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An undeserved second chance Nervous
For the next few weeks, Ryan continued to visit the hospital where his niece, nephew, and brother-in-law were admitted, every day. The twins were much stronger now and were rapidly growing bigger as the days passed. They were now two months and some days old and had been taken out of the incubator two weeks ago. Today was the day when they were going to be discharged and would finally be taken home. Ryan’s nervousness knew no bounds, and although he was still very scared of the kids, and had in fact, never held them, except to hold their tiny hands briefly, he was glad they were coming home with him. Right now, it was a few minutes past six in the morning, but he had been awake for more than an hour because restlessness engulfed him.What if things went wrong? He did not know the first thing about raising a kid, and here he was, having to parent two kids at the same time. It didn’t matter that he had hired two nannies to take care of the children. He was going to be horrible at this.
An undeserved second chance Renewed hope
Ryan could see the distaste and dislike in Margie’s eyes, as their visitor advanced further into the room, coming over to where Ryan was sitting to drop a kiss on his head. In truth, he could barely conceal his distaste either, as Angela sat down beside him and proceeded to stare rudely at Margie, who had finished eating now and was hurrying to clear off the plates that she and Ryan had used, and no doubt beat a hasty retreat. It was very clear that she did not like Angela very much, and as a matter of fact, neither did Ryan.“I don’t think you need to follow me to the hospital, Angela. Margie and I are going to bring the kids home. You’re welcome to wait here if you wish to meet them, though.” Ryan told her. Although she had come to the hospital about three times since the day they heard the news, she had never seen the twins.“Why is that? After all, I’m going to be a sort of surrogate mother to them, come to think of it. I think I should go with you to the hospital.” Angela said,
An undeserved second chance Homecoming
By the time they got home, Ryan was quite tired, and for the first time in a long time, actually looked forward to catching some sleep. Margie was seated in the passenger’s seat, beside the driver, while he was seated in the spacious back of the new car which he had bought, just for this purpose ... for carrying the twins around since it was very spacious. There were perks to having so much money. The babies were safely and comfortably strapped to their car seats, which Margie had had the foresight to buy. Ryan could not believe that he hadn’t thought of such an important thing. Already, he was beginning to feel like such a failure. If he didn’t know the basic things, how on earth was he going to know and remember the little things? “Don’t think too much about it, Mr. Harris. That is why we’re all here to help. You can’t know everything, and that’s okay.” Margie had encouraged him when she saw how disappointed he was at himself for not having thought of the car seat, and he smiled at
An undeserved second chance Surrogate mother
There was silence in the nursery for some moments after Angela spoke. Even the twins were quiet, as though they had been listening to what their ‘self-proclaimed’ surrogate mother had been saying and were just as dumbfounded as the other two adults in the room. Ryan broke the silence by bursting into loud, raucous laughter that had Taylor staring up at him in surprise. “You’re such a clown.” He told Angela at last, wondering why he even bothered to put up with her shit. “I know what I’m saying. Did you think I was lying when I told you that I raised my younger ones myself? Our mother was, and still is a crack head, who does not know who the different fathers of her kids are, talk more of being bothered to take care of them. I raised two kids at the age of nine, or even three, if you consider the fact that I practically raised myself too.” Angela said, narrowing her eyes at Ryan. “Are you sure you’re not a crack head yourself because this stunt you just pulled is exactly one that a c
An undeserved second chance Mending fences
By the time she was in her seventh month of pregnancy, Becca was totally tired and wished the days would pass by quickly so that she could be done with the whole thing. Her body felt like it belonged to someone else, and she was constantly tired, but there was nothing she could do about her condition. She wondered if this was how every pregnant woman felt and when she put the question to Sandra, the latter had assured her that indeed, she had felt that way too. She now visited the doctor every week and was assured that everything was moving smoothly and that her baby was doing well. This evening, she was relaxing with her feet up on the table as she was wont to do every evening, as she found that it helped relax her a lot when the doorbell rang. Groaning, she lumbered up from the chair in which she was sitting, to find Dan standing outside her door with a sheepish smile on his face. “Oh, hello stranger.” She said but stepped aside to let him in. Things had been strained between the t
An undeserved second chance A slip of the tongue
By the time Becca was in her eighth month of pregnancy, she began her maternity leave at the insistence of her doctor. Luckily enough, Sandra, whose position she had been sort of occupying, was back, but Becca was told that she was welcome to come back if she wanted a job after her maternity leave was over. Her last day in the school before her leave was one that would forever be ingrained in her memory. The kids she taught had all come with presents for her unborn baby, and with the help of Sandra, had thrown a small party in school for her, complete with a cake. It was the sweetest thing that had happened to her in a long while, and Becca had found herself crying profusely and alarming some of the kids.She was so thankful that Dan and Becca were her neighbors, and that they had taken it upon themselves to become her friends because she did not know what on earth she would have done without them. Dan brought her food and gave her the best foot massages ever, while Sandra came over a
An undeserved second chance Mystery man
Sandra was silent for some minutes, causing Becca to wonder if she was going to go off again, but then, she sighed softly and said,“I know you’re just trying to look out for me. I know you all are, but I swear that Sam has changed. I swear it! He’s a different man than he was. He was just drunk the other day.”“If you say so. But if you want my honest opinion, I think that drunk or not, that behavior he pulled was inexcusable, and you should have let the police arrest him so he could think of what he has done. He thrashed your brother’s house, for chrissakes, causing him to spend unnecessary money fixing things that weren’t supposed to need fixing. Such behavior…”“I know, I know. We’ve got it all figured out though. Sam is seeing a therapist. In no time, he’ll be better. You’ll all see. Then, he and I and Alex can all live together as one big, happy family. Maybe we can even have another child or two more.” Sandra finished, her eyes taking on a dreamy look that was scary because it
An undeserved second chance Giving in
“Ah! I knew I’ll find you here. Hello, Becca.” He told his sister, and spoke to Becca at the same time, coming in and placing a kiss on Sandra's forehead, before taking Alex from her arms and expertly tossing him up in the air and catching him. The child giggled happily, smiling up in adoration at Dan. Dan was clearly his favorite person, even more than his mother was.“Yeah. Welcome. Guess what? Becca’s got this hot date and she’s refusing to tell me about it.” Sandra told him, shaking her head in mock annoyance.“Well, I don’t blame her, seeing as you’re such a tattletale. Anyway, I’m glad you think that I’m hot.” Dan replied, winking at Becca who smiled at him.“What are you two talking … oh! I feel so stupid! You’re the one taking her out. Well, you should have just said so.” Sandra exclaimed, slapping her palm against her head in frustration, as her brother and Becca laughed at her. “Anyway, are you ready, Becca? You look really gorgeous, by the way.” Dan told Becca.“I’m ready
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