Devouring Her Soul

Part 30

"Ms. Chen?..."

I looked over at Andrew and he nodded.

"But..what? Why?"

Andrew walked over, grabbed my hand, and smiled at me.

"The other day when I went into Ms. Chen's office, we talked about your situation at home-"

He looked over at me with a frown.

"Sorry about that by the way. I know it's none of our business to talk about your life."

I nodded, and he looked over at Ms. Chen.

"We both knew that you couldn't just stay at my place- ...U-unless you wanted to-. But we're surprised they let you stay as long as you did since we're still technically students."

Ms. Chen spoke up.

"I didn't want you to get relocated very far, because I wouldn't know if anything was happening to you.. so I wanted to talk to you about adopting you instead. "

Andrew hummed.

"But we weren't sure if it would be allowed either since you had a parent that was alive, and neither of you were at the standing to be independent... but now that he's gone permanently..."

I heard the sound of ruffling papers and looked at Ms. Chen who was grabbing something from her bag.

She smiled, handing them to me.

As I studied the papers, I felt my heart sink and tears rose to my eyes.

They were signed adoption papers, and all she needed was my signature.

"Are you.. are you serious Ms. Chen? You don't have to. I wouldn't want to intrude-"

"Nonsense. I would love to have you, Vivian. You're a sweet girl and deserve better."

"I do?"

I said, looking at her in awe.

She giggled, putting her hand over her mouth.

"Of course you do, Vivian. 100 percent."

My heart beat a little bit softer as she laughed.. she sounded just like...

...

After 2 weeks, everyone was allowed home. We went to court and had my adoption finalized.

I had to go back to Andrew's place to grab the stuff I had. When we arrived, Ms. Elizabeth and Max were heading out.

"Wait, Mom where are you going?"

She smiled at Andrew who seemed a bit freaked out.

"Relax, I'm your mother. I ask where you're going."

She laughed, punching his arm playfully.

"Your brother wanted take-out for dinner. I heard you two were coming so I thought it'd be a good idea to get out of the house, hm?"

She wiggled her eyebrows and winked at him.

Andrew's face turned red.

"Mom!"

She hurriedly pushed Max out the front door, slamming it behind the two of them as they got into the car.

After they pulled out of the driveway, Andrew turned to me nervously, clearing his throat.

"Uhm.. sorry about that-"

I burst out laughing, interrupting him. After a few minutes of me cackling, he smiled and relaxed.