Although I didn’t believe that to be true, I wasn’t 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’t 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.“Emily? It’s me! See my daughter, please. I have alarming information.” He squinted into the receiver. “Wh-what?” I stammered, but I got up swiftly. “George! Twelve years have passed! Do you believe you can only see Jennie?
“Hello, Emily! I’m out of time to argue this. I must see my girlfriend. I’m ill. He clarified, “It’s terminal,” even getting emotional in his speech.I had not anticipated this at all. My initial reaction was one of skepticism. “Are you lying to me?” I posed a serious, but not quite angry, question. “Nah! Em, how can you possibly think that of me? Offended, George enquired.“You abandoned me,” I shot back, my voice freezing. “Left me with no words, no way to get in touch with you. However, you also abandoned her! I’m not sure how to feel about you! Since you were obviously not the man I had assumed to be my husband!”He cried out,