Coming Clean

Chapter 6

Chapter 6

Walking out to the main room, I see Kelly holding a little bundle of pink. "Hey Aunt Kelly. Can I hold her?" I asked. "Sure." she says and hands me the little girl. I take the baby from her and she just looks up at me and watches me. "What are you thinking?" Lee asked. "She can't go to the state. They will ask too many questions." I say. "We know but what choice do we have?" Lee asked. I look up at Lee and he sees the answer in my eyes. Smiling softly, he says "Looks like you get your family after all Sweetheart. But how are we going to pull this off?" he asked. "Koz, can you get my phone from your room?" I asked and he walks to his dorm and brings me my phone. Putting the phone to my ear after dialing one of the contacts in my phone, I hear it ring a couple of times before my friend answers. "Randi? What's up?" she asked. "Hey Lindy. I need a huge favor." I say. "Sure. What's up?" she asked. "Can you meet me at my Uncle Lee's clubhouse? I'll explain then." I tell her. "Sure. Be there in an hour." she tells me before hanging up.

Looking up at Lee, "I need someone to pick up some things for me." I tell him. "I'll go. I know what you need." Kelly says. Lee goes with her and I am sitting there holding her. Koz sits next to me and looks down at her. Looking at me he asks "You're my Old Lady right?" I smile at him and say "Yeah." He kisses me and says "If you're gonna be her mom. I wanna be her dad. Only right since I'm the reason she's here." he tells me. "Koz..." I start. "That's not the only reason. You're it for me. I love you. I want a family with you." he tells me. "I love you too." I say before kissing him again. Looking down at the little girl I say "Looks like you're getting a new mommy and daddy, baby girl." I look up at him and say "We need a name." He thinks for a minute and says "Lillian Marie?" I look at him and say "We'll call her Lily."

Lee and Kelly came back with some bottles, formula, some clothes and a diaper bag with diapers and wipes for Lily. I'm sitting there feeding her and Kelly looks at me and says "You okay?" I smile at her and say "Yeah. I am. Uh, Koz wants to be her dad. We have a name picked out too." I tell her. "What is it?" she asked. "Lillian Marie. We'll call her Lily." I say. Looking down at the little girl in my arms, she says "Well, welcome to the family miss Lily." I see one of the sweetbutts walking in with Happy behind her. "We went to the storage unit. Got this carrier and bassinet." she tells us. "Thanks. We'll need those." I say. "Once we get this squared away, we'll start getting your spare room ready for her." Lee says and I nod. Looking at Koz I say "We need to get your things moved to my house too." He smiles and says "Yeah we do."

A few minutes later, the clubhouse doors open and in walks Lindy. I stand up and hug her as she walks up. Looking down at Lily, she looks at me confused. "Sit. I'll explain as much as I can." I tell her. Knowing that I am connected to the SONS, she knows there are things I can't tell her. "I need adoption papers for her. Me and my Old Man are wanting to adopt her." I say. "That's great. I know you always said you wanted a family. Let's see what we can do." she says. Pulling a notepad out of her bag, she asks "Where are her parents?" I look at her with sad eyes and she says "Oh. So, uh, she was left on your doorstep?" I nod my head. "Okay. No note? Anything?" she asked as a formality. "Nope." I say. "You two married?" she asked. "No. But we are living together." I tell her. "Okay. It's going to be harder to legally push this through with both names on there without you being married but let me see what I can do." she says. "Then let's get married." Koz says. "What?" I asked shocked. "Let's get married. We're living together, raising a kid together. You saved me. I love you. Let's get married." he tells me. "Okay." I say, kissing him. "Okay so we need a marriage license and adoption papers. Now, legally, once you are married, I can file the adoption papers. I can't do anything about the thirty day waiting period though. That is something that is governed by the state so I can't bypass that but you will have the baby with you while we wait. That just gives the biological parents time to contest but since she was left on your doorstep and you have done everything in your power to find her I am assuming..." she says and I nod. "After thirty days, you will be her parents. What's her name going to be?" she asked. "Lillian Marie Kozik." I tell her. "Well, Mr and Mrs Kozik, meet me at my chambers tomorrow around noon and I'll have these papers to sign and we can get you married." she says. "I owe you Lindy." I tell her. "No you don't. You helped me come clean when I couldn't find my way out. I owe you this, at least." she tells me. Gathering her things she hugs me once more and heads out to get the paperwork ready.

Once she's gone, they all look at me. "Former client. She was in law school and an addict and I helped her get clean and back on track." I tell them and they nod their understanding. "I need to tell my boss that I am working from home. I have a couple of appointments the day after tomorrow but tomorrow I need to catch up on my notes and work on a couple of treatment plans." I tell Koz. "As long as you take time to go with me to the courthouse tomorrow." he says smiling. "I wouldn't miss it." I tell him. He kisses me before standing up. Walking over to Happy, I see Happy walk towards the dorms and Koz comes back to me. "Come on. Time to give you my crow." he says. I stand and follow him. Walking into the dorm, I sit in one of the chairs and Koz says "Give me our daughter." I smile and hand her to him and she snuggles into him. "Awe, daddy's girl already." I say smiling. Happy says "Take off your shirt." I take it off and he starts my tattoo. An hour and a half later, it's done and it's perfect. It's on my ribcage and is a crow in flight holding a banner that says Kozik. He also incorporated a lily flower into the design as well. The banner is in the talons and the lily is in its beak. It's perfect. "Hap. It's perfect." I tell him. Putting my shirt back on after he places the bandage on my side, I walk over to Koz and kiss him. "Give me my baby, Daddy." I say smiling. "Hey Hap?" I asked. "Yeah." he says. "Will you be Lily's godfather?" I asked. He smiles and says "Yeah. I will." He walks over and kisses the top of her head before leaving us alone. "I love you." Koz says. "I love you too." I tell him.

The next day, we walk into Lindy's chambers and she has the marriage license there for us. Lee is there to give me away and Kelly is my matron of honor. Happy is standing in as best man. I am holding Lily while we exchange vows. Once we are pronounced man and wife, he kisses me and then kisses the top of Lily's head. We sign the marriage license and then sign the adoption papers. I look at Kelly and Lee and they have been like parents to me since I was a kid. "Give me my grandbaby." Kelly says. I hand Lily over to her and Koz pulls me to him. "I love you Mrs Kozik." he says. "I love you Mr Kozik." I say. I finally have the family I never thought that I would.