These Two Kids Tell Ice Cream Seller that their parents went shopping but they Never Return

A waitress in an ice cream parlor at a mall is shocked to see two children still sitting in a booth hours after her shift started and realizes they have been abandoned. Children are precious, and yet, so many people seem to think they are an inconvenient nuisance and a disposable one. At least that is how Tommy and Claire’s parents treated them!

Pretending they were giving them a treat, the heartless pair abandoned the two children they were supposed to love and protect in a crowded mall. Courtney Murphy first noticed the two kids when she served them two huge banana splits that had been ordered and paid for by a tall blond woman in sunglasses. Courtney thought that the sunglasses were a bit weird since they were inside a mall, but hey! She’d seen weirder. It was a Saturday and the ice cream parlor got crazy busy.

That was why Courtney only noticed that the two kids were still sitting in the same booth three hours later, near the end of her shift. She walked over and asked, “Hi guys, can I get you anything else?”The little boy, that was Tommy, said politely, “No thank you!” The little girl (Claire) looked up at Courtney and her eyes were full of tears. “I want to go to the washroom, but I can’t go alone and Tommy can’t go with me and I REALLY need to go!””Where’s your mom?” asked Courtney.

“Mom and dad went shopping for us extra-special gifts!” he exclaimed. “That’s why things are taking so long.” “I see!” Courtney explained. She then went to the back of the store and told her coworker. “Listen, some jerks dumped their kids here for us to look after. I’m going to the bathroom with the little girl. Could you please take over for a moment?” Courtney escorted Claire to the restroom so she could pee, then assisted her in washing her hands. “What age are you?” she inquired.

“I’m four,” Claire proudly stated. “Tommy is six years old. He’s my biological brother!” “Of course he is!” Courtney explained. “Is there any other kind of brother?” “Foster children,” Claire suggested. “A lot of them were at the foster home.” “Are you in a foster home?” Courtney inquired. “I assumed you were expecting your parents!” “Oh, yes,” Claire replied. “We were in a foster home before being adopted by mom and dad.”

“I see,” Courtney explained as she led Claire back to the ice cream shop where Tommy was waiting. “Listen, guys, my shift is coming to an end, and you two can’t stay. I’ll wait outside in the food court for your parents.” “NO!” exclaimed Tommy. “We must wait HERE! So said Daddy. “Take a look,” Courtney said. “People are not permitted to leave their children here by my boss. We’ll take a seat at that table over there. That way, when your mother and father arrive, we will be able to greet them.”

Tommy reluctantly agreed, and the three of them sat at a table directly across from the ice cream shop. After a while, Courtney brought the kids hamburgers and fries, and they played ‘I Spy.’ The hours passed, but Tommy and Claire’s parents did not appear. It was finally 9:00 p.m., and the mall was about to close. Courtney was certain that the children’s parents would not return.

She walked a few steps away from the children so they couldn’t hear her and called security. “Hi!” she said. “This is Courtney Murphy from Ice Cream Bananarama. I have two kids here whose parents seem to have just dumped them. What do I do?” Security told Courtney they were sending someone right over and advised her to call the police. The police came, and along with them, came a lady from Child Services.

Courtney told her story, and the police and the social worker tried to get Tommy and Claire to go with them. Tommy started screaming, clinging to the table. “Mommy and daddy said they’d come back! We have to be good and stay here! WE HAVE TO!” He was so distressed that eventually the police had to call an ambulance and they took the two children to the hospital. Courtney went along with them, hoping a familiar face would make things easier.

In the ambulance, Claire and Tommy clung to her. When they arrived at the hospital, the social worker requested that the children be seen by a doctor to make sure they were okay. The doctor gave Tommy a sedative, then he took blood and examined the two children. He gave Tommy a clean bill of health, but he frowned when he examined Claire.

A few hours later, he came back and he looked very grave. “Are you these children’s guardian?” he asked the social worker sitting next to Courtney. When the woman confirmed, he said: “The little boy is healthy, but I’m afraid the little girl is very sick. She needs immediate treatment.” “Sick?” asked the social worker. “What’s wrong?” “She has leukemia,” he said. “You didn’t know?”

“No!” the social worker said. “These children were abandoned at a mall this evening.” “They told me they were adopted,” Courtney said. “And they are brother and sister.” The social worker logged on to the database and discovered that Tommy and Claire HAD been adopted, but they were supposedly living in a town 200 miles away “They dumped them here, hoping we’d never find out!” the social worker said.”But why?” asked Courtney.

“Why would they do that?”The doctor was shaking his head sadly. “They probably found out about Claire’s illness,” he said. “They probably weren’t prepared to accept the burden. Financial or otherwise.” “BURDEN?” cried Courtney. “How can anyone think those sweet kids are a burden?” That night, Courtney couldn’t sleep. She kept thinking about Tommy and Claire. The next day, she went to visit them in the hospital.

“Listen, guys,” she said. “I’m still at college and I can’t give you a home, but I’d like to be your big sister. What do you say?” “You won’t run away?” asked Tommy fearfully.”Never,” Courtney promised. “I’m on you like flies on maple syrup!”And she kept her word. Five years later, when Courtney finally graduated from college and got a good job, she adopted Tommy and Claire, who had, fortunately, overcome her illness. They were a family. Forever.

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