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Chapter 32

Stan's POV

Susan, Eli, and I are still waiting to see the doctor. Eli starts getting fussy, so I try to give him a bottle. He refuses to take it. "Come on buddy, you have to eat!" I try to force the bottle in his mouth, but he cries harder.

"Maybe he's wet." Susan suggests.

I check his diaper and shake my head. "Dry as a bone."

"Hopefully the doctor can tell you why he's not eating."

I nod in agreement. "I hope everything's ok with the little dude." I hold his tiny body close to me. I really hope what Nichole saw was all in her head.

"Eli Marsh." We hear the nurse call out moments later.

"Do you want me to come with you?" Susan asks.

"Please!" I tell her.

That evening, I'm in my room feeding Eli. The doctor said he has a fever of 101 and he was dehydrated from lack of eating. The doctor wants me to bring him back in a week to see his progress. Once I gave him the Tylenol, he started eating like a champ.

"Stan, you have company!" I hear dad yell.

"Send her up!" I yell back. I know it's Susan. She ran out to get more formula and to pick up some groceries for me. When the door opens, to my surprise, it's Kyle not Susan.

"I had to see it to believe it..." He says looking at Eli.

"Kyle-" I'm not in the mood to hear one of his speeches.

"Nichole told about your illegitimate child, but I had to see for myself."

Just then Eli begins to cry. "Shh..." I whisper as I put him on my shoulder. "As you see, now isn't a good time. Especially if you're here to judge me."

"You know I'm going to judge you!" He glares at me. "Hold his head up! God, you act like you've never held a baby before."

I sigh. Here we go. "Like I said, now isn't a good time."

"What were you thinking bringing another child into this world in your situation? For god's sake Stan you still live with your parents!"

"I'm going to move out as soon as I can afford to."

"How are you going to that? Now you have another child to pay child support for!"

I shake my head. "Why would I have to pay child support when I'm the one raising him?"

"I'm sure it's only a matter of time because the mom gets out of the mental hospital and takes you to court."

"You know about that?"

"I know everything! Too bad you don't have any money to hire a lawyer, you could try to get custody." He suggests.

"That's what I want to do! You're a lawyer, can't you refer someone?"

He shakes his head. "You can't afford anyone I know." He looks at Eli. "This poor kid, stuck with you has a father. I'm sure it's only a matter of time before he's walking all over like Julia does!"

I lie Eli down in his crib. "Eli will be just fine."

"How? Who's going to help raise him while his mom is committed? You know your parents are getting up there in age."

"My girlfriend is going to help…"

Kyle laughs. "Oh yeah, Nichole mentioned something about that. Does this girlfriend have children of her own?"

"No."

"Then I don't see that arrangement working for long. You'll be busy with Eli, plus Julia still needs you. When will you have time for your girlfriend? She's eventually going to start feeling left out and that's when she'll dump your ass!"

"That's not going to happen…"

"Have you considered putting him up for adoption?"

"WHAT?" I can't believe he asked me something so ridiculous!

"Come on Stan, do you really think you can raise this child alone? Why don't put him up for adoption so that he can be put in a home with a loving mom AND dad that are financially able to care for him? You're being really selfish."

"I'm not putting my son up for adoption! I can't believe you would even suggest something like that!"

"I'm thinking about Eli. Look at how Julia turned out, I blame that on you for trying to be her friend instead of her father. I don't want to see your son go down the same path due to your neglectful parenting."

Now I'm really angry, I can't even see straight. "I've listened to you longer than I wanted to! GET THE FUCK OUT!" I scream causing Eli to cry loudly. I immediately rush to him and pick him up. "I'm sorry buddy, daddy didn't mean to yell."

"Yeah Stan, you're doing such a WONDERFUL job with him." Kyle states sarcastically.

"Go! I've heard enough!"

"You need to get your shit together dude. It's time to grow the fuck up!" He walks towards the door and as soon as he opens it, Susan is standing on the other side of it. He stares her up and down. "You're the new girlfriend?"

"Yes I am." She tells him.

Kyle looks at me. "Yeah, it's not going to last."

"Goodbye Kyle." I tell him as I sit on the bed trying to calm Eli down. Kyle leaves.

"Who was that?" Susan asks me.

"That's Kyle, Nichole's husband and my former best friend." I start biting my lip.

"Are you ok? You're biting your lip and you're shaking your foot."

"I'm a little irritated that's all. Kyle thinks I'm going to make a lousy father and I should put Eli up for adoption."

"That's so cruel!" She rubs my back.

"I lost my cool and yelled at him and now Eli won't stop crying. I think I scared the little guy." I rock him as his cry quiets a bit.

"You shouldn't let Kyle get to you like that."

"I know I shouldn't, but the adoption thing really hurt. I would never put my child up for adoption."

"I know you wouldn't Stan." She pulls me into a hug. "You're a great and a great man. Don't let anyone tell you otherwise."

I smile. "Thanks Susan." I lie Eli back down in the crib as he's now gone to sleep. I focus my attention on Susan. "Well now that he's asleep, we can have a little grown up time." I wink at her.

"With him in the room?"

I didn't even think about that. "We can use the guest room. Come on." I check on Eli before heading into the guest room across the hall with Susan.

Julia's POV

My dad called once again and asked me to come over. He said he has a surprise for me. I swear if it's to meet his girlfriend, I'm going to be so pissed off! I told him I'm not ready to meet her. Once I arrive, before I can unlock the door, dad opens it. He has a huge grin on his face. "What's this all about daddy? Where's this surprise?"

"It's in my room, come on." He leads me up to his room. "Be very quiet, ok?"

"Ok…" He slowly opens the door and we walk in the first thing I see is a baby crib next to his bed. "Daddy?"

He smiles and points at the crib. "Meet your new baby brother. His name is Eli." He whispers.

I frown. "Is this a joke?" He shakes his head. "You haven't even been with Susan that long, how do you have a baby already?"

"Liz is the mom, remember her?"

My eyes widen. "The woman you picked up at the bar?" I raise my voice a bit. "Daddy, are you serious?"

"Keep your voice down. I didn't know she was pregnant, her mom dropped him off last week and explained everything to me. Liz is in a mental hospital so obviously she can't care for him." He explains Liz's history to me.

"So you're just raw banging skanks you pick up in a bar? Don't you have standards?"

"Don't talk to me like that!"

"Well why didn't you use a condom?" I ask.

"I did…"

"Now you're bringing babies into the world! God, I thought mom and Cartman were bad, at least they're married as much as I hate that! But you, you knocked up some crazy tramp you don't even know! I thought you had more self respect than that! You're so stupid!" I yell, just then Eli starts crying and daddy picks him up.

"Shh, it's ok buddy, it's ok." He whispers and looks at me. "I asked you to keep your voice down. He doesn't like yelling."

"I DON'T CARE!" I yell even louder which causes Eli to cry louder. "This was a stupid move on your part! I expected better from you!"

"I'm sorry I disappointed you…" Dad turns his back to me. He puts Eli in the crib and sniffles. "I thought you might be excited about meeting your new little brother."

"You thought wrong! What's with you, mom, and Cartman thinking everyone is supposed to be accepting of your every move you make no matter how stupid it is? I'm sick of all these new siblings, you guys need to get fixed!"

"Fair enough Julia…" I hear his voice crack now I know for a fact that he's crying and I immediately feel guilty.

"Daddy…I'm sorry. I know you were really excited about this and I guess I made things worse."

He shakes his head. "It's not you. You're right, I should've just told you what was going on instead of dropping a bomb like this on you and expecting you to be happy about it. Eli is here to stay and I'm hoping to have your support and you'll have some role in his life."

I shrug. "I'm not a kid person dad. Besides, you have your own life now and I have mine. Kobe and I are secretly dating so I'm spending a lot of time with him…when we can."

"So obviously Kyle and Nichole don't know about this?"

"Nope! We want to keep it that way for now. We're really happy."

"If you're happy, I'm happy. I would much rather see you with a nice guy like Kobe than a tool like Dustin."

I laugh. "I had to figure it out for myself." I look at my phone. "Speaking of which, I'm going to meet him now. Are we done here?"

He nods. "Yes, thanks for coming."

"You're welcome." I turn to leave, but I quickly turn back around. "Hey daddy?"

He looks at me. "Yes?"

"If you ever need a break, I suppose I can watch Eli for you." I smile.

"Thanks Juju." He hugs me. "Have fun on your date." He reaches in his pocket and gives me a $20 bill. "You kids enjoy."

"Thank you daddy!" I hug him again and leave. Great, another sibling. I expected this from mom and Cartman, but not dad. It makes me wonder what's going to happen next.