I love you, I won't kill you

There was a box of savory, freshly baked cheese and chicken breast takeaway pizza on the coffee table, but Angie had no appetite to taste it.

Julie opened the lid and pushed the pizza towards her. "Angie, eat something. If you don't take care of your body, how are you going to take care of your baby?"

Angie sighed and shook her head, "Sorry, I'm really not in the mood."

After handing the pizza money and tip to the restaurant delivery staff, Amanda came back and sat down with the two.Picking up the one-tooth pizza, before he was about to munch a big meal, he said, "Angie Chen, if you are willing to 'hurt' yourself in this way, we have no problem. It's just...you better think carefully, you Whether your behavior will bring a kind of harm to your child."

"What do you mean?" Angie didn't understand her words very much.

"Julie, explain it for me. Uh, I'm hungry." Amanda said softly, staring at Pisa closely.

Julie's face was a bit heavy, but she still spoke in a soft voice, "The US federal government has established a relatively complete child protection system through legislation and the establishment of administrative agencies, so that children who have been abused and neglected can be protected. and support."

Angie picked up the coffee cup and took a sip, "Yes, I know this legal regulation."

"Listen, child abuse includes physical abuse, psychological harm, and sexual abuse. Child neglect, when it comes to child neglect, is not providing children with adequate food (kid food), clothing, housing, and medical care; environment where harm to the health and well-being of a person is caused, or is found to be, and has the ability to stop it without stopping it."

"Julie, I am the mother of the child, how could I hurt her?"

"Angie, I know you are a kind girl. However, your indirect actions and personal psychology have placed your daughter in an environment that may be harmful to their health and welfare."

Regarding the way the child is handled, the last thing Angie wants to see is that the child is forcibly taken away by the Connecticut State Child Welfare Department.Usually, one is sent to a child care center, and the other is sent to the care of an adoptive family who is able to raise the child.

Children's care centers are "orphanages" in Chinese.Anji dare not imagine whether the unknown growth environment and various potential factors in the adoptive family will have an irreversible impact on the child's growth.

Neither being able to bring the child back to China, nor being willing to hand over the child to a stranger for upbringing, this is the most important and most worrying thing for Anji right now.Therefore, this also led to the scene where she knelt down to Amanda just now.

"Okay, I accept your suggestion." Angie silently picked up the one-tooth pizza.

"That's right, Angie. However, you have to be careful with your family nanny. Once she thinks you are abusing your child, she will immediately call the hotline of the Child Welfare Bureau." Amanda said unhurriedly.

"She's right. All 50 states, Washington, D.C., and the islands have laws that require childcare, elementary and secondary education, counselors, doctors, law enforcement, and social workers to work with children. If personnel suspect that there is 'possible child abuse and neglect', they must report it immediately, and if they do not report, they will be charged with crimes." In Julie's words, another relevant law was brought out in a timely manner.

Angie said with a blank expression, "The Children's Welfare Bureau will immediately open a case for investigation on me, and the court will hold a hearing on me after the relevant evidence is obtained. At that time, it will definitely rule that my guardianship will be deprived, and I will be helpless." Watching the child being sent to a strange adoptive family!?"

Amanda shrugged, "Angie, I'm sorry, this is federal law."

"What if this family is full of violence, drug use, etc.? What if my child is bullied by other children? Amanda, do you think I, as the mother of the child, will not be sad forever?" Angie said bluntly.

"Uh, uh, I don't know." Amanda was a little speechless.

"Well, now I know why you want her to raise your child. It's for this reason. Right?" Julie still saw through Angie's thoughts.

"Yes, Julie. If sending a child to a stranger's family, I think . . . it would be better to send it to someone I trust."

....................

After lunch, the two of Julie whispered about Angie's child.Amanda glanced in the direction of the bedroom, "Keep your voice down, Angie is taking a nap with the child."

Standing in front of the window, Julie nodded, "I know. I think we should help Angie solve this problem."

Amanda looked at her, "Really? But, you know my job..."

"I know that your job is full of danger and unpredictability. Moreover, we don't have our own family and the necessary growth environment."

"Hmm, that's what I wanted to say."

"Not only do you not have that, but I don't have the ability or the job to raise a child."

The discussion between the two reached a deadlock, and Julie said after thinking about it, "Let's go."

"Go there?"

"Well, go shopping with me."

"Angie, we have something to go out for a while." Julie walked up the steps and whispered.

"Oh, where are you going?"

"Uh, let's go... buy some baby diapers and milk powder for the baby."

"Well, okay. I have no class in the afternoon, and I will stay at home with the children all the time."

Coming out of the apartment building, Julie took Amanda's hand, "I'm sorry, this happened to you just after returning to China."

Amanda shook her head, "It's okay. Helping others is a tradition in our country."

"Okay. Now, let's go shopping at the mall."

"Happy at your service, Ms. Mitchell."

Two hours later, the pair emerged from the Target mall on the banks of the Quinnipiac River, pushing a shopping cart filled with baby and toddler products, food and adult foods, and assorted soft drinks.

While walking towards the parking lot on the side of the shopping center, they chatted happily.Julie looked at each other with a smile, "Tomorrow is Valentine's Day, how are you going to celebrate it?"

Amanda grinned, "Well, flowers, chocolates, candlelight dinners, and a big motel bed."

"Oh, that's all?" Julie asked, pushing the shopping cart behind Amanda's.

"Well, if you think I'm not sincere enough, we can also go to New York or Manhattan for vacation."

"Sounds good. What if, I want you to accompany me to Chicago?"

"Chicago? You want to take me to your parents' house?" Amanda was stunned when she put the things in the trunk.

"Yes. Anyway, they know you too." Julie replied happily.

Amanda asked again, "Uh, uh, are you going to... come out with me in front of them?"

Julie looked up at her, stepped forward and hugged her, "Sweetheart, is this true? Are you ready?"

"I...I..." Amanda had beads of sweat on her forehead, she didn't know if it was hot or she didn't say what she wanted to say.

"Honey, you're so cute! What are you trying to tell me?" Julie asked.

"I... I don't know, will I go to Afghanistan for a few months."

"Don't worry, I'm sure you'll be back. Well, how long?"

"Should still be 7 months."

Julie put down the trunk of the car in satisfaction, "Well, 7 months will pass quickly. In fact, I asked you to go back to Chicago with me because of Angie."

Amanda walked to the driver's side and looked at Julie on the opposite side, "Really? Have you really decided?"

Julie opened the co-pilot's door and lay on the roof of the car, "Well, it seems that sending Angie's child to my parents' house is the best solution."

"You want your parents to adopt her child!?" Amanda was a little surprised when she got into the car.

"Hmm, what the Mitchell family lacks most is the laughter of the children." Julie leaned forward and kissed Amanda tenderly.

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