A woman heard a baby crying on her neighbor’s porch and adopted him. Years later, she told him the truth about being adopted and decided to find his birth parents. That’s when an unexpected truth came out.I was walking home from my shift when a baby’s cries rang through the night, and I frowned. I looked toward my neighbor Ellie’s house and saw a stroller on her porch. With wide eyes, I approached and saw a baby with a tear-streaked face and flailing arms inside the stroller. I rang Ellie’s door several times, concerned, as I tried to get the baby to stop crying.Hey, Judy. What –?” Ellie answered the door, and her eyes also bulged at the baby.
Ellie, what’s going on? Why is there a baby on your porch?” I asked, appalled.
“Didn’t you hear him screaming bloody murder?”
“No, I was watching TV in my room. My doorbell is the only thing I heard,” Ellie continued. “Should we call 911? What should we do?”
“Jack?” I asked, turning back to her and frowning at the sudden widening of her eyes.
“Well, I guess,” I shrugged. I had never been in this situation, and it seemed right out of a movie, so the only solution was to call the police.
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