A/N: If you have read the sneak peak and don't want to read it again, read from 'Solitaire'.
Before she was born, set up to fail,
Her life caged up, living in a jail,
Being able to find happiness was the holy grail,
All of her efforts were to no avail.
All the streets of New York heard the cries of a baby on a cold October night. One New Yorker got tired of the baby, he tiredly went down the stairs of his rotting apartment building to find what -or who was keeping him up. He walks closer to the irritating commotion. He turns the corner to reveal what he thought was an empty alleyway. In the distance, he sees a car seat on the cold ground. The car seat reveals a small, pale baby loosely swaddled in a hospital blanket accompanied with a pink teddy bear and a hospital bracelet on her wrist.
Mahi, Kaivalya (Ky-val-li-a)
DR. RYAN WILLIAMS
DOB: 10/21/XX
AGE: 2D SEX: F
PT#: 358549
The groggy man glanced at the baby with tired eyes. Her alluring grey eyes clouded by tears were enough to disregard his earlier thoughts. He slowly picked up the crying baby, cradling her in his arms. The warm embrace calms Kaivalya, stopping her from wailing.
"Hey, angel." He cooed at her, he heard a small noise from the baby in response. Warmth immediately filled his cold heart. He didn't know what to do with the child.
'Maybe I could take her to the police station?' He thought.
He looked in the car seat again and discovered a note.
Dear reader,
If you are reading this note, you most likely found Kaivalya Mahi. I am her father but I am unable to take care of her, her mother died and I had no other choice. Please take care of her. If you are unable to take care of her, please send her to a loving home. By the time you're reading this I will be dead. Take care.
Sincerely,
A
Take care?
The messy note enraged the man, how could someone leave their child in the streets of New York? He decided to take the child to the police station, he didn't have the time or resources to take care of a baby, he barely had enough to support himself let alone a child he just found.
He stared at the beautiful baby, admiring her adorable face. Her chubby cheeks were red due to the cold atmosphere and grey eyes staring into his soul. His heart broke at the fact he would have to give the child up, but what other choice did he have?
Weeks passed and the man couldn't stop thinking about the little girl he found in the abandoned alleyway. He gave the girl to the authorities but they couldn't find any living relatives, so they sent her to 'Sunny Fields Orphanage'. He just recently got a better job as a local fireman. He started to produce more income and the more he made, the more he thought about the infant in the orphanage. He was doing it all for her.
He couldn't take it anymore, he needed to ensure the child was safe and the only way he could do that was taking care of her himself.
"You have to sign here and you're good to go." The nice lady behind the desk told the man. He wrote his signature on the final piece of paper with no hesitation. He had been saving his paychecks for months to be able to support the child with the help of siblings. It was a bit of a stretch but he knew it would be worth it.
A middle aged woman came around the corner carrying a 4-month old on her hip. Her dark brown hair was a little longer since the last time he saw her but her cheeks were just as chubby and her eyes were just as captivating.
This immediately brought a smile to the man's face. Of course he wanted Kaivalya to be adopted by a loving, financially stable family but he secretly didn't want her to get adopted because he wanted to do it himself. It was selfish for him to think like that but he knew she was very important to him. He wanted to make sure nothing would happen to her.
Solitaire
She sat in the office, cold and scared. Adalene gently rubbed her back with tears running down her face. Kaivalya didn't know what was going on, her aunt just put her in her car seat and drove in silence.
Now she was crying in a chair in a dim, white room, waiting for the nice man to come back. A few minutes later, he came with a clipboard and a lollipop. She clapped her hands together and held her hands out for the strawberry candy. Little did she know it was only a distraction.
The man left and came back but this time, came back with a lady. The lady smiled and waved at Kai, who shyly waved in return, still confused on what she was doing here and where her dad was.
"Hello little one, I'm Ms. Ruby." She stuck out her hand, waiting for a handshake. Kai only looked her up and down in confusion. The lady cleared her throat and rubbed her hands together. "Can you come with me, sweetheart?"
"My dad told me not to talk to strangers." The five year old crossed her arms and stood behind her aunt. Ruby laughed and looked at Adalene for help.
"Come on, I'll be right behind you." She took Kai's hand and followed Ruby out of the room. All Kai knew was that she was following the lady to a new room but she was really being led to a new 'home'.
Now Kai was sleeping on the cold street, grasping a small, pink baby blanket.
Where did it all go wrong?
Published: 10/21/21
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Solitaire
Short StoryAlone. All I've ever been was alone, The streets were the only place I could call my home, No friends and family to talk on the phone, The only family I had disowned. Solitaire is a single player game, the cards in a constant war with each other. Wi...
