"Because You Love Me"
By: Kasey
(c) 2000
Mine, mine, mine - not yours, yours yours!

Chapter 6.

	" You’ve got to be kidding me," it was cold, hard
disbelief that met Kevins announcement.
	" No kidding around. I have a seven year old daughter
that I found out about night before last," Kevin said
calmly and watched, with detached
amusement, as the white-faced PR assistant started
pacing. Kevin shared a look with AJ and Nick, who had
come along for support. The assistant shot a sharp
glance at them all.
	" You both knew about this?" he asked.
	" Yep," AJ said and Nick nodded.
	" Why didn’t one of you say something sooner?"
	" It wasn’t our place to tell you. Kevin is the
father, not any one of us," AJ said.
	" How many people know about this?" the assistant sat
down and pulled out a notepad and pen.
	" My lawyer, my daughters mothers lawyer, the foster
mother and the five of us," Kevin said, frowning as he
tried to read what was being hastily
written.
	" Is that all?"
	" Yes. What the hell are you writing?"
	" A media release. I need some sort of..."
	" Like hell a media release! I don’t want a word of
this to get out. My daughter is my business, not all
of Americas!" Kevin said angrily, surging to his
feet. The assistant looked up, shocked.
	" But Kevin, what if some tabloid gets a hold of
this? This is only protection for you," the man
pleaded, but all Kevin did was snatch the notepad
out of the mans hands and throw it at AJ, who
immediately ripped the page off and crumpled it up.
	" Protection for you, you mean. You just want
insurance in case someone tries to blame you if it
does get out," Kevin said angrily and the young man
swallowed hard, almost in fear.
	" That’s not true! What if some other woman makes a
claim for paternity rights against you? If you’re
willing to claim responsibility for one child, with no
proof, where will it stop?"
	" How can you sit there and say I accepted this child
with no proof that she is mine? You don’t know
anything about this situation!"
	" But how do you know that this child is really yours
Kevin? How can you stand there and say, with 100%
certainty that this child is really yours?" The
assistant said, his hands out, palms facing upwards in
an attempt to make his point.
	" I know that she is my child because my lawyer, my
private lawyer, has the proof on file at his office. I
would never have accepted this child without
proof! And I take offence at your assumption that I
would do such a thing!" Kevin all but snarled at the
hapless PR assistant, who paled and snatched his
hands out of Kevins reach.
	" I’m sorry, but..."
	" But nothing. This is my business. Any arguments,
problems or decisions concerning my daughter, you or
your ‘people’ are to come directly to me. Do you
understand?" Kevin asked firmly and waited until the
man nodded, before he smiled and slapped him on the
back, " So, it’s settled! Congratulate me, I’m a
father!"
	" Congratulations Kevin," the man choked out. AJ and
Nick stood and started out of the room. Kevin followed
them, but stopped one step inside the
room and turned around.
	" Oh, one more thing."
	" What?" the PR assistant asked warily.
	" My daughter is in therapy. For the next two weeks,
her psychologist will be travelling with us."

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