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even tell anyone before leaving work,

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ad, and the only parent I h

could never bring myself to call him my fathe

I knew, especially since I had

, as I wouldn't stop bugging her about why I was

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that my mum and I we

eal scrubs called me as I walked to the

I nodded fervently

eplied, offering me a handshake, "I'm Alic

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ut the news of Reed proposing to Penelope

donor leaving us, and subsequently, my birth, ha

am career, she had somehow managed to change

finding he

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entire being, "It's serious, isn't it? Is sh

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lone," The older woman divulged, a

absentmindedly fidd

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ter, sh

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h a dreadful sense of apprehension, t

face to face with the doctor, who loo

name tag pinned to her coat, "Jones. I

, then motioned to the chair o

lm as I thought I was, at that moment, "So, what exactly happ

ind was bombarded wi

he doctor said, her eyes brimming with concern, "I'm your

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spered, my hands f

e months," The doctor landed another crushing blow, "Judging

ability to form a statement suddenl

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m had never been one

ith me, he

my mother, it would be shameless

had family s

family weren't in good terms with each other,

out of wedlock, but I'd decided to spare he

each other everyday, and yet mum had pretend

ion from me forever, only to leave w

" I finally manag

ack of financial constraints, she couldn't," The doctor divulged, and my heart sank, "Now, the cance

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st my ribs as I beheld

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to be a n

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den need to get out of her o

essen the torrent of thoughts

said, "I-I will

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please," I told Miss

aze sympathetic yet motherly

of my chest, as I walked out of the hospital,

colorful poster caught my attention, pull

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