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than sorry.”
    Keaton stood. “Thank you. I’ll call you back later.” He hung up the phone. “Let’s go get some clothes on, Shorty. We have to take Fredrick to the doctor.”
    â€œK!”

 
C HAPTER 5
    K eaton was getting frustrated at the nurse asking him all sorts of questions regarding Fredrick. Another nurse had taken Fredrick to an examining room and Keaton was unable to see what was going on.
    â€œLook, Ma’am! He’s my nephew. I can’t get in touch with his parents and I need to get back there to see what’s going on!”
    The nurse stood up. “I’m sorry, Sir, but I need this information to make sure your nephew gets the proper treatment.”
    Keaton ran his hand over his face in frustration. “I don’t know any more than I’ve already told you!” he yelled.
    MaLeah sat on the counter in front of her uncle, singing. She entertained herself by sticking her Barbie doll inside his jacket pocket. She looked over his shoulder and yelled, “Doctor MeMe!!”
    Keaton turned and was face to face with Dr. Meridan St. John. He hadn’t seen her since the day Arnelle had given birth to Fredrick, but there hadn’t been a day he hadn’t thought about her. Her natural beauty and tall athletic body had caused him to have many sleepless nights. Her skin was cocoa brown and her smile was as bright as the sun. Her hair was short and brown with blond highlights and today she wore it curly.
    Meridan walked over. “Well, hello, MaLeah. What are you doing here? This is your uncle…right?”
    Giggling, MaLeah said, “Uncie Key!”
    Meridan pretended not to remember his name. In reality, his name, face and other important attributes had been etched in her brain since she’d met him.
    â€œIt’s Keaton, right?”
    Keaton blushed. “You remembered my name?”
    â€œI wasn’t sure,” she answered as she blushed. She was lying. She hugged MaLeah and asked, “What brings you guys here? MaLeah, are you sick? Where are Arnelle and Winston?”
    MaLeah yelled, “Freddie’s sick!”
    She frowned. “What’s wrong with him, Keaton?”
    Frustrated, he answered, “I don’t know. When I went to check on him, I could tell he was running a high fever. I couldn’t get in touch with Winston and Arnelle on their cell phones so his sitter told me to bring him here. Arnelle and Winston are at a banquet at one of the hotels in the city, and I don’t know the answer to all the questions this lady is asking me.”
    Meridan turned to the nurse. “Tamera, Fredrick Carter is one of my patients. Look up his records in my files. Everything you should need will be there.”
    The nurse listened attentively. “Thank you, Dr. St. John.”
    Meridan then turned to Keaton. “Don’t worry. I’ll go see what’s going on with my little patient. I’ll be right back. Tamera, when you’re done, please get Mr. Lapahie something to drink and MaLeah a snack.”
    â€œYou got it.”
    Keaton watched as Meridan exited through the double doors leading to the examining room. She’d taken a lot of worry off him because he knew Fredrick was in good hands. Now, if he could only get in touch with Arnelle and Winston. Finding a seat in the waiting room, Keaton pulled out his cell phone and tried Arnelle’s number again. The nurse walked in with a hot cup of coffee for Keaton and a fruit roll-up for MaLeah.
    Inside the examining room Meridan assisted the emergency room doctor as he worked on Fredrick. Once Meridan informed him that Fredrick was her patient, he let her take over while he left to treat another patient. Meridan talked to Fredrick in a soothing voice while caressing his chubby cheeks. His temperature was still around 103, but at least it wasn’t climbing. Once she completed the examinations, she instructed the nurse to prepare a syringe of