Adoption Troubles (private)

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Frank and Patty had been trying to adopt for almost two years now, ever since they had found out that it would be next to impossible to have children of their own. They had tried six different adoption agencies, but they had been given the run around.

They were both tired of the promises they had been given, only to have their hopes dashed, time after time. They were at the end of their rope with little hope left. They had already spent over twenty thousand dollars in fees with nothing to show for it. 

Then one day they saw a notice in the newspaper about adopting a child from overseas. After talking it over they decided to look into it. They called the number and set up an appointment. They went to the address they were given and entered the office. They sat down and waited to be called.

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Eventually, after waiting nearly an hour, they were called back.

"Hello," a man spoke with an accent that was quite difficult to understand mostly because it was quite choppy.  My name is Dr. Radshadi, and I have looked over your reasons for coming to us for adoption.  I don't understand any more than you do why others have overlooked you, but I must tell you that adopting from over seas is not cheap."

He looked into their eyes.

"The are up front costs of $15,000 dollars, but you will certainly be approved.  I know this because I already looked at your background."

He had had them there for nearly half an hour when he said this.

"We did checks, and we know you went from place to place for many times, and we know you want kids."

The man was quite dark skinned because he was from India.

"Now, I know $15,000 is not easy to get at one time, but we will take a 7,000 down and 8,000 to be paid in a month if you accept the term.  If you do this, you will get some children in two weeks.  Of course, you will want to choose your child, won't you?"

He pulled out some images of children that were being considered or adoption that they could get within the two weeks because they were already in the USA.

 

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Skip to two weeks later, they were meeting him again to receive their children, but there was one problem.

"I am so sorry you chose a child last time we saw each other, but that child had been taken by another costomer without me knowing it.  I do have two little girls you can take right now though."

He brought out little Sana and little Ezrine.

Sana had much lighter skin than the first child they had looked into, and Ezrine had even lighter skin than Sana did.  Both girls had big brown eyes that seemed to plea something.  And both girls were dressed in nothing but a very long shirt and a pair of panties under that shirt.  The shirt came just above the knee, so it was decent if not the best thing they could present the children in.  Both shirts were beige in color.

Sana had dark carmel brown hair that looked black one moment and a little brownish the next moment depending on where she stood in the light.  Ezrine had black hair through and through.  They both looked nearly the same height, and so it must have been quite surprising to learn that Ezrine was eleven years old and that Sana was eight.

"We must get these two out of Asia quickly this time," Radshad told them.  "They were in danger, and their permission to stay in America was just approved last week, so you are getting two beautiful girls that are completely new to being here.  That won't bother you, will it?  I must insist you take both of them, though, and we don't even charge you the price for the second child.  They are in very much need of you to take them and care them."

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Frank took Patty's hand as they walked into the office and sat down. They were visibly shaking as Dr. Rashadi talked. They were trying hard to understand him.

"I don't know how you'll be able to succeed when others have failed." Frank said.

Frank frowned when the doctor mentioned how much it would cost. He looked over at Patty and saw the look on her face. He knew he had to make this happen somehow.

"Would you accept a check or do you want cash?" Frank asked.

Frank and Patty looked over the photos that he gave them. They discussed it for over a half hour before showing Dr. Rashadi their choice. They had guarded optimism as this was the closest they had gotten to adopting a child.

 

Two weeks later they were back with Dr. Rashadi. Their hearts sank as he told them their child wasn't available. It seemed their hopes were dashed once again. 

They looked at the pictures of the girls as he showed them. They listened as he told them about the troubles the girls were having, and how they needed to get out of their country now.

Frank looked at Patty.

"What do you think, honey? They need a home and we are wanting a child. Here are two children. Do you think we should do it?" Frank asked.

Patty looked at the pictures and thought. Then she looked at the doctor.

"How soon will they be here? How long will we have to get ready?" Patty asked.

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"As soon as we finish our report, we are going to fax your information to the office overseas.  You should get them in a couple of days, depending on how long it takes to get them an air ticket.  They already have passports and permission to enter America.  The only thing they were waiting on, was proof that they would not be a burden to the state.  By you signing your intention to adopt them, you are taking care of that."

He smiled at them.

"Your two babies will be with you for sure before the end of the week."

He then saw them out the door after he had them fill out the papers that were needed to get the girls.

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Three days later, around noon, Patty got a phone call.

"Can you come and pick up your children now?" he asked.  "If not, I'll have to put them in daycare and you will have to be there by five if you want to claim them, otherwise, you won't be seen as fit parents, and we'll have to give them to some one else."

He waited on the phone for an answer.

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Frank nodded and signed the form. Patty signed it as well.

 

Patty was working on the bedroom for the girls when she got the phone call. 

"My husband's at work, but I can be there in a couple of hours. Would that be okay?" Patty asked.

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"A couple of hours will be fine.  You'll need to give the girls some lunch when you are finished with our office though."

Radshad hung up and went to check on the group of children who had been taken from various places in Asia.

He located Sana and Ezrine, and after making sure they had clean tan shirts on, he had them go to a waiting room to watch TV until Patty came to get them.  Then he made arrangements to get the other seven children out of the office sending them to various places where people were vetted for picking up adoptions.

Sana and Ezrine didn't know each other before now, and so as they sat on the sofa, looking from the TV to one another, they wondered what was going to happen next and why that other girl was sitting in the same room with herself.

 

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"Okay." Patty said and hung up the phone.

Patty called Frank and let him know she was going to pick up Sana and Ezrine, since he was at work. Frank said he would try to get off early.

Patty gathered her things and hopped in the car. She drove to Dr. Rashadi's office and parked. She made it there in an hour and a half and came to the desk.

"Can you tell Dr. Rashadi I'm here to pick up my girls?" Patty said.

 

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The lady behind the desk nodded and called into the office.

Dr. Rashadi was out in less than a minute after, holding the hands of two small girls.  Neither of them looked much older than eight if their size was anything to go by, and they were both dressed identically in a long shirt that acted like a dress and a diaper underneath.  

Neither Ezrine nor Sana needed diapers, at least not in the daytime, but they had been put in diapers ever since they were captured for adoption for money.  

Ezrine looked up at the nice lady wondering what was next to happen.  Her shiny eyes were dancing in their sockets as she took in this strange person.  Her hands shook, and she shivered a little.  

Ezrine had had her hair put into pigtails to try to make her even more adorable.  Her dark tan skin gave light to the fact that she was originally from India.  In India, there were people with varying degrees of darkness as there were people with a variety of ways of life that most of the world didn't know about.

She looked at Dr. Radshadi, and then she looked up at the lady.

The doctor gestured towards the lady and said something that the lady couldn't understand because he spoke the girl's native language.

Ezrine nodded and walked over towards Patty.

 

Sana watched this exchange for a few minutes, wondering what she should be doing.  She didn't speak the language of her captives, and so she mostly went by example and gestures though there were times when her captives used English, and she, knowing a word or two in English, could guess from that.

She eventually came towards the woman, but her hair was not done as cute as Ezrine's.  It was just straight down on both sides of her face, though it was kind of curly.

She felt a bit of shame at her attire, but she figured her captives didn't really care what she was wearing, and so knew that they wouldn't worry about the fact she had diaper on.  Still, she hated the stupid thing, and really wished to get some regular underwear.  

However, since they were never going to take her home and see her parents again, she knew that a diaper was a really small thing in context, and if they didn't even care they took her from her parents, then they were probably going to keep her in a diaper for as long as they could.

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Patty looked at the three girls and smiled. She couldn't believe they were her girls and were actually going to live with her.

Patty smiled again as Ezrine walked towards her she reached down and gave her a hug. She looked Ezrine over, checking her out. The shirts they were wearing covered their diapers so Patty didn't know yet.

Patty stood back up and smiled at Sana. She gave her a hug as well. She took both girls hands and looked at the doctor.

"Is there anything else I need to sign or do before I can take them? I appreciate everything you've done to get these girls here," Patty asked

 

[Ishigreensa]

"You will be visited in a week and your husband will have to pay off the rest of the adoption bill then.  You will also have to talk to a social worker in time about the new additions to your family, but other than that, you are set to go."

He smiled and looked at the two little girls.

"Be good for your new parents," he told them in English.

Sana, knowing a little bit of English, nodded at him.  She had heard this phrase often enough in both languages to recognize "Be good for ...."

Ezrine looked up at the woman as she hugged Sana, and suddenly, she put her arms up at the woman.  Even if the woman was not her own mom, she recognized a look in the woman's face that made her feel safer than she's felt in the last several months.

Sana saw her put her arms up at the woman, and started to reach for her to push her arms down.  She had learned the hard way not to put her arms out at strangers, and she didn't want Ezrine to learn the hard way.  Ezrine was definitely younger than her, and so it was Sana's job to protect her.

Ezrine fought to put her arms up again as Sana kept trying to force her arms down.

"No," she whispered to Ezrine, not knowing any other common language to try to get her to understand.  Ezrine didn't even know English though, so saying no to her really didn't help, but rather, if Patty listened to why they were fighting, might have caught on that Sana was telling her not to get picked up by Patty.

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Patty nodded at what the doctor told her. 

Patty saw Ezrine hold her arms up and was about to pick her up when Sana started trying to force Ezrine's arms down. Patty gently moved Sana's arms away. She picked up Ezrine and took Sana's hand.

"It's okay. I'm your new mommy. You can trust me." Patty said, although she doubted either girl could understand her.

She took them out of the building and to her Car. Patty unlocked the car and opened the back door. She set Ezrine down on the car seat and buckled her in. She looked at Sana, waiting for her to get in.

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Ezrine looked up at her as she was put into a carseat.  Her wide eyes looked up at the nice lady as she was put down, and she moved her arm to put her fingers into her mouth as she was buckled in.

Sana had stood in front of the woman holding her hands out for Ezrine when the woman got the child up, but then saw that she wasn't angry, so she finally stood aside, and followed the woman out to the car.

When Patty waited for her, she looked up wondering what the woman expected, and then realized she had to get into a car.  This wasn't the time she had been asked to get in a car, but she still wasn't used to riding in cars.  Growing up in a small village as she had done, and near a river, she was used to walking and riding in a wagon drawn by a horse, very slowly, but cars were still kind of new to her.

She climbed into the car, somewhat nervously, and once she got seated, not knowing about seatbelts so much, she didn't fasten hers, but put her hand over towards Ezrine to take her hand.  She thought Ezrine looked trapped in that carseat and didn't understand why she was put in one.

Why didn't the woman trap her, too?  What was going on?

Her mind had questions firing off three at a time, and she was so confused, she couldn't think, and so it was rather easy for Patty to buckle her in.

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After Sana got in the car, Patty waited a minute to see if Sana would buckle herself. When she didn't Patty leaned in the car and fastened the seatbelt for her. She smiled and patted Sana's lap. She mouthed back and touched Ezrine's arm before standing up and closing the door.

Patty got her keys out before getting in the front seat. She buckled her seat belt and put the key in the ignition. She turned and looked at the girls.

"Hungry?" She asked them.

She wasn't sure if the girls knew what she was saying so she put her hand by her mouth and made motions like she was eating.

 

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Both girls put a hand on their stomachs which rumbled loudly enough that Patty might have heard, and they nodded slowly.  

Sana understood the word hungry, but Ezrine still didn't.  They looked at her funny wondering where she would get food where they were.  As far as Sana knew, no one had food in cars.

Ezrine pressed her legs together.  She had to pee, but had no idea of how to tell the woman driving, not that she had any reason taht she would care.  When she was taken from her home by people that spoke her language, no one even then paid any attention to her when she asked to go, and she ended up wetting her pants which got her put into a diaper in the first place.  

Sana's story wasn't much different, either, though her diaper was already wet and she just kept quiet not wanting to draw attention to it.  They might get mad and hit her again if they find out she peed her diaper so soon.  It had only been about six hours since they last changed her diaper, so she thought it was too soon.  

When they approached McDonalds, through the girls had never seen its food before, they did smell something coming from it.  Sana started to feel even more hungry, but Ezrine didn't like what she smelled at all.  She made a face at what she was smelling and hoped that she would not be forced to eat beef.  She was told that beef was eaten in other parts of the world, but that God would be angry with her if she ever ate any part of a cow.  Even at eight years old, she did understand God and anger.

 

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She kept looking in the mirror at the girls as she drove to McDonald's. She decided to take them in instead of going through the drive thru. She parked the car and got out. Patty opened the back door and unfastened Sana's seat belt before getting eating out of the car seat. She held Ezrine again and after Sana got out took her hand.

Patty took them in the restaurant and over to a booth. She set Ezrine down. As she did the shirt pulled up and Patty saw her diaper. She straightened the shirt and moved back to let Sana sit down. 

"Stay here and I will get you food." Patty said.

The counter wasn't far away. As she walked over Patty knew it was best not to order hamburgers in case it went against one of their religions. The only choices available were fish or chicken. She decided to with two chicken nugget happy meals with Apple slices instead of French fries and milk instead of soda.

Once she had placed the order Patty turned and smiled and waved at the girls.

 

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Both kids took a seat as soon as Patty put Ezrine down, and they smiled up at her.  They sat still so as not to draw any attention to themselves or to the nice lady who still had not been mad at them for any reason, at least not yet.

Ezrine did get a little nervous when the lady fixed her shirt so that her diaper was hidden again, feeling shame that she was in a diaper, and now, somehow, the woman acted like it was a shameful thing to be seen in.  She hoped the woman wasn't going to shame her even more for having to wear it.

Sana saw Ezrine's diaper and she looked down.  If Patty knew about Ezrine, she must know about herself, too.  At least the woman covered Ezrine's diaper instead of making her show it off like some people did.

When Patty waved at them from the counter, the girls both waved back at her.  Sana wasn't sure why she was waving at her, and was tempted to get up from her seat to go see what Patty wanted, but then something told her it was a trick, and she willed herself to stay still, and she put a hand on Ezrine to make sure that she didn't accidentally disobey this person.

Ezrine started to pee her diaper while Patty was still waiting for the food, and Sana saw her look down, a red guilty blush coloring her face.  

Sana wished she knew how to tell the little girl that it was okay, and that she understood, but she had no way of communicating with the other girl.  

Both of them started to feel even more hungry as the woman brought food over towards them.  They were both a little uncomfortable, but Ezrine was more so because she was afraid that the woman had gotten her a hamburger.  

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When the food arrived Patty carried the tray over to the table. She sat down and spread napkins in front of both girls, then pulled the food out of the boxes, setting it on the napkin and giving them their milk. Patty saw the girls looking at the chicken nuggets and picked one up. She tore it open and showed the girls the meat inside.

"Er er er er." Patty said sounding like a rooster crowing. 

Patty set the nugget down and got her phone out. She called Frank to let him know they would be home soon. She started eating her food, also having chicken nuggets.

 

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The children watched as the lady set the chicken down and then show them what it was inside.  Both girls quickly started to eat ignoring that she was using her phone.  The bad guys that had abducted them before had used their phones non-stop, so they were used to that.

Though both girls were now in soaked diapers and felt grimy from all the travel without a bath, they took a small amount of pleasure in getting to eat something, and were even more happy that they could eat an apple too.

Sana started to drink the milk almost right away, but Ezrine shook her head at it not wanting anything to do with it.  She knew what goat's milk was, and this definitely was not goat's milk.

Sana eyed Ezrine's milk wondering why she wasn't drinking it.  She had not been raised Hindi, nor did she know anything about the Hindu religion.  She only knew a little about Muslim stuff which would refuse pig or pork, and she knew something or other about Buddhist and about Christian ideas which didn't particularly seem too have any taboo on foods.  

Sana felt the irriation in her diaper rubbing her legs, and she gritted her teeth and moved her legs a bit trying to get comfortable at her seat.  As she did, she felt the need to pee again, and wondered if she should try to wait a little longer or not.  Surely, even if she knew how to ask, the woman would not let her use the toilet since she must know that she had a diaper on....

She glanced at her again, one the phone as always, those people were, and she sighed and opened her legs slightly yet again, and let herself eventually start seeping pee out of her little pee hole until she started to fill her diaper again.

When she was done, because the diaper had been wet in now, for the third time, she started to leave a wetness in the seat, though it wasn't a puddle, so it wouldn't be noticed until she stood up, and the back of her would eventually be seen.

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Patty finished her call and looked at the table in front of the girls. She felt their milk cartons and saw that Ezrine hadn't drank any of her milk. She raised her eyebrows, then set the milk in front of Sana. Patty got up and went to the counter she got a soda and water and set them both in front of Ezrine.

Patty sat down and watched to see what Sana would drink. She thought about Ezrine being in a diaper and knew she didn't have any at home. She would have to stop at a store and pick some up before going home.

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Ezrine was happy when the lady set some water in front of her, and she started drinking it immediately.  She had never had soda before, and because she didn't trust the milk, she also didn't trust the soda.  Americans seemed to eat or drink anything!

Sana smiled at the soda, and reached for it wanting it.  She knew what soda was though she rarely ever got to drink any.  Her family was poor and her village didn't have a lot of fancy things like soda pop even for those that had a little money.

While both girls started to drink the drink they liked over the milk, though Sana didn't mind drinking milk, either, they watched Patty carefully to see what she was going to do next.

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Patty watched them drink, noting that Ezrine chose the water. She let Sana take the soda. Patty got the toys from the happy meals and gave one each to Ezrine and Sana.

Patty starting gathering the trash and took it over to the garbage can. She came back to the table and picked Ezrine up. She held her hand out to Sana.

"Time to go." Patty said.

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Ezrine looked up at the lady and wondered if she knew that under her white dress, her diaper was soaked and sagging.  She shifted a little uncomfortably in Patty's arms, and then leaned her head against the lady's chest and breathed out slowly.  

She was in a new environment, and she was uncertain about what was going to happen next, but one thing she believed, was that the woman meant her no harm, and seemed even somewhat maternal towards her.  She sensed this, and it put her at ease.

Sana looked up at the woman as she reached for her hand trying to coax her out of the seat.  She scooted carefully, and tried to keep the wet shirt in back hidden from the woman afraid that she would not understand the eleven year old peeing herself, just like no one else ever did, even though they were the ones that forced her to wear a diaper and would not let her go to any private place to use the bathroom.

She took the woman's hand eventually, and started to walk with her towards the car again.  She was certain that the woman would notice sooner or later that the back of her shirt was wet, but there was little she could do about that.  She just wanted to be in a little bit of peace for a little longer before the lady would find out and then punish her for already being wet.

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Patty took them to the car and put Ezrine in the car seat. As she stepped out she saw Sana's shirt. Patty thought at first that Sana had wet her pants. She turned Sana and felt her shirt. As she did the shirt pulled up and Patty saw her diaper. Patty let go of the shirt and gave Sana a hug.

"Stay here." Patty said.

Patty went to the back of the car and looked for something for Sana to sit on. She found a blanket and brought it around to the side, spreading it on the seat. She stepped back for Sana to get in, then fastened her seat belt.

After closing the door and getting in the drivers seat Patty saw a Wal-Mart next door and drive over to it.

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When Ezrine was put in her carseat, she yawned and putting her fingers in her mouth, she started to fall asleep.  She was now full, felt safe, and quite tired from the day's events.

When Patty pulled Sana back around to check the back of her shirt and lifting it to see the diaper, the girl blushed, but more than blush, she shivered in fear of being hit, but rather than a sharp swat on her bottom or even a face planted slapmark, she received a full body wrap that turned out to be an affectional hold for a moment.  A hold, that even her mother had not given her in quite some time since before she was kidnapped.  Was that a hug?

She saw the lady move away from the door, so she started to get in not realizing she told her to wait, but then the lady brought around a blanket and she looked up at her wondering what she meant to do with it.  The woman had to coax Sana to stand up so she could put the blanket under her.

The next moment Sana knew, they were supposed to be driving, but the drive was quite short, as the car barely started when it stopped in front of the biggest shopping building she had ever seen in her life!  There were what seemed thousands of cars parked outside the massive building, and she looked to the front wondering what Patty was up to.

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Patty parked the car. There was a shopping cart return area nearby and Patty got a cart. She got Ezrine out of the car seat and slipped her into the seat on the cart. She helped Sana out of the car and grabbed the blanket. She wrapped it around Sana and lifted her into the back of the cart. She smiled at Sana and pushed the cart into the store.

Patty looked at signs to see where the diapers were sold. She pushed the cart back to the aisle and looked them over. After looking back at Sana and Ezrine, Patty put a package of size 6 diapers in the car. She got a package of wipes ad well. They needed new clothes so she pushed the cart to the girls department. She wasn't sure what sizes they wore.

Patty looked at dresses as well as shirts and pants. She took a dress of the rack and a pair of pants. She showed them to Sana and Ezrine, pointing to the girls and then the clothes.

"Dress or pants?" Patty asked, hoping they understood what she meant.