Sophia 4

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She stared at the screen and sank to her knees a wave of emotions over taking her. Her hand shook and she called the only person she could think to, Stephen. He was the only one who knew she had a child as it was in her classified medical record only he and she had access to. She called him to her quarters and he showed up immediately out of curiousity.

Once he arrived she lead him to see the child from the door and then to the screen with the birth certificate her eyes dancing with delight. He read over it, motioned to Sophia's room and at Susan's nod took her into a hug spinning her around.

" I am so happy for you," he said honestly.

Giddy one moment, Susan sobered for the next, " What should I do?"

Stephen looked at her thoughtfully, " That is up to you. As the birthmother with her adoptive parents dead, you can claim her as your own with the proper paperwork."

Susan looked happy and sad at the same time.

" What's wrong?"

Susan looked like a frightened child as she said," What if she doesn't want me? What if she thinks I abandoned her? What if she doesn't love me? What should I do? " Susan was in a state of panic.

" Susan, when you had her you were seventeen. You were in academy, in no position to bring up a child. You did the right thing giving her up. Now you are able to care for her, finacially, physically, and from what I think emotionally. You love her. I think you should speak to Sophia, lay out the facts and if she agrees I think you should go for it."

The noise woke Sophia up. She ran into Susan's arms. Susan wrapped her arms around her and comforted her as Sophia spoke," What's wrong Susan? Are you sick?" She asked seeing the doctor.

Stephen nodded a goodnight to Susan before leaving wanting to leave them alone.

Susan held Sophia so she could see her face," sweetheart, I have to tell you something."

" What is it? Do you want me to go?" asked Sophia already getting up. Susan restrained her,

" No, no sweetheart, it's just that, ... do you know that you were adopted?"

" Adopted."

" Yes sweetheart. "

" How do you know?"

" Because I am your birthmother."

Sophia was shocked speechless and Susan started rambling as she was so nervous. " I never wanted to leave you, but I was seventeen and in academy, I couldn't care for you. I thought I was doing the right thing. I named you Sophia for my mother. I thought of you everyday. I have cried so much thinking of all I missed. I'm sorry, please forgive me. I want to adopt you. I love you."

Sophia came foward a step and Susan held out her arms hesitantly, fear of rejection writen over her features. Sophia ran to them and said," I love you Mama," as tears came to Susan's eyes, both from the joy of the occasion she had only dreamed about for ten years but also for the familar term with which she had once addressed her own mother