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| Lara West | Apr 4 2010, 07:11 PM Post #21 |
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Sat in a wheelchair, Will pushing her, Lara tugged her dressing-gown around her. After the final stage of labor, the Acolytes had cleaned Lara up and put her in a clean hospital gown and she'd pulled on her dressing gown from home and slippers on her feet. She looked and felt a mess but didn't care. Lara just wanted to see her son. She'd been glad to see her Aunt and Liam but couldn't rest. She couldnt' settle her mind on anything else but their little boy. Lara didnt have to wait long before Will returned, her gaze searching his to try and guage how bad it was. Pale. She was helped carefully into wheelchair and she and Will excused themselves from her family so Will could wheel them to see their boy. Lara was strangely silent the whole way, gaze fearful as they neared the door to the NICU. She didnt know what t expect and her opinion of hospitals hadnt changed much. She still hated them and they still have her the shivers. "Will... " She was nervous. "What does he look like?" |
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| Will Marrid | Apr 4 2010, 07:29 PM Post #22 |
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Will sighed as they got to the doorway, he stopped them and crouched in front ofk. "Okay, honestly, don't be shocked when you see him, he's got an IV in his head, some tubes coming out of him, and he's hooked up to monitors. He's also very small." Will warned her before getting up and pushing her in and to their son's incubator. He quickly put on the brakes on Lara's wheelchair and looked at her. "Be brave." Will asked of her. |
![]() Thanks to ANNA for the awesome sig! 5 Reasons I should accept Lara and the baby: 1) I am madly in love with her still 2) It is my baby after all 3) I am willing to pay child support, so why not go one step further and be a dad to the baby? 4) I am hurting Lara more than helping her 5) Did I mention I am madly in love with her and she is always on my mind? | |
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| Lara West | Apr 4 2010, 09:51 PM Post #23 |
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When Will stopped the wheelchair, Lara remained a moment with her eyes glued to the NICU door, lowering them only when Will crouched before her. As soon as he told her not to be shocked, Lara began to worry gaze round, locked with his. "In his head? Tubes?" Her voice quivered, looking again towards the door. She knew he was going to be small, she'd expected that. He was premature. Feeling the wheelchair start t move and seeing the door open, Lara swallowed. She was about to meet her son their the first time. Son... That word sound so weird to her. Her gaze was instantly drawn to the incubator set up in the corner with wires, tubes and monitors coming out of it. Drawn to a halt, she nodded silent at Will's words unsure quite how strong she felt at the moment. Her eyes were already welling up again. Pushing herself slowly to her feet, Lara took the mask offered by one of the Acolytes and sanatized her hands, before padding toward their son's incubator. There were so many wires and tubes... the steady beep of the monitors sounding in the background. She stepped forward, peering into incubator, letting out a chocked sob as her gaze fell to their tiny new born son. He looked so fragile. Lara fell in love with him at first sight. She was silent for a long while, just watching him, the slight rise and fall of his chest, the flisker of his eyelids. "He's beautiful..." she mumured almost inaudiably, reaching blindly for Will's hand. Yes she was emotional seeing their son for the first time but it was a special moment and she was hormonal. "He's got your dark hair." The corner of her mouthstarted to twitch up slightly watching their little boy, itching to touch him but scared to approach. All the equipment looked daunting. "I can't believe we're parents. We have a son. Can I... am I allowed to...?" She nodded warily towards the incubator. "Will I disturb the wires and tubes?" |
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| Will Marrid | Apr 4 2010, 10:11 PM Post #24 |
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Nodding, he let Lara slip her hand in. "Try not to move or jostle him too much, but you can touch his hands and feet." He told her, taking her other hand. He hoped for Lara's sake that the baby would live, but he also felt that if he was sick and in pain, it was just easier to let him go. Will didn't like seeing any child in pain, let alone his. With a smile he took his gave from the little boy to his girlfriend. "He may have that tiny patch of dark hair, but I was blonde when I was little, the dark hair is a new thing." He laughed and reached in to touch his son'd legs and feet which shot up to meet the baby's body when they were touched... a completely normal reaction. |
![]() Thanks to ANNA for the awesome sig! 5 Reasons I should accept Lara and the baby: 1) I am madly in love with her still 2) It is my baby after all 3) I am willing to pay child support, so why not go one step further and be a dad to the baby? 4) I am hurting Lara more than helping her 5) Did I mention I am madly in love with her and she is always on my mind? | |
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| Lara West | Apr 4 2010, 11:41 PM Post #25 |
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Lara's hand was shaking when Will said she could touch their little boy, tentatively reaching forward through the hole in the incubator. She continued to squeeze Will's hand and with her other, her index finger inched forward. "What if I break him?" Still, she continued and a second later, her finger was brushing over the baby soft skin of their son's tiny little hand. She drew in an awed breath, watery smile spreading across her face. "He's so soft and tiny..." Trying very hard to ignore the tubes and wires and the beeping monitors, Lara was absolutely besotted. She couldnt take her eyes off of him. That little tuft of dark hair that seemed a mystery to both of them, tightly scrunched up eyes with teensy eyelshes, a button nose, pursed lips and those little clenched fists, (one of which was gently curled around her finger). "Well he's definitely yours," Lara stated firmly but light heartedly when Will mentioned being a blond baby. The sudden movement out of the corner of her eye, made Lara jump slightly, gaze darting to the foot of the incubator where Will had just stroked their son's legs and feet and he'd curled them up. Lara had been engrossed in his cute little features. "He moved!" The slight exclamation came out as a surprised squeak. It almost hadn't completely dawned on Lara that she'd delivered a real baby and not a doll. Lara gave Will's hand anoter squeeze, stepping closer to him. "We have a baby. We made that beautiful little boy..." She still couldnt really believe it."[/b] Lara felt silent watching their son, trying to ignore the equipment as best she could and it wasnt easy. Every rise and every fall of his chest, every little twitch in his sleep. Whether Will had had dark hair or not as a baby, Lara was convinced this would be a case of 'like father like son'. Their little boy was going to be dark and he was going to be strong like his Daddy. She wouldnt be surprised if when he finally open those little eyes, that they'd be a gorgeous grey-green like Will's. "William..." The words was whispered at first, curious and unsure, her gaze still locked on that little face, fingerwrapped in their son's grasp, her thumb gently caressing the back of his hand. "William." This second time the name was spoken more firmly a small but sure smile on Lara's lips. "I want to call him William." |
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| Will Marrid | Apr 5 2010, 12:00 AM Post #26 |
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Will rubbed his son's legs soothingly, trying to relax the baby. "Its okay, bud, just me." He said. His poor little boy looked so peaceful even with the breathing tube, the IV, and the monitors coming off of him, what a trooper. Will was so focused on the baby that he hardly heard Lara the first time. "You want him to have my name?" He asked as if he hadn't heard his girlfriend right. "Are you sure, what about Dominic?" |
![]() Thanks to ANNA for the awesome sig! 5 Reasons I should accept Lara and the baby: 1) I am madly in love with her still 2) It is my baby after all 3) I am willing to pay child support, so why not go one step further and be a dad to the baby? 4) I am hurting Lara more than helping her 5) Did I mention I am madly in love with her and she is always on my mind? | |
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| Lara West | Apr 5 2010, 12:22 AM Post #27 |
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Lara heard Will speaking to their son and smiled. For all the times he'd been so unsure about being a dad and positive he'd make a lousy father, Lara wished she had her camera to photograph them together. She loved Will all the more for it. The first time he left her when he found out she was pregnant, he could have stayed away and not have come back... But he did. He could have left her to deliver their baby alone... but he didn't. He stayed sat by her side, holding her hand and uttering words of reasurrance. Nor had he left when their son was brn sick and was rushed here to the NICU. Will was a fighter, at least in Lara's eyes. He was determined. He didn't give up. And for all these reasons, she wanted to name their boy after him. It took a moment but eventually Will caught on to what she was saying and Lara shifted her smiling gaze from their son, to his father, nodding. "Yeah... I want him to have your name. You can share it. You wouldn't have to give yours up or anything." She glanced from father to son smiling. "It's a nice strong name...means something like to have will and determination... something I know you have and I'm sure this little angel must have..." Finger still caressing their sons tiny little digits, Lara shuffled closer to Will, snaking an arm around his waist, resting her head against his chest, looking up at him chewing on her lip. "We're young.... We can always have Dominic later. This just feels right." Lara quickly thought to add, "Of course, we dont have to if you don't want to...I started to get the idea when they whisked him away... I wasn't sure until now." |
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| Will Marrid | Apr 5 2010, 12:33 AM Post #28 |
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Will watched Lara unsure of whether she was sure of this or not. "If that's what you want, I am more than glad to share my name." He told her, kissing the side of her head. So far, this still felt surreal, to be a father. He looked back at the new William and smiled. "Hey bud, did you hear mommy? Your name is William Geoffrey Marrid... the second. But so no one gets us confused, you'll be II for short." Will murmured loudly, but he touched the baby's stomach softly. |
![]() Thanks to ANNA for the awesome sig! 5 Reasons I should accept Lara and the baby: 1) I am madly in love with her still 2) It is my baby after all 3) I am willing to pay child support, so why not go one step further and be a dad to the baby? 4) I am hurting Lara more than helping her 5) Did I mention I am madly in love with her and she is always on my mind? | |
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| Lara West | Apr 5 2010, 01:22 AM Post #29 |
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Lara could tell by the way Will was looking at her, he was unsure whether to believe her or not. "This isn't a hormal whim. I'm not about to change my mind in a few hours," she laughed lightly,lcuddling into him when he stated he was willing to share his name. Hearing herself referred to as mommy, Lara felt a warm trill run through her. She was a mum. That sunded so alien to her. William was going to grow up calling them mommy and daddy... Lara looked up when Will stated his full name curious and amused. "William Geoffrey Marrid? Where did Geoffrey come from? Not that I don't like it. It's perfect." She'd had no ideas for middle names asides from her late father's name, Vincent but she was more than happy to discuss saddling perhaps a future Dominic with that middle name. Lara giggled at the idea of calling William, William the second. "Like the late King of England? Hey, Sweetie. You have some pretty big boots to fill. Not only do you have your dad but one of the late Royals as well.... No pressure." Lara stood watching Will stroking William's belly mulling over the nickname he was suggesting. She guessed sharing the same name might get confusing. "So...II or two for short? Little two." She giggled but she wasn't making fun of it. "I like it. I think it's sweet. Wouldn't Calling you Will but him William... or calling him Junior have been simpler though?" Althugh, when were they ever simple? William Geoffrey Marrid. It really did sound such a strong name put altogether like that. Making her hand from II's, Lara trailed her fingers gently along his little arms, joining Will's stroking his little belly. He was still just as soft and Lara was conscious of how bare he looked with just a tiny little nappie on and nothing else, but the tubes and wires. "Do you think we can give him his blanket? What if he's cold? He doesnt even have on a little cap or booties. Do you think we can put a little toy in there with him?" The parenting instinct seemed to be kicking in now that she'd finally met William and touched him and the need to make sure everything was perfect for him was strong. "I brought his baby bag with me from my room and I'm sure Izzy pack that tiny brown bear we bought." Edited by Lara West, Apr 5 2010, 01:49 AM.
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| Will Marrid | Apr 5 2010, 01:47 AM Post #30 |
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Will chuckled and shook his head. "Geoffrey is my middle name and if you want him to be a junior or a [/I]second[/I] I think he needs my middle name too... But I hated being called William when I was little, its stuffy and pretentious. And we're not American rednecks here, we don't call pureblood children Junior unless its a pet name." He warned her light heartedly, he was serious about not calling him Junior, but he wasn't going to be stern about it. |
![]() Thanks to ANNA for the awesome sig! 5 Reasons I should accept Lara and the baby: 1) I am madly in love with her still 2) It is my baby after all 3) I am willing to pay child support, so why not go one step further and be a dad to the baby? 4) I am hurting Lara more than helping her 5) Did I mention I am madly in love with her and she is always on my mind? | |
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| Lara West | Apr 5 2010, 02:17 AM Post #31 |
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"Your middle name is Geoffrey?" Lara tilited her face up to look at him. "I guess I should have known that...Well then, for the record, mine is Lianne." Although, as to whether or not any future daughters of theirs would share her second name, she wasn't sure. "No... Geoffrey's perfect." Alright, so William was out (even though Lara thought it was a lovely name, despite the pretrentiousness of it) and she hadn't really liked Junior all that much anyway. "Alright then. No to Junior but I reserve the right to call both of you William, when you're in trouble." She raised an eyebrow, in an attempt to look stern, although she wasn't sure how successfully it came across. With no complaints given about the baby blanket or teddy, Lara broke away from Will and moved back to her wheelchair, pulling out the bag of baby things Izzy had packed into her hospital bag. Blankets and toys, onesies and booties, tiny little t-shirts and trousers (that would be far too big for him), socks, little caps, mittens, nappies and whipes... They were well prepared. Spying a small cupboard and shelf for relatives to store things for their babies, behind II's incubator, Lara crossed the room and set about putting stuff away, keeping out a few things an returning to the crib. First, she reach through the holes of the incubator and carefully set a tiny pair of baby socks on his feet, specifically choosing the blue pair from the bag. They swamped his little feet but they'd keep them nice and toasy. Next and carefully and gently folded and laid the baby blanket she and Will had bought, across his bare legs, careful of any tubes and wire - most of which were attatched to his upper half. Finally, Lara placed a tiny plush toy teddy bearbeside II. Tiny as it was, it was almost half as tall as him. "That's better, isn't it sweety. A bit comfier." Edited by Lara West, Apr 5 2010, 02:19 AM.
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| Will Marrid | Apr 5 2010, 02:35 AM Post #32 |
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Will moved back to let Lara do her thing, let her fuss over their son and he just moved over to the other, covered side of the incubator. He idly played with the quilt the nurses covered it with as he just watched his girlfriend. "Think he's got enough in there now? His feet are covered, his legs are covered, and he's got company." He pointed out, amused. It was entertaining to watch her like this, though afraid of what would be to come when she and II came home and Will's messy tendencies had to go out the door immediately. |
![]() Thanks to ANNA for the awesome sig! 5 Reasons I should accept Lara and the baby: 1) I am madly in love with her still 2) It is my baby after all 3) I am willing to pay child support, so why not go one step further and be a dad to the baby? 4) I am hurting Lara more than helping her 5) Did I mention I am madly in love with her and she is always on my mind? | |
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| Lara West | Apr 5 2010, 03:04 AM Post #33 |
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Once the socks were on and the balnket was laid out, the teddy at II's side, Lara continued to fuss, straightening out the creases in the blanket, stroking II's little hands and feet through the blanket... When Will commented on her actions, Lara looked up a little embarassed. "What about some photos of us so he knows who we are when we're not in the room?" Technically he hadn't opened his eye yet but still. "What if he opens his eyes when we're not here? If he has photos up, then he'll know who his mommy and daddy are." Lara just wanted everything to be perfect for their little boy. She hated hospitals and all the equipment in the NICU looked scarier than anything she'd had to deal with in hospital. II was only a fraction of her age. She couldn't imagine how he might see it... when he opened his eyes. Who knew what he thought of what he could hear already. "I'm just trying to be a good mum but I don't know what I'm doing...." Lara explained sheepishly. "So, I'm trying to do everything." |
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| Will Marrid | Apr 5 2010, 03:32 AM Post #34 |
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Will smiled and reached across the incubator to brush Lara's cheek with his fingers. "If it will make you feel better, one picture, and only one. But I don't know where you'll get one, we don't have any here." he told her Will understood her need to make their baby comfortable, but he didn't want her going overboard, because babies didn't usually need blankets at this age, in fact in II's crib, there was a sleep sac for him to sleep with. |
![]() Thanks to ANNA for the awesome sig! 5 Reasons I should accept Lara and the baby: 1) I am madly in love with her still 2) It is my baby after all 3) I am willing to pay child support, so why not go one step further and be a dad to the baby? 4) I am hurting Lara more than helping her 5) Did I mention I am madly in love with her and she is always on my mind? | |
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| Lara West | Apr 5 2010, 04:27 PM Post #35 |
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Lara closed her eyes releasing a long drawn out sigh as she felt Will's fingers brush against her cheek. She returned the smile and nodded. "Alright, one photo. What about the one of us on my dresser? Liam or Izzy or someone could pop home to get it and we'll want a camera... Maybe there's some for sale in the gift shop..." She trailed off her smll smile falling to an expression of worry. The list of things Lara wanted to do was endless. "Will... he's so tiny." This wasn't a statement of awe but worry. "He has to get better." |
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| Will Marrid | Apr 5 2010, 06:45 PM Post #36 |
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Will nodded, when they passed, they'd send Liam or Izzy to get the picture. If it was what would help Lara, then so be it. "I am sure someone will oblige you that request." He told her, eyeing up the nurse that was coming over. "Visiting hours are over." She told them, pulling the quilt back down over the incubator. "Your son needs his rest." She was trying to be gentle, but she came off as abrasive. Will took Lara's hand. "You can come back first thing in the morning with the picture, and I will come back, and maybe they'll let you hold him tomorrow." He tried tempting her. "But he really just does need to chill out, he's well taken care of here." He said, trying to ease her back into the wheelchair. |
![]() Thanks to ANNA for the awesome sig! 5 Reasons I should accept Lara and the baby: 1) I am madly in love with her still 2) It is my baby after all 3) I am willing to pay child support, so why not go one step further and be a dad to the baby? 4) I am hurting Lara more than helping her 5) Did I mention I am madly in love with her and she is always on my mind? | |
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| Lara West | Apr 6 2010, 03:00 AM Post #37 |
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Confident that someone would bring them a photo to stich in II's incubator and glad Will wasn't opposing the idea, Lara contented herself with playing with II's little fingers. They were interupted a moment later though by the nurse on duty and Lara was forced to step back from the incubator as she drew the quilt over the top and their son was covered from view. "Over? What? No... We've not been here that long... it can't be that late, surely?" She felt Will taking her hand and heard him trying to coax her out of the NICU to let II rest. "How early is first thing?" she murmured, adding, "Couldn't I just sit and watch him sleep?" Lara's eyes did light up however when Will suggested they might even let her hold their little boy tomorrow. "Really? You think so?" Somehow, Lara had allowed Will to ease her back into her wheelchair but she was still anxiously wathing the covered incubator. "What if something happens when we're not here though?" She tried to fight the yawn that was bubbling up and failed. "Can't I just camp out here?" |
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| Will Marrid | Apr 6 2010, 04:24 AM Post #38 |
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Will sighed and looked at the nurse apologetically and started to wheel Lara towards the door. "Its late for the babies who are trying to make it day to day, like our own. First thing is like between 8 and 10, I've never actualyl worked in here. But if you want, you can watch his covered incubator through the glass at night, but right now, we should go, before they strap you to the bed and kick me out..." he warned her gently and wheeled her out and back to her room. |
![]() Thanks to ANNA for the awesome sig! 5 Reasons I should accept Lara and the baby: 1) I am madly in love with her still 2) It is my baby after all 3) I am willing to pay child support, so why not go one step further and be a dad to the baby? 4) I am hurting Lara more than helping her 5) Did I mention I am madly in love with her and she is always on my mind? | |
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| Lara West | Apr 6 2010, 06:40 PM Post #39 |
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When Lara felt the wheelchair starting to move away, she almst protested and told Will to stop but she knew he was right. II needed his rest to get better but she did take note of the opening times of the NICU because she would be back bright and early with a photo for the incubator and a camera. Lara wanted lots of phots of their son, to make up a babie's first album. And if she got there too early and the ward was still shut, she'd set up camp outside and watch him through the window. She was tired as well, she had to admit and stiffled another yawn as Will wheeled her out of the ward and back to her room, glancing over her shoulder at the covered incubator until they rounded the corner. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Lara's mood had lightened somewhat on the way to the NICU. She'd remained silent, ignoring what little conversation the men were having. She was intent on reaching the ward and seeing their son, seeing if he was any better or had been fed yet. Drawing up outside the door to the NICU, Lara peered through the observation glass towards II's incubator. The covered had been drawn back and she could see their son, sleeping, his blanket draped over his little legs like the night before and he teddy lying beside him. "That's him, right there," she murmured aloud with a small smile, pointing through the glass. Ward rules were that there could only be two visitors in there at a time. She didnt really like the idea of being in there alone with Ramiro.... Ralston might be okay... and so didnt know whether to go on inside. Edited by Lara West, Apr 7 2010, 09:33 PM.
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| Will Marrid | Apr 8 2010, 02:25 AM Post #40 |
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Will rubbed Lara's back, she was so happy, but he was still trying to process this all, he was a father, his life was going to change forever. Good-bye to becoming a specialist, good-bye to travelling.... that little monkey in his incubator would be the focus. He could tell Lara was anxious about his grandfather, but Will really did love Ramiro, just he was an acquired taste to those who weren't close with him. "Dad, I am just going to go in with Lara, and then if you two want to come in, Lara can wait out here for a bit and I will bring you two in." He said, more so to get Lara in there before she wet herself in excitement. |
![]() Thanks to ANNA for the awesome sig! 5 Reasons I should accept Lara and the baby: 1) I am madly in love with her still 2) It is my baby after all 3) I am willing to pay child support, so why not go one step further and be a dad to the baby? 4) I am hurting Lara more than helping her 5) Did I mention I am madly in love with her and she is always on my mind? | |
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