and I would
like to test him to make sure."
"Ah…yes. Is the mother
present?" she asked.
"No. The child is with me at
the moment. The mother abandoned the child." Jack hoped Amber would not
get in trouble for his statement.
"I see. Since the mother is
no longer with the child and you are the claimed father, just bring him into
our office and will start the testing. We are open from eight AM to six
PM," the lady said. "What's your name, sir?" the lady asked.
"Jack Dawson, and my son is
Jack, Jr." He looked over at the infant.
"All right, Mr. Dawson.
There will be a fee of three thousand dollars for the test. You can come in
tomorrow morning at 8:30 AM." The lady typed his name in her computer.
"Okay. Thank you," he
said, and hung up the phone.
Jack picked up the baby and
checked to see if he was hungry or wet. He had never changed a diaper in his
life, but he looked at him and didn't think it would be so hard. So when he
went to change the diaper, he looked in the diaper bag for everything he would
need.
He took the diaper and placed it
on the bed with the wipes. He looked at the baby's outfit and proceeded to
change the baby's diaper. He felt nervous removing the diaper, and when he had,
he noticed that the baby had been circumcised. Jack looked at him.
"Well, I will give you
pointers for that, Jack. You’re the only Dawson I know who is
circumcised," Jack said, and when he had said that, the baby started to
pee upward, wetting Jack on his t-shirt.
"Aw…thank you for that
wonderful gift," he said, taking off his shirt and putting the baby on a
fresh diaper after cleaning him up.
He made a bottle with the formula
that was in the diaper bag. After the baby had finished the bottle, he picked
him up and burped him. The baby let out a loud burp.
"Good boy!" Jack said.
He lay him down, feeling tired,
and put the sofa next to the bed so the baby wouldn't roll off. The baby
started to close his eyes, and Jack looked at him, noticing that the eyes were
like his. He smiled. If this was his son, he would treasure him more than
anything, even if his mother wasn't Rose. He would love him forever.