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"Dad,don't be too anxious.I have a friend in New York.Let me ask him to check with the hospital there.It may not be this,"I said.
To confirm it further,he had a bone marrow examination,and at my suggestion,we directly asked a hospital in New York to do the examination.
For half a month,he lost his appetite and couldn't sleep well.Every day,he just held his phone and looked through the internet,searching for how to treat leukemia.
Among all the treatment methods,besides the bone marrow matching of family members,there was also umbilical cord blood.
On the weekend,he was alone at home.The courier delivered a package,which was from a certain hospital.Inside was a test report.
When I got home,he looked extremely serious,as if the sky had fallen.In his hand,he was holding that test report,which clearly stated that he had been diagnosed with leukemia.
I walked over and took the test report from his hand.I only heard he mumbling repeatedly,"It's all my fault,.."
"Dad,are you really diagnosed?"I asked,unable to believe it.At this moment,he looked completely hopeless.
"Quickly call Eric back,"he said.
"Dad,Eric was registered in the Marrow Donor Program before.I'll call my friend and ask if your bone marrow and his can match,"I said.
As long as someone is registered in the bone marrow bank,there's no need to do another bone marrow matching test,and people can directly see if they match.
"I asked my colleague to check.There's no match.Is Eric your father-in-law's only child?The probability of a successful match between direct relatives is higher.Otherwise,it can only be the umbilical cord blood of a child.But it's very difficult for a person at his age to have a child.Besides,even if he starts conceiving now,it's too late,"my friend said on the phone.
These words reached my father-in-law's ears.He seemed to think of something suddenly and snatched the phone from me."If there's a newborn baby about to be born soon,that means I still have hope,right?"
"Yes,in theory,that's the case,"my friend replied.
As soon as I hung up the phone,my father-in-law suddenly knelt down in front of me.
"Amanda,I'm sorry for you.I'm a terrible person,"he said.
I quickly stepped forward and tried to help him up."Dad,what are you doing?Why are you kneeling to me?"
"Please help me,Amanda!Tomorrow,I'll take you to the hospital for a cesarean section to let the baby be born earlier,"he pleaded.
"Why?"I asked,looking puzzled.
"Can you do it for me?"he begged.
"Dad,what are you saying?"I said.
He tremblingly pointed at my belly."There's my heir in your belly!"
"What?That's your grandson or granddaughter.Of course,it's kind of your heir,"I said,smiling at him,but there was a hint of hostility in my eyes.
He started slapping himself."I mean the baby in your belly is my child."
"Ah?Dad,don't make such a joke.This is clearly the baby from the IVF I did with Eric.How could it be your child?"I said.
"At that time,I saw that you and Eric had failed in three IVF attempts.I thought the fourth attempt would probably have little hope.I thought our family absolutely couldn't be without an heir.So,I secretly went with you for the procedure,replacing Eric.The baby in your belly is actually the child born of you and me,"he sobbed uncontrollably.
But I didn't feel sorry for him at all in this state.I walked up to him.
I took out the phone I had prepared earlier."Dad,I've recorded everything,"I said.
He raised his head at this moment,looking shocked.
I waved the phone in my hand,and my smile was full of sarcasm,coldness,and indifference."Dad,I've recorded all the words you just said.This will be used as evidence in the future."
"You vicious bitch!"He tried to grab my phone.
But I directly handed the phone to him."I've already uploaded it to the cloud storage.Oh,right.You're old and surely don't know what cloud storage is.That means this recording can't be deleted,"I said.
