After a year-long business trip, Kyle Greenbecker returned home to a shocking sight: a newborn baby on his kitchen table. Accompanying the baby were two notes, one accusing him of fathering the child and the other from his wife, Lisa, who left him and confessed to her own infidelities. This startling discovery shattered his life, but it also started a new chapter of love and purpose.
A Baby, a Betrayal, and a New Beginning
Kyle was on his way home from a year-long business trip when he got a text from his wife, but she never replied. When he arrived home, he found a newborn baby in a bassinet on his kitchen table with two notes. One note from an unknown writer said, “You had your fun, now take responsibility for your child.” The other was from his wife, Lisa, who wrote that she had found the baby on their doorstep and that she was leaving him. She also admitted to having “plenty of flings” while he was away.
Kyle was stunned and heartbroken, but he quickly found himself caring for the baby girl. He learned how to change her diaper with the help of a YouTube tutorial and decided to keep her, naming her Lily. He easily settled into fatherhood, and two years later, his world was turned upside down again.
A New Claim and a Legal Battle
On Lily’s second birthday, a woman named Cherish Vegas showed up at his door and claimed Lily was her baby. She explained that she had been “stoned” when she abandoned the child and was only coming back for her because the baby’s father, Burt, had just signed a three-million-dollar contract. Kyle ran her off, but a week later, he was summoned to family court. Cherish was contesting his adoption of Lily.
At the hearing, Cherish tearfully told the judge how she had regretted leaving her baby and Burt, a tall man with Lily’s blue eyes, admitted to being the father. When the judge asked if he was prepared to take on the parental responsibilities, Cherish blurted out that he had just signed a three-million-dollar contract. The judge, seeing through their ruse, asked Cherish what name she had given her daughter. Cherish, confused, said she hadn’t given her a name. At that moment, Kyle stood up and told the court, “My daughter’s name is Lily, and she does have her father’s name — mine.”
Just then, Lily saw Kyle and cried out, “Daddy!” The judge, touched by the moment, decided the case had been decided by the principal party and confirmed Kyle’s custody and adoption of Lily. That night, as Kyle and Lily celebrated, he knew that the brightest star in his life was his little girl.
This story teaches us that a real parent is one who loves and cherishes a child. Kyle cared for Lily and loved her as his own, while Cherish, a heartless woman, only wanted her for profit.