"Hey babe I have to go to see my brother, it's an emergency! Can you please go pick up Emma from Courtney's house please?" He yells, running out the door.
"Well I guess I don't really have a choice" you chuckled grabbing the keys to your car.
You loved Grayson's 6 month old Emma like she was your own. But you hated having to deal Courtney, she was always so rude to you. You always worried about what was going on at home when she wasn't with you and Grayson.
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You drove the 30 minute drive to Courtney's house and walked up to the door, not having to walk very far when you noticed the baby were sitting on the steps in her carseat, waiting for you to arrive. You could hear Emma start to cry. It was chilly outside and she was only wrapped in a thin sheet.
"Hey baby, what are you doing outside? Where's mommy?" you ask Emma, but knowing you won't get an answer.
The little girl babbles angrily in response though.
You giggle and put the baby in the car and make sure she is buckled in properly. You get in the drivers seat and turn on the heat for the chilly girl in the back and start to drive home.
When you get back home, you unbuckle the sleeping baby and go inside. After putting the fussy baby down, you go to the kitchen to start making dinner.
You were in the zone cooking until you heard your little fussy monkey start to cry again. You rush upstairs and grab her and bring her down and put her in her highchair and start to cook again, letting her play with a wooden spoon. Emma started to get entertained and began to clap her hands and put them in her mouth.
You heard the door open and Grayson walk in, but you kept dancing around the kitchen.
"Well look who's having fun without daddy!" he exclaims
You got everyone to sit down and served everyone, you grabbed Emma and sat to feed her for the last time before she went to bed.
When everyone was finished you went upstairs to give the little girl a bath and get her into bed. You go over to the window and lock it and kiss the baby goodnight. You walk back downstairs to talk to Grayson.
"She just left her on the steps Gray. Do you know how cold it is out there? Emma was wrapped in a little thin sheet. Nothing else."
"What?" he looks astonished
"I think she should stay here Gray. With monitored visits."
"I agree.. gahh how could I not have seen the signs. I feel like such a bad parent. I'm calling the child support people in the morning."
"You're not a bad parent babe, let's just go to bed ok?"
The next morning...
You put some pillows up so Emma wouldn't fall out of the bed while you and Grayson sat at the kitchen table, talking about the plan.
"I'm calling them right now. Please get the girls dressed were leaving in 20. I am not gonna wait around anymore." he says pretty angry after thinking about what happened the previous day.
You nod and go upstairs and get the girls dressed.
You load the girls into their carseats and you get into the passenger as you make the trip to the CPS office. When you get there, the 3 of you go in and sit until the Child Protective Agent comes over and calls Grayson to go back with him. You sat with Emma as you would rotate between feeding her, playing with her, and putting her to sleep. Gray stayed back there for at least 4 hours until he came out, he walked over with a smile on his face as he came towards you.
"We've got her Y/N! They reviewed the evidence and her previous instances and they are letting us keep her. AND they are going to take Courtney to court for child neglect. She could get 5 years in prison if we win." he tells you.
"That's amazing baby! Let's take our new little family home ok? You can see that our girl has had a very long day." you give him a tired but excited smile.
"Yea," he chuckles "Let's go home" He grabs your hand as you walk to the car "Our new little family"
