9Monday, July 5, 1982
"Here! Take her! She's yours now!" Sam Harris shouted, handing his one day old daughter to his older brother, Joe who was sitting with his son, Jared in the waiting room.
But she's your daughter!" Joe said, standing up, the baby now in his arms.
"She's not my fucking daughter!" Sam yelled. His eyes were flooded with tears. "She's a fucking murderer! I don't want her!"
"What are you talking about?" Joe handed the baby to his son, who is only ten years old. His other two sons, Joel who is six and Jake who is two, are at their next door neighbor's house.
"She is the reason that the love of my life is dead right now! They couldn't even get her to stay alive long enough for them to find out what was wrong! My wife didn't even have a fucking chance and it's all that baby's fault!" Sam pointed at the baby in Jared's arms.
"It's not her fault." Joe whispered, glaring at his brother. "If you really want me to take her, I will."
"Good. Here's the papers. Sign here." He pointed to a spot on what looked like custody papers, and Joe signed it.
"Good luck with the fucking anti-christ." Sam said. He took the papers and walked away without another word. Joe looked at the birth certificate that he held in his hand.
"Kaylyn Marie Harris. I like it. Says she was born at 11:35 yesterday morning." Joe said to his son.
"So does this mean that I have a sister now?" Jared asked, still looking down at Kaylyn, who was peacefully sleeping in his arms.
"Kinda. You are still her cousin. And I'm her uncle. She'll just be living under the same roof." Joe went over and signed some papers at the front desk and then the three of them left.
They pulled into their dive way and went over to the Sullivan residence, where Joel and Jake were, and knocked on the door.
"Oh hello! And who is this?" Ms. Sullivan answered the door, sixteen and a half month old Jimmy in her arms.
"This is the newest addition to the Harris family. Kaylyn." Jared told her, "But she's just my cousin, but she's gonna be living under the same roof as us." He repeated what his father told him back at the hospital.
"Oh really now. She is certainly adorable. Come on in. The boys are just finishing up a movie."
"Well I have to get Kaylyn situated, and the crib set up, so why don't you just send the two over when the movie is done." Joe suggested.
"Sure. That works." Ms. Sullivan said to him.
"Thanks again Ms. Sullivan."
"No problem. Maybe when Kaylyn is a little bit older, we can set up a play date with her and Jimmy."
"Yeah. That's a good idea." Joe said. They walked back over to their house and went inside.
"Here son, can you hold her so I can get the crib out of the basement?" Joe asked his son.
"Yeah!" Jared took Kaylyn from his father and sat on the couch.
Fifteen minutes later Joe came down the stairs and took Kaylyn upstairs to his room, where he had set up the crib.
"Won't she get her own room?" Jared asked.
"She will, but for now she'll sleep in here with me." Joe set Kaylyn down in her new crib and said "Welcome to the world, Kaylyn Marie."