Chapter 5: Father's Story

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Chapter Five
Father’s Story

After some time, Ana-Maria got used to living in the Van der Heide Estate. I am going to reword this Lennard was a good storyteller. He loved books, art, and literature. However, Lennard proved himself to be very skillful in bypassing questions of the little incompetent inquisitor about Cai, but Ana-Maria soon found out Lennard loved talking about his youth.
He would drift in and out of his memories, smiling from time to time, as if the stories he told were played out in front of his eyes. His youth was inseparable from I get what you mean, but I think this is the wrong way to describe this . . . the years he spent with Cai’s father, Jahn van Ohlen.
Many years ago, the nostalgia of their homeland and the shortage of
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She promised to get rid of the baby. I gave her money for the abortion. She said she did not want a baby, but . . . she kept the baby . . . holy crap! The baby!” Jahn leaned his back against the wall, sliding slowly down to sit on the floor.
“Look, Jahn, I understand you are confused, but if this baby is yours, and you have to make a decision “
“What decision can I make, Jahn?!” he cried at him desperately ran his hands through his dark curly hair; “I can’t raise a baby.”
“You!” Jahn’s face lit up with a sudden realization” You have to tell them! Tell them that I will be a terrible father. Tell them they have to find a good family for the baby. I am gonna pay them. I promise I will pay, monthly.”
“There are rarely decent loving families in foster care, Jahn. Do you want to abandon your kid? Go ahead, do it yourself!” Lennard glanced at him in disappointment.
On Wednesday morning, Jahn was nowhere to be found. “He’s gone again.” Lennard was heartbroken as he faced Jahn’s irresponsibility.
Thursday night Jahn came home, drunk, and bleeding from his nose, “I punched a jogger and he punched me back” he reported before Lennard had a chance of delivering his condemning

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