-3- Suddenly father

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-3- Suddenly father

Four months have now passed and the birth of my daughter can happen at any time. I graduated from university and now work full-time in a large corporation as an assistant to the management.

I was also offered to work as a personal assistant. But since I could become a father at any moment and Emma has to stay in the psychiatric hospital for even longer, I can't do that.

I can't be available twenty-four hours a day or travel constantly with the CEO. Not until Emma is home.

As the pregnancy progressed, Emma's mental state deteriorated more and more. The light medication is not working and they often had to fix her in her bed.

Her delusions have become more extreme. She now claims that she was secretly made pregnant to be able to carry out experiments on her. They want to plant a child on her and convince her that it is her own.

The doctors told me that they had rarely seen such a severe psychosis. They said it could be one or more years before she could be released. And even then, there would still be a great risk that she would relapse.

My in-laws told me to leave Emma there for as long as it took. They love her and miss her too, but they don't want her to be a danger to themselves or others.

And even though our baby hasn't even been born yet, the child welfare office already approached me and threatened to withdraw custody if I allowed my wife to come too close to the child.

In what kind of world do we actually live in? There my wife is lying in the psychiatric clinic and has not even given birth yet, and already the youth welfare office is threatening you. And that, where there are thousands of children in this country who really need the youth welfare office.

Even my in-laws were shocked when I told them about it. They accompanied me to my next appointment at the youth welfare office and supported me. My mother-in-law gave the lady a proper talking-to.

This little petite woman who looks like she couldn't hurt a fly, yelled at the official and asked her if she had too much time to take care of unborn babies.

The official was also at my home and looked around. The nursery inspects and checks that I have secured everything where the child could be injured. As if it would be born, and can already walk immediately.

When the lady was away from the youth welfare office, I received a call from the psychiatric clinic half an hour later. The baby is here! Little Xiao Xinxin was suddenly in a hurry. From the moment the contractions began until the birth, not thirty minutes passed.

I rushed to the clinic with a bag full of baby clothes and diapers. Suddenly I am a father! Oh, my God, now it really starts.

Arriving at the clinic, I was immediately taken to my daughter. The little one is just forty-nine centimeters long and weighs 2990 grams. I took my daughter in my arms and held this little wrapped up worm, who looked at me with big eyes, for the first time.

It was love at first sight! How can such a small creature be so sweet? I put a diaper on her and dressed her. She looks so cute. In her brown onesie with the bunny on top.

 In her brown onesie with the bunny on top

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like this^^

The doctors placed Xinxin on her mother's chest after the birth. But Emma panicked and suddenly started screaming. So they had to separate Xinxin from her.

I took Xinxin to her mother and showed it to her, but Emma turned away and just screamed that it wasn't her baby and I was just trying to talk her into it. It didn't make sense. Emma wouldn't even let Xinxin have her breast.

After two hours at the clinic, I drove my newborn daughter to the hospital where a pediatrician examined her thoroughly and declared her perfectly healthy.

Afterwards I drove to my in-laws and they were beside themselves with joy and cried when they held Xinxin in their arms.

Fortunately I attended a preparatory course and know how to change my daughter's diaper, dress her, bathe her and feed her. Without this course I would have been in a bad position.

I called my supervisor and informed him about the birth of my daughter and he gave me time off from my work. How good that I have saved money in the last few months.

Xinxin and I should be able to live with that for quite some time. And if need be, my parents-in-law will help me. They're not rich, but their Chinese restaurant is doing well, so they always have a little money left over.

Being proud of being a father and having such a beautiful daughter made me forget my anger about my family for the time being. I took a picture of her with my mobile phone and sent it to my mother. "I am a father. Let me introduce, her name is XinXin, your granddaughter." I wrote about it.

Shortly afterwards my mother called me crying and congratulated me, she said she was glad that I was doing well and happy that I finally got in touch. I missed my mother very much. What I felt especially strongly the moment I heard her voice.

We talked together for about an hour. I told her how I met Emma, when and how we got married and why she is in the psychiatric hospital. My mother cried most of the time.

"But Zhan, there's something else we need to tell you. About Yanli and Yibo..." Started she and I stopped her immediately. It felt like a twinge in my heart when she mentioned them.

"Mother, not now. I don't want to hear about it. Not today, not ever. Can you please accept that? I'm done with my past and I just don't want to know anything about them. I' II be happy if you say, Yanli is well, I don't want to hear anything else." I explained to her as calmly as I could.

"But it's really important." She said to me.

"No, Mother. The important thing is that I'm here for my wife and child." I replied and then said goodbye to her.

It seems that no matter how much time has passed. It still hurts anyway. And it's a pain I'm no longer willing to endure or accept it. Not if I can escape it.

 Not if I can escape it

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