{"id":80091,"date":"2024-09-10T11:53:25","date_gmt":"2024-09-10T04:53:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/echowoven.com\/?p=80091"},"modified":"2024-09-10T11:53:25","modified_gmt":"2024-09-10T04:53:25","slug":"husband-missed-the-birth-of-our-first-baby-when-i-got-home-after-being-discharged-i-found-only-a-disturbing-note-in-the-crib-and-an-empty-house","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/echowoven.com\/husband-missed-the-birth-of-our-first-baby-when-i-got-home-after-being-discharged-i-found-only-a-disturbing-note-in-the-crib-and-an-empty-house\/","title":{"rendered":"Husband missed the birth of our first baby \u2013 When I got home after being discharged, I found only a disturbing note in the crib and an empty house"},"content":{"rendered":"

When Elena learned she was pregnant, she and her husband Michael were over the moon. The arrival of their sweet bundle of joy was planned very carefully. They purchased a bunch of things for the nursery \u2013 soft toys, colorful blankets, a spacious crib, plenty of baby clothes.\n

When the delivery day finally arrived, Elena was rushed to the hospital by her mother because Michael didn\u2019t answer his phone.\n

Not having Michael there felt strange. Elena didn\u2019t want him to miss the birth of their baby daughter so she constantly tried to reach him on the phone, but each of the calls went straight to voicemail.\n

The nurses gave her sympathetic looks, as though they wanted to tell her that he was going to be there, he was probably in the middle of something, or he was just running late if he even had the chance to hear her voice messages.\n

As Elena\u2019s contractions became stronger, her fear escalated. Was she really about to face this alone? What could possibly have kept him away?\n

Her mom was there with her to hold her hand, but she missed her husband\u2019s presence.\n
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Sadly, Michael didn\u2019t make it. He failed to witness his first child\u2019s birth. What\u2019s most, he was still not picking up his phone.\n

Elena was worried sick, she asked from her mother to call the nearby hospitals and see if her husband was in any of them. He must have been involved in an accident, that would be the only thing that would stop him from being by Elena\u2019s side during the most important day of their lives.\n

However, her mother assured her that Michael was fine. It was though as she knew what was going on.\n

Two days later, Elena was discharged from the hospital.\n

She entered her mom\u2019s car together with her baby daughter, Emily, and prayed to God Michael was home waiting for them.\n

Once home, however, the place was empty and eerily silent. She started shouting Michael\u2019s name, but there was no answer.\n

\u201cHe must be upstairs, in the baby\u2019s room, waiting for us,\u201d she thought to herself. Exhausted from giving birth two days prior, she barely gathered the strength to get to the second floor.\n

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Once she opened the nursery\u2019s door, she was welcomed with the most unpleasant surprise. Some of Emily\u2019s things were missing, including a couple of toys Elena and Michael picked out together, and the baby blanket they bought. Inside the crib there was a tiny note that read, \u201cI love you and our baby, Elena. But I have to leave forever. Ask your mom why she did this. I\u2019ve taken some of Emily\u2019s things to remember you both.\u201d\n

Elena\u2019s world collapsed. She started yelling her mom\u2019s name and went downstairs to confront her, but her mother was unusually calm, as though she was ready for this confrontation.\n

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\u201cMom, where\u2019s my husband?\u201d Elena kept asking.\n

Her mom said she was going to tell her everything once she calms down. It turned out that Michael was having an affair with his boss who was filthy rich and spent plenty of money on him. She even bought him a brand new car.\n

Michael told Elena that he earned a promotion and a car because he was working really hard. Was he lying to her, or it was her mom who wasn\u2019t telling her the truth.\n

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Elena\u2019s mom was never fond of Michael, so Elena thought she was the one who told him to leave and maybe threatened him with something. Her mom, however, denied she was involved in Michael\u2019s decision to leave Elena and their child.\n

She explained that she learned of his affair and told him to either put an end to it or leave. Apparently, he chose the latter.\n

At that point, Elena was mad beyond words. She said her mother was supposed to tell her about her husband\u2019s affair so she could talk to him about it. It wasn\u2019t on her mother to solve that issue on her own.\n

Elena tried reaching Michael over and over again, but he never returned the calls, until one day, he decided to speak to Elena.\n

He told her that her mother was right. He did have an affair with his boss and wanted to give that relationship a chance. Elena couldn\u2019t believe her ears. She was crushed.\n

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However, over the first few weeks after this incident, she realized that being a single mom was way better than being together with a cheater.\n

Michael never reached out again. He didn\u2019t even express a desire to meet his daughter, and Elena came to understand that it was for the best if her daughter never encountered the father who had abandoned her.\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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