A Ballie Love Story From The Beginning

Chapter 178 "A Ballie Love Story From The Beginning"

The clock now read 4 AM. Brandon and Jude were now sitting on the couch watching some weird animated cartoon about a sponge who lived in a pineapple under the sea. Jude was drifting in and out of sleep but Brandon just couldn't sleep because his mind was on one thing and one thing only it was on Callie. He really didn't know if he could look at her but not be able to hold her. All he ever wanted and all he ever looked for in the women that he was going to spend the rest of his life with and marry and have be the mother of his children was everything that Callie was. Everything that she did he couldn't do it better. She was kind of like a teenage super women. He couldn't imagine looking at her and having to act convincingly that nothing of the inappropriate sort was happening. He rehearsed it for like 2 hours just over and over and over again in his head about how he would do this, what would he say, and what he would do. This would without a doubt be one of the hardest things he's ever had to do in his like 18 years of life. But if Callie was going to be allowed to come back to the family then he had to make it convincing. 

Fast forward now to the meeting. The family went and Callie was standing in the middle of a room alone. A two sided mirror kept her from knowing that the family had arrived and a look of anxiousness was written all over her worried little face. Brandon inhaled deeply as he walked closer to the door that led to the room. Jude entered first and rushed into Callie's arms. The two embraced and then the rest of the crew entered. "Jude are you okay? Have you been listening to Stef and Lena?" Callie rattled off these questions out of protective instinct. After everyone had embraced Callie it came time for Brandon and Callie, the two had to make this believable. He numbly took her hand and pulled her to him, kind of like when you run into your ex boyfriend that cheated on you and you weren't expecting it but you want to be cordial with them so you let them hug you.

It was going well so far "Hey Cal, how ya been?" Brandon asked without looking her in the face. "I've been good" Callie said, the whole family stayed for 10 minutes before a case manager walked in and asked to speak to Stef and Lena outside. "Miss Adams, Miss Foster my name is Harriett Hubert and I am the new case manager overlooking your situation and I've come to a decision. I'm sorry to say but at this time we will not be returning Callie to your household as we have not found adequate proof that there isn't a sexual relationship going on between the two of them. Now since you all live in California we will allow Callie to fly back with you guys but upon your arrival at the airport, Callie will be surrendered to another CPS worker and taken to a group home until we conclude our investigation and deem it appropriate to have her housed back in your residence." The case worker rattled off these details to Stef and Lena as the both of their hearts broke. Stef spoke first "Well how long will it take to finish the investigation?" she asked "I'm not sure it could be weeks, it could be months, these investigations can last up until two years. But after that it falls into a default meaning if at the end of the two years there is no evidence that there is a relationship the case will be closed and Callie will be allowed to come back to the residence but by that time Callie will have turned 18 and aged out of the system." Harriett stated