My Ex-husband, Who Left Me with a Newborn, Called 12 Years Later and Demanded to Speak to His Daughter \u2013 His Reason Shocked MeMy husband George called me twelve years after he abandoned me and our newborn daughter, saying he was in dire need of seeing our daughter. But I knew my ex was up to no good when my girl came home from that meeting crying.A few individuals in my life have expressed their opinion that my actions weren\u2019t polite and that I might have ruined my daughter\u2019s opportunity to build a relationship with her father. However, I\u2019m not sure.Now let\u2019s go back to the start. My then-husband George vanished from sight the moment we brought our newborn daughter Jennie home from the hospital twelve years ago. The following night, he simply packed his bags, and I never saw him again. He was out of reach for me, and his pals reportedly didn\u2019t know where he was.\n
Although I didn\u2019t believe that to be true, I wasn\u2019t going to press. I had plenty on my plate with a newborn and no employment. He never called to check on us or expressed any desire in getting back in touch with his daughter throughout the years.I thus went via our lawyers to get a divorce from him and didn\u2019t even request child support. You can only imagine how startling it was to receive a call from his old number while I was just going about my business. It was his voice that I instantly recognized, almost thinking it was an error.\u201cEmily? It\u2019s me! See my daughter, please. I have alarming information.\u201d He squinted into the receiver. \u201cWh-what?\u201d I stammered, but I got up swiftly. \u201cGeorge! Twelve years have passed! Do you believe you can only see Jennie? \u201cHello, Emily! I\u2019m out of time to argue this. I must see my girlfriend. I\u2019m ill. He clarified, \u201cIt\u2019s terminal,\u201d even getting emotional in his speech.I had not anticipated this at all. My initial reaction was one of skepticism. \u201cAre you lying to me?\u201d I posed a serious, but not quite angry, question. \u201cNah! Em, how can you possibly think that of me? Offended, George enquired.\u201cYou abandoned me,\u201d I shot back, my voice freezing. \u201cLeft me with no words, no way to get in touch with you. However, you also abandoned her! I\u2019m not sure how to feel about you! Since you were obviously not the man I had assumed to be my husband!\u201dHe cried out, \u201cPlease!\u201d and I noticed sniffles. I\u2019m not asking for much, so please. All I want to do is meet her, make my peace, and move on.\u201d I shut my eyes and forced myself to stop screaming. I had been harboring bitterness for so long, but would it really help to let it all out at that point? If I just let my kid see the father she\u2019s always wanted to see, would that be better for her?I sighed and opened my eyes, staring up at the ceiling as though pleading with God for assistance.\n
\u201cFine, I\u2019ll let you meet her,\u201d I replied. \u201cI\u2019ll be right outside if you need anything, okay?\u201d I gave Jennie\u2019s cheek a pat. We were in my car, right outside our neighborhood coffee shop. That was where we had agreed she would meet George. Though I knew it would be impossible to face him and not scream, cry, or hit him for leaving us, I still wanted to go inside. I would thus wait for Jennie here while allowing her to enter alone. Jennie said, \u201cI\u2019ll be fine, Mom,\u201d but I could see she was unsure of herself. Though I knew she was also wondering why he left us and why he had never wanted to be her father, she was delighted to see her dad for the first time. Nevertheless, my daughter was far stronger than me at the age of twelve. I knew she could take care of herself because she was older and wiser than I was.She stepped out of the car, and I waited while waving. Sadly, my parking spot did not allow me to look into the shop, but I prayed that all would be well. I knew I would have to wait, that they would need time to discuss things, and that George would have to break the news of his illness, whatever it was. Might it be cancerous? Another thing? Perhaps I ought to have requested that be noted in Jennie\u2019s medical file. It was only when Jennie opened the door that I realized I\u2019d fallen asleep, and I rushed into my seat. However, it wasn\u2019t the reason my eyes widened. Jennie was crying uncontrollably. She put her arms around me firmly, reaching across the car shift with her entire body. I felt my neck get moist right away.\u201cJennie!\u201d I inhaled and embraced her.\n
\u201cWhat took place? What\u2019s causing your tears? Was there anything he said?\u201cMum! He\u2019s expiring!\u201d She sobbed, and her suffering made my eyes water. But I scowled at what she said next. \u201cBut I can\u2019t do what he\u2019s asking!\u201d \u201cHoney, please wait,\u201d I whispered as I gently brought her face back into my hands. I asked her, wiping away her tears, \u201cWhat can\u2019t you do? How did he question you?\u201d After swallowing, Jennie moved away from me. She remained silent. Rather, she dried the remainder of her face while staring out the window.\u201cJennie, please tell me,\u201d I gently urged her. \u201cYou\u2019re worrying me.\u201d \u201cFor his medical care, he needs money. I\u2019m not sure exactly what he needs. However, he asked me to pilfer money from you,\u201d she eventually admitted, very slowly. \u201cHe said it was the only way for him to live.\u201d I noticed red. The theme music from \u201cKill Bill\u201d was playing in my mind.\u201cHe \u2013\u201d Coming to a halt, I cleared my throat. \u201cHe asked you for money?\u201d Jennie responded, \u201cYeah, Mom,\u201d and at last her gaze returned to me. But how am I going to achieve that? For a long while, I witnessed how difficult it was. I observed you using your phone to tally every purchase you made and every dollar you spent.\u201d God, oh God! I really didn\u2019t want her to witness that! But Jennie went on.It\u2019s not the same now. She paused and glanced at the fidgety fingers on her lap. \u201cI know it\u2019s because of your new job, but you don\u2019t worry about every penny anymore.\u201d \u201cI can\u2019t lie to you, even though I know that taking some money from you won\u2019t harm us. Not for my own father, either.\u201d My vision was still tinted crimson, but my mind cleared because I was so happy for my daughter! I have no idea how, yet I raised the most exquisite soul!I took hold of her and encircled her in my arms once more.\n
\u201cJennie, don\u2019t be concerned. I planted a kiss on her head and said, \u201cI\u2019m going to make some calls and see what your father needs.\u201d\u201cReally?\u201d \u201cIt\u2019s true,\u201d I told her. \u201cEverything will be okay.\u201d In any case, for us\u2026\u201cHello, Emily! It feels like a very long time. I still don\u2019t know, listen.\u201d \u201cSave it, Frank!\u201d I slapped my phone down. I had returned home. I was stuck in the bathroom, and Jennie was in her room. The greatest buddy of my ex-husband was Frank, and the one I knew had consistently told falsehoods to me concerning George\u2019s location. \u201cTell me right now what disease George has!\u201d I made a chilly demand. \u201cWhat are you trying to say? Since then, I haven\u2019t seen George.\u201cI told Frank to stop telling lies! I said, \u201cI know you\u2019re still friends, but you need to find out for me right away if he\u2019s sick or not.\n
\u201cI forbid you from lying to me. This pertains to the life of my daughter. For once, Frank, be a decent man.\u201d Frank was silent for a moment before he said anything. With caution, he said, \u201cLook, I don\u2019t know anything about a disease.\u201d \u201cI know he\u2019s around, but I \u2013\u201d For me, that was sufficient information. I put my hands on my waist and ended the conversation, moving around my restroom. Frank\u2019s lack of knowledge of any illness was sufficient evidence that George was lying. He was merely wanting money, and he was a slime who used Jennie to get it! I therefore devised a scheme. \u201cYour father needs these pills.\u201d We were leaving the neighborhood CVS when I stated to Jennie, \u201cThey were pricey, but this should be enough for a while.\u201d I was ashamed of myself for deceiving her, but how could I tell her that her father was even more of a jerk than I had thought? With a smile, she questioned, \u201cWill this really cure him?\u201dAfter saying, \u201cI\u2019m sure they will,\u201d we climbed into the car. Jennie called her father later that evening to set up another meeting at the coffee shop. The following morning, I drove over to pick her up and parked there as well. I yelled, \u201cWait, Jennie,\u201d as soon as she opened the car door.\n
\u201cGive this to your father along with the pills.\u201d She nodded as I gave her the note. While my intelligent and happy daughter practically jumped inside the coffee shop, I remembered the letter I had written to her father: \u201cYour disease is a lie, I know that. You scared our child. You can even take a pill in front of her if you don\u2019t want me to suit you for not paying child support for all these years. Inform Jennie that those suffice. I\u2019m sorry you scared her! You had better behave yourself and don\u2019t get in touch with my daughter ever again.\u201dI also laughed to myself since the medications I purchased\u2026 \u2026 were diuretics. powerful ones. An hour went by, and Jennie was back in the car with a beaming smile. And George vanished once more, exactly as I had predicted. I wished he was confined to a restroom for hours, if not forever! I lied to Jennie, so when I told some of my friends, they didn\u2019t think I did the proper thing.However, I stand by what I did, and I\u2019m aware that eventually I\u2019ll have to give Jennie the whole truth. But just now, I just wanted to keep her safe. Was that really so incorrect?\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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