{"id":13962,"date":"2024-08-06T04:32:44","date_gmt":"2024-08-06T02:32:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newzdiscover.com\/?p=13962"},"modified":"2024-08-06T04:32:44","modified_gmt":"2024-08-06T02:32:44","slug":"rich-man-kicks-spoiled-daughter-out-a-year-later-finds-baby-on-doorstep-with-a-note-story-of-the-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newzdiscover.com\/?p=13962","title":{"rendered":"Rich Man Kicks Spoiled Daughter Out, a Year Later Finds Baby on Doorstep with a Note \u2014 Story of the Day"},"content":{"rendered":"

A rich man\u2019s spoiled daughter gets into trouble over drugs and bad men, so her father kicks her out, but a year later she leaves a baby on his doorstep.<\/p>\n

Felicity Lancer was used to getting her way, and her father knew that it was all his fault. Felicity was his only child, and when her mother had died young, John Lanver had become even more attached to his daughter.<\/p>\n

So as the years went by, wealthy John indulged his little Felicity. She had everything she wanted, from toys, to clothes, ponies, and puppies \u2014 but nothing pleased her for very long. What John didn\u2019t realize was that it wasn\u2019t a passing phase at all, and Felicity didn\u2019t outgrow it. It got worse.<\/p>\n

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\nHe couldn\u2019t believe there was a baby on his doorstep | Source: Shutterstock<\/p>\n

By the time she was fifteen, Felicity was running with a wild crowd, drinking a lot, and dating grown-up men, and some of them were very unsavory characters. John thought that Felicity was wild because she had grown up without a mother.<\/p>\n

She needed help, he thought, so he took her to a therapist. Felicity went to therapy, but it didn\u2019t seem to do her any good, and a while later John noticed that valuable items were vanishing from their house.<\/p>\n

Then one day, Felicity was arrested for shoplifting, and John was horrified. The judge was sympathetic and ordered Felicity to do community service and (more) therapy.<\/p>\n

Felicity didn\u2019t get better, she got worse. Not long after that, John realized that his daughter had started taking drugs. \u201cFelicity,\u201d he said gently. \u201cYou know I love you and I\u2019d do anything for you. I\u2019ve found a place in Arizona\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n

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\nJohn raised Felicity on his own after his wife passed away | Source: Unsplash<\/p>\n

\u201cArizona?\u201d cried Felicity mockingly. \u201cThat weather frizzed out my hair, daddy-oh! Forget it!\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cYou need help, Felicity,\u201d John said. \u201cYou\u2019re getting closer and closer to the edge and you\u2019re so young \u2014 if you don\u2019t pull back it will become a way of life.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWhat are you now?\u201d screamed Felicity. \u201cA shrink? Just do what you do best, and write out a check so I can get what I need!\u201d<\/p>\n

John was deadly pale. \u201cNo my dear, there will be no more money,\u201d he said. \u201cI have had every piece of art and electronic equipment you could pawn removed from the house. You\u2019ll have food and drink, but no money for drink or drugs.\u201d<\/p>\n

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\nFelicity started leading a wild life | Source: Unsplash<\/p>\n

\u201cYou can\u2019t do this to me. I HATE YOU!\u201d Felicity shrieked and tried to strike out at her dad. John held her wrists gently.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf you want to live in this house, there will be no drink and no drugs,\u201d he explained. \u201cIf you don\u2019t want that, you can leave now.\u201d<\/p>\n

She forgot that what you give is what you get.
\n\u201cI\u2019m leaving,\u201d Felicity shouted. \u201cAnd you\u2019ll be sorry, you pathetic old man! You\u2019ll be sorry!\u201d And with those words, Felicity walked out of John\u2019s life and he never saw her again, although she did leave him a \u2018souvenier\u2019 later on.<\/p>\n

About 18 months after Felicity left, John\u2019s housekeeper ran into his study. \u201cSir? Mr. Lancer, come quick!\u201d she gasped. Worried, John followed her to the front door where an astonishing sight greeted him.<\/p>\n

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\nJohn discovered that Felicity was taking drugs | Source: Unsplash<\/p>\n

There was a basket on the front step, and inside it was a baby, a newborn wrapped in a hospital blanket. Pinned to the blanket was a note:<\/p>\n

\u201cDaddy, if you hadn\u2019t kicked me out, I wouldn\u2019t have gotten pregnant. I don\u2019t want this brat, so take her in, if you want, or put her in an orphanage, I don\u2019t care.\u201d<\/p>\n

John was stunned. He\u2019d always told himself that Felicity\u2019s problems were because of her drinking and her drugs, but now he saw that this was who she really was. He looked down at the tiny baby and smiled.<\/p>\n

\u201cMaybe you\u2019re my second chance, and this time, I\u2019m going to get it right,\u201d he said. John named his grandaughter Hope and he loved her dearly. Hope grew up loving and kind and gentle and devoted to her grandfather.<\/p>\n

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\nJohn named the baby girl Hope | Source: Unsplash<\/p>\n

She was a bright girl who did well in school and went to college, after which she started to work with her grandfather and joined his company as VP. Sadly, John passed away when Hope was just 26.<\/p>\n

When his will was read, Hope learned that he\u2019d left her everything he had, his money, properties, and companies \u2014 and nothing to her mother.<\/p>\n

Hope was shattered by the loss of her only relative, and that was when Felicity made her move. She phoned Hope and asked to see her. \u201cPlease,\u201d she said sweetly, \u201cIt\u2019s been so long\u2026Surely I\u2019ve been punished enough?\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cPunished?\u201d asked Hope. \u201cI don\u2019t understand.\u201d<\/p>\n

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\nHope grew into a sweet and loving child | Source: Unsplash<\/p>\n

\u201cWell, daddy wouldn\u2019t let me see you,\u201d Felicity said tearfully. \u201cHe said I was a bad influence \u2014 and I admit, I was into a crazy life, but I\u2019ve changed\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n

Hesitantly, Hope agreed to meet Felicity the next day. When she got home, she walked into her grandfather\u2019s study and started going through some of the old family albums. There was her mother as a little girl!<\/p>\n

She looked so happy, and a lot like Hope. Could she have been as bad as that? Had her kindly, loving grandfather really forbidden Felicity to see her only daughter? That just didn\u2019t sound like him at all.<\/p>\n

Then a slip of paper fell out of one of the albums. Hope picked it up and unfolded it and read the note Felicity had left pinned to her baby blanket. \u201cSo,\u201d she whispered, \u201cthat\u2019s who you are!\u201d<\/p>\n

The next morning, when Felicity walked into Hope\u2019s office, she was smiling. \u201cMy baby!\u201d she cried stretching out her arms, but Hope stepped back and smiled just as charmingly.<\/p>\n

\u201cHello, Felicity,\u201d she said. \u201cSo nice to meet you!\u201d<\/p>\n

Felicity was a bit confused but she kept her cool. \u201cYou\u2019re so pretty!\u201d she cried and sat down without being asked. She looked around. \u201cThe company looks like it\u2019s doing really well\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cYes,\u201d said Hope. \u201cWe keep making a profit, which in this current economy is a bit of a miracle.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cOh honey,\u201d sighed Felicity. \u201cMy life has been hard, I can tell you! I can hardly make ends meet\u2026\u201d Felicity dabbed at a few tears. \u201cI hope you\u2019ll be kind to your momma\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cOf course,\u201d said Hope coolly. \u201cGrandpa left everything to me, but I think that by rights THIS belongs to you.\u201d And she handed Felicity an envelope.<\/p>\n

Felicity opened it eagerly, expecting to find a generous check inside. Instead, she found a much folded old note. She opened it and read: \u2018I don\u2019t want this brat, so take her in if you want\u2026\u2019<\/p>\n

She raised her head and met her daughter\u2019s eyes. \u201cYou\u2019re not my mother,\u201d Hope said. \u201cYou never were, so take what you gave me and get out.\u201d Felicity never tried to contact her daughter again.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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