{"id":78856,"date":"2024-08-30T09:19:40","date_gmt":"2024-08-30T02:19:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/echowoven.com\/?p=78856"},"modified":"2024-08-30T09:21:39","modified_gmt":"2024-08-30T02:21:39","slug":"dad-who-kicks-pregnant-teen-out-of-home-finds-out-he-was-born-in-the-streets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/echowoven.com\/dad-who-kicks-pregnant-teen-out-of-home-finds-out-he-was-born-in-the-streets\/","title":{"rendered":"Dad Who Kicks Pregnant Teen Out of Home Finds Out He Was Born in the Streets"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p class='\"Dg\"'>\u201cWhat am I going to do now?\u201d Stephanie thought to herself as tears trickled down her cheeks and her heart pounded. She was sitting on her bed with a positive pregnancy test strip hanging between her thumb and index finger.\n\n</p><div>\n<p class='\"Dg\"'>While all sorts of thoughts ran through her mind, Stephanie cried silently, trying her best not to attract her father or grandmother\u2019s attention. Suddenly, her bedroom door opened, and her father, Frank, emerged.\n\n</p><div>\n<div class='\"wi' xi>\n<div class='\"yi\"'>\n<div class='\"me\"'><picture><source srcset='\"https:\/\/imgproxy.amomama.com\/FZ7KQs3CcK1BdWoRqvm0ALnduXYzMiS2MWAS9P9zGPM\/rs:fill:375:0:1\/g:no\/aHR0cHM6Ly9jZG4uYW1vbWFtYS5jb20vYjIxOTdkZDU2ZTg0YmMzZmQ2NThmMGFkOGEyMWM0YjIuanBnP3dpZHRoPTE5MjAmaGVpZ2h0PTI4ODAmd2lkdGg9MTkyMCZoZWlnaHQ9Mjg4MCZ3aWR0aD0xOTIwJmhlaWdodD0yODgw.jpg' type='\"image\/jpeg\"' sizes='\"(max-width:'></source><img loading='\"lazy\"' decoding='\"async\"' class='\"ie' zi src="%5C%22https:%5C/%5C/cdn.amomama.com%5C/b2197dd56e84bc3fd658f0ad8a21c4b2.jpg%5C%22" alt='\"For' illustration purposes only. source: pexels width='\"1920\"' height='\"2880\"' title='\"\"'>\n\n<p class='\"vi\"' data-testid='\"image-source\"'>For illustration purposes only. | Source: Pexels\n\n\n</p><div>\n<p class='\"Dg\"'>\u201cCome on, Stephanie,\u201d Frank said. \u201cMa and I are waiting for you at the dinner table.\u201d Instead of looking at her father, Stephanie turned around and slid the pregnancy test beneath her pillow. Then, she quickly dried her tears with her fingers before facing Frank.\n\n</p><div>\n<div class='\"adv\"'>\n\n<div>\n<p class='\"Dg\"'>\u201cI\u2019ll be down in a minute, Dad.\u201d Stephanie smiled at her father, who wasn\u2019t pleased with her attempts to hide the truth. \u201cIs something bothering you, Stephanie?\u201d Frank asked.\n\n</p><div>\n<p class='\"Dg\"'>\u201cOh, no. I can\u2019t tell him anything,\u201d Stephanie thought to herself as she forced a smile. \u201cNothing, Dad. What makes you think so?\u201d she lied.\n\n</p><div>\n<p class='\"Dg\"'>\u201cI can clearly see you were crying right before I entered your room,\u201d Frank replied as he walked towards Stephanie\u2019s bed. He looked into her eyes which had turned a shade of pink because of crying. \u201cCome on. You know you can trust me, right?\u201d Frank patted her back.\n\n</p><div>\n<blockquote class='\"Gg\"'>\n<h3 class='\"Ig\"'><strong class='\"Bg\"'>\u201cWell, if that\u2019s what you think, then you aren\u2019t living under my roof!\u201d Frank shouted. \u201cPack your bags and get out!\u201d\n\n\n<div>\n<p class='\"Dg\"'>Stephanie took a deep breath before she opened her mouth to tell another lie. \u201cI can, Dad. But there\u2019s really nothing to say. I was just thinking about Mom and missing her.\u201d Just then, Frank\u2019s eyes locked onto Stephanie\u2019s pillow, and he reached to pick it up.\n\n</p><div>\n<div class='\"wi\"'>\n<div class='\"yi\"'>\n<div class='\"me\"'><picture><source srcset='\"https:\/\/imgproxy.amomama.com\/1ESgcqq9EltaUALGJa0MeqCSRrbhR81TtprBij2zhmk\/rs:fill:375:0:1\/g:no\/aHR0cHM6Ly9jZG4uYW1vbWFtYS5jb20vZjZiMzg5NzhjMjE3MjhiOWI0NDA5MGU2MzliYzRiMWUuanBnP3dpZHRoPTE5MjAmaGVpZ2h0PTE0NDAmd2lkdGg9MTkyMCZoZWlnaHQ9MTQ0MA.jpg' type='\"image\/jpeg\"' sizes='\"(max-width:'></source><img loading='\"lazy\"' decoding='\"async\"' class='\"ie' zi src="%5C%22https:%5C/%5C/cdn.amomama.com%5C/f6b38978c21728b9b44090e639bc4b1e.jpg%5C%22" alt='\"For' illustration purposes only. source: pexels width='\"1920\"' height='\"1440\"' title='\"\"'>\n\n<p class='\"vi\"' data-testid='\"image-source\"'>For illustration purposes only. | Source: Pexels\n\n\n</p><div>\n<div class='\"adv\"'>\n\n<div>\n<p class='\"Dg\"'>\u201cNo, Dad!\u201d Stephanie said in a fading voice right before Frank lifted the pillow. His forehead creased as he picked up the pregnancy test. \u201cYou\u2019re pregnant?\u201d he asked.\n\n</p><div>\n<p class='\"Dg\"'>\u201cYes, Dad, but\u2015\u201d Stephanie tried explaining, but Frank refused to listen.\n\n</p><div>\n<p class='\"Dg\"'>\u201cWhat were you thinking? Are you out of your mind?\u201d Frank threw the pregnancy test on the floor and rubbed his forehead.\n\n</p><div>\n<p class='\"Dg\"'>Stephanie began crying uncontrollably before Frank advised her to get rid of the baby. \u201cListen, Stephanie. We don\u2019t know who the father is, so just let\u2019s abort this baby. You\u2019re too young to raise a child, my love,\u201d Frank said calmly.\n\n</p><div>\n<p class='\"Dg\"'>\u201cWhat?\u201d Stephanie said while wiping her tears with her sleeve. \u201cNo, Dad. I can\u2019t do that to my baby.\u201d\n\n</p><div>\n<p class='\"Dg\"'>\u201cThen what? Are you thinking about raising a child?\u201d\n\n</p><div>\n<p class='\"Dg\"'>\u201cYes. It\u2019s my baby. I\u2019ll love him and provide him with everything he needs.\u201d\n\n</p><div>\n<p class='\"Dg\"'>\u201cWell, if that\u2019s what you think, then you aren\u2019t living under my roof!\u201d Frank shouted. \u201cPack your bags and get out!\u201d\n\n</p><div>\n<div class='\"wi\"'>\n<div class='\"yi\"'>\n<div class='\"me\"'><picture><source srcset='\"https:\/\/imgproxy.amomama.com\/qQt-2VtWHmxOGC4PeOaHu7XvvNwja1QZW8JxQpzBvGI\/rs:fill:375:0:1\/g:no\/aHR0cHM6Ly9jZG4uYW1vbWFtYS5jb20vY2FiZGFiODU3ODBlZTQyNWMwYjc5M2Y0MTYzOGMyZDAuanBnP3dpZHRoPTE5MjAmaGVpZ2h0PTEyODAmd2lkdGg9MTkyMCZoZWlnaHQ9MTI4MCZ3aWR0aD0xOTIwJmhlaWdodD0xMjgw.jpg' type='\"image\/jpeg\"' sizes='\"(max-width:'></source><img loading='\"lazy\"' decoding='\"async\"' class='\"ie' zi src="%5C%22https:%5C/%5C/cdn.amomama.com%5C/cabdab85780ee425c0b793f41638c2d0.jpg%5C%22" alt='\"For' illustration purposes only. source: pexels width='\"1920\"' height='\"1280\"' title='\"\"'>\n\n<p class='\"vi\"' data-testid='\"image-source\"'>For illustration purposes only. | Source: Pexels\n\n\n</p><div>\n<div class='\"adv\"'>\n\n<div>\n<p class='\"Dg\"'>As Frank stomped out of Stephanie\u2019s room, she couldn\u2019t help but cry. Since she didn\u2019t have any friends or family in town, she didn\u2019t know where she would live after leaving her father\u2019s place.\n\n</p><div>\n<p class='\"Dg\"'>However, Frank had left her with no option except to leave. After a few seconds of blankness, Stephanie got up and dumped her clothes in a bag. She kept everything she needed and walked down the stairs quietly so she didn\u2019t have to face her grandmother, Margaret.\n\n</p><div>\n<p class='\"Dg\"'>As Stephanie quickly walked out of the front door with her bag, Margaret sensed something was not right. She was sitting at the dinner table with Frank.\n\n</p><div>\n<p class='\"Dg\"'>\u201cWhere is Stephanie going at this hour?\u201d Margaret asked her son. \u201cI thought you had invited her to have dinner with us.\u201d\n\n</p><div>\n<p class='\"Dg\"'>\u201cShe won\u2019t return, Ma,\u201d Frank replied.\n\n</p><div>\n<p class='\"Dg\"'>\u201cWhat do you mean she won\u2019t return?\u201d\n\n</p><div>\n<p class='\"Dg\"'>\u201cI kicked her out.\u201d\n\n</p><div>\n<p class='\"Dg\"'>\u201cBut why?\u201d\n\n</p><div>\n<p class='\"Dg\"'>After learning what had happened, Margaret began thinking about her similar past. There was something about her past that she had kept hidden from Frank, but she believed it was finally the right time to reveal her secret.\n\n</p><div>\n<div class='\"adv\"'>\n\n<div>\n<div class='\"wi\"'>\n<div class='\"yi\"'>\n<div class='\"me\"'><picture><source srcset='\"https:\/\/imgproxy.amomama.com\/_iPkfJPyndvZcMjvo27wbznTuYYORT-p_56jCUl43mA\/rs:fill:375:0:1\/g:no\/aHR0cHM6Ly9jZG4uYW1vbWFtYS5jb20vZDZjNzJlMGE3ZTgyZTgxYzlhMDlhYjI5Y2U5MTZmOWQuanBnP3dpZHRoPTE5MjAmaGVpZ2h0PTEyODAmd2lkdGg9MTkyMCZoZWlnaHQ9MTI4MA.jpg' type='\"image\/jpeg\"' sizes='\"(max-width:'></source><img loading='\"lazy\"' decoding='\"async\"' class='\"ie' zi src="%5C%22https:%5C/%5C/cdn.amomama.com%5C/d6c72e0a7e82e81c9a09ab29ce916f9d.jpg%5C%22" alt='\"For' illustration purposes only. source: pexels width='\"1920\"' height='\"1280\"' title='\"\"'>\n\n<p class='\"vi\"' data-testid='\"image-source\"'>For illustration purposes only. | Source: Pexels\n\n\n</p><div>\n<p class='\"Dg\"'>\u201cSon, I need to tell you something,\u201d Margaret said sternly after finishing her meal.\n\n</p><div>\n<p class='\"Dg\"'>\u201cSure, Ma. Go ahead,\u201d Frank replied.\n\n</p><div>\n<p class='\"Dg\"'>What Frank heard next was something he had never expected. \u201cDid you know that the man you called your Dad wasn\u2019t your biological father?\u201d Margaret asked.\n\n</p><div>\n<p class='\"Dg\"'>\u201cWhat are you saying, Ma?\u201d Frank looked into his mother\u2019s eyes as his eyebrows came together.\n\n</p><div>\n<p class='\"Dg\"'>\u201cThat\u2019s right, Frank. You were born before we got married,\u201d she revealed while fiddling with her fork. Then, Margaret narrated her secret to Frank.\n\n</p><div>\n<p class='\"Dg\"'>She revealed that she had gotten pregnant in her early twenties, but her boyfriend had refused to take responsibility and had abandoned her on the streets when her due date neared.\n\n</p><div>\n<div class='\"adv\"'>\n\n<div>\n<p class='\"Dg\"'>After spending a few days as a homeless woman, she had gone into labor on the street as passersby watched her scream in pain. Soon, a kind man had called 911, and the paramedics had arrived.\n\n</p><div>\n<p class='\"Dg\"'>\u201cThey helped me give birth and took me to a shelter where I could care for you,\u201d Margaret recalled.\n\n</p><div>\n<div class='\"wi\"'>\n<div class='\"yi\"'>\n<div class='\"me\"'><picture><source srcset='\"https:\/\/imgproxy.amomama.com\/EJQTyGsq9Jj4oV_N7bPPDW6NTzB04WkRDmmZnd83k8w\/rs:fill:375:0:1\/g:no\/aHR0cHM6Ly9jZG4uYW1vbWFtYS5jb20vMGYxYzVjYzY1ZjFiNTI0ZjY1YjFiOTI1ZWJiOTQwZWYuanBnP3dpZHRoPTE5MjAmaGVpZ2h0PTEyODAmd2lkdGg9MTkyMCZoZWlnaHQ9MTI4MA.jpg' type='\"image\/jpeg\"' sizes='\"(max-width:'></source><img loading='\"lazy\"' decoding='\"async\"' class='\"ie' zi src="%5C%22https:%5C/%5C/cdn.amomama.com%5C/0f1c5cc65f1b524f65b1b925ebb940ef.jpg%5C%22" alt='\"For' illustration purposes only. source: pexels width='\"1920\"' height='\"1280\"' title='\"\"'>\n\n<p class='\"vi\"' data-testid='\"image-source\"'>For illustration purposes only. | Source: Pexels\n\n\n</p><div>\n<p class='\"Dg\"'>While Margaret was in the shelter home, one of the paramedics continued to visit her frequently to see how she and her baby were doing. At that time, she had no idea that she would marry him a few months later.\n\n</p><div>\n<p class='\"Dg\"'>\u201cThat paramedic was the man you know as your father, Frank,\u201d Margaret said. \u201cAfter we married, we decided to hide the truth from you.\u201d\n\n</p><div>\n<p class='\"Dg\"'>Frank couldn\u2019t believe what his mother had just told him. \u201cMa, you should have told me this before,\u201d he said, getting up from his seat.\n\n</p><div>\n<p class='\"Dg\"'>\u201cI never felt the need to tell you about it, son, until I saw Stephanie leave today,\u201d Margaret said. \u201cYou shouldn\u2019t have asked her to abort the baby. If I had done the same, you wouldn\u2019t be here.\u201d\n\n</p><div>\n<p class='\"Dg\"'>\u201cYou\u2019re right, Ma,\u201d Frank said, reflecting with heavy regret before putting on his jacket. \u201cI\u2019ll go get her back.\u201d\n\n</p><div>\n<p class='\"Dg\"'>Frank left the house and began searching for his daughter on the streets. Soon, he reached the neighborhood park and thought to look for her inside.\n\n</p><div>\n<div class='\"wi\"'>\n<div class='\"yi\"'>\n<div class='\"me\"'><picture><source srcset='\"https:\/\/imgproxy.amomama.com\/kCQsSS9fuhAD5DzSy155Hdtj2KABPwFRT-YdVVjD9a0\/rs:fill:375:0:1\/g:no\/aHR0cHM6Ly9jZG4uYW1vbWFtYS5jb20vYzJjYzYyNDRiNjQ3NjA5MTczNzlmMDE2OWIxYjI0NDIuanBnP3dpZHRoPTE5MjAmaGVpZ2h0PTE0MjImd2lkdGg9MTkyMCZoZWlnaHQ9MTQyMg.jpg' type='\"image\/jpeg\"' sizes='\"(max-width:'></source><img loading='\"lazy\"' decoding='\"async\"' class='\"ie' zi src="%5C%22https:%5C/%5C/cdn.amomama.com%5C/c2cc6244b64760917379f0169b1b2442.jpg%5C%22" alt='\"For' illustration purposes only. source: pexels width='\"1920\"' height='\"1422\"' title='\"\"'>\n\n<p class='\"vi\"' data-testid='\"image-source\"'>For illustration purposes only. | Source: Pexels\n\n\n</p><div>\n<p class='\"Dg\"'>\u201cThere she is,\u201d Frank thought to himself when he saw Stephanie sitting on a bench with her face buried in her hands. \u201cHey, Stephanie!\u201d Frank shouted.\n\n</p><div>\n<p class='\"Dg\"'>\u201cDad?\u201d Stephanie looked at him with tears in her eyes.\n\n</p><div>\n<p class='\"Dg\"'>\u201cI\u2019m really sorry for what happened earlier, sweetheart,\u201d Frank said and hugged his daughter.\n\n</p><div>\n<p class='\"Dg\"'>Then, he shared with her everything Margaret told him and asked her to return home. \u201cWe will raise your child together, Stephanie. No one will ask you to get rid of your baby,\u201d he assured her.\n\n</p><div>\n<p class='\"Dg\"'>Eventually, Stephanie accepted her father\u2019s apology and returned home with him. During the next few months, Frank took care of his daughter and ensured she had everything she needed to stay healthy and give birth to a beautiful, hale, and hearty boy.\n\n</p><div>\n<p class='\"Dg\"'><strong class='\"Bg\"'>What can we learn from this story?\n\n<div>\n<ul class='\"Ng\"'>\n<li class='\"Mg\"'><strong class='\"Bg\"'>Never give up on your loved ones.\u00a0After learning the truth, Frank instantly regretted his decision to kick his daughter out. Had he not given up on her earlier, he wouldn\u2019t have to feel bad about himself.\n<li class='\"Mg\"'><strong class='\"Bg\"'>Sometimes, you must wait for the right time to reveal the truth.\u00a0Margaret could have told her son that her husband was not his biological father, but she didn\u2019t until she thought it was the right time.\n\n\n<div>\n<p class='\"Dg\"'><strong class='\"Bg\"'>Share this story with your friends and family. It might brighten their day and inspire them.\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cWhat am I going to do now?\u201d Stephanie thought to herself as tears trickled down her cheeks and her heart pounded. She was sitting on her bed with a positive pregnancy test strip hanging between her thumb and index finger. 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