Lost and Found Chapter 26

Chapter 26

The two weeks flew by. Their first court date had come up, Bo had the good idea to send Matthew to his grandparents for the week. Nora was extremely grateful, she couldn’t keep this facade up. She looked in the mirror in the courtroom bathroom, she cringed, she look awful. She wanted this over, she was tired of being tired, not to mention she still had no appetite. Bo forced her to go to the doctor last week, the doctor seemed to agree it was the stress, but ran blood test at Bo’s insistence. So far everything had come back clean, they still were waiting on a few, but Bo seemed to relax a bit.

She walked out of the bathroom, Bo was standing outside waiting for her. He kissed her.

“Ready beautiful.”
“Bo, I look awful.”
“Hey don’t talk about my wife like that.”

She smiled. Randy walked up to them.

“The judge is ready for us.”
Nora and Bo held hands as they headed into the chambers. Sam and his lawyer were already in there. Nora didn’t even look at them as they sat, but she could feel Sam’s eyes on her. The judge came in.

“I have read the petition for adoption, but it is my understanding that Mr Rapport doesn’t want to give up his rights.”
“Yes that is correct, my client has long and messy history with Mr. Buchanan and doesn’t feel comfortable giving his rights away to him.”

The judge nodded.

“Mr. Anderson can you explain why your clients are doing this, it is very unusual.”
“Mr and Mrs Buchanan are raising Matthew Buchanan without any support or interaction from Mr. Rappaport. They just want to ensure Matthew would stay with the man he views as his father in case something would happen to Mrs. Buchanan.”
“Is this correct Mr. Johnson? Your client is not supporting his son or in his life?”
Nora had to stop a smile when he saw Johnson shift uncomfortably.

“Yes that is correct, he felt his son would be better off being raised by his mother. You see Mrs. Buchanan and Mr. Rapport and an affair while Mrs. Buchanan was married to Mr. Buchanan the first time, they just got remarried. Mrs. Buchanan pretty much shut him out when she insisted give Matthew Mr. Buchanan last name instead of Mr. Rappaport.”
“So he just left and didn’t offer any support?”
“Well, um, Mrs. Buchanan never asked.”
The judged seemed less than impressed.

“I must point out your honor Mr. Buchanan left Mrs. Buchanan while she was pregnant also, when he found Matthew wasn’t his he left her.”

The judge turned to Bo.

“Is this true Mr. Buchanan?”
Nora took Bo’s hand, he squeezed it.
“Yes, it was the worst mistake of my life. It is one of my biggest regrets. I just wish I hadn't let my pride win for so long. I lost three years of being with my soul mate and my son’s life.”
“So you view him as your son.”
“I always have, even when I found out, my heart always thought of him as mine. That why it hurt so much when I first found out he wasn’t mine. I lost my wife and son in the same day. I was stupid for a couple years. Then Nora came back into my life and said some hard truths I needed to hear. It wasn’t until my own father died that I truly realized how dumb I had been. I am just grateful that Nora gave me another chance and that I get her and Matthew for the rest of my life.”

Nora smiled at him and tried to blink back the tears, but she lost the battle. Bo wiped the tears off face.

The judge continued with question for the next hour.

“Ok, I think we need to adjourn for the day. We will continue this in two days.”
The judge left, Sam and his lawyer left right away. Randy turned towards them.

“Good job you two. I think you have a very real chance of getting this.”
Nora sighed, feeling a little better. Randy left leaving Bo and Nora alone. Bo leaned over and kissed her.

“I love you.”
She ran her hand down his face.

“I love you so much Bo.”

Nora’s phone began to ring causing them both to jump. Nora answered it.

“Mrs. Buchanan?”
“Yes.”
“Mrs. Buchanan we got the last of you test back.”
“Oh, did anything come up.”
“Yes it did.”
Nora stopped breathing, she felt the fear she had been ignoring bubbling up.

“What is it?”
“Well, you are pregnant.”