Adoption

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With deft fingers, he finished the last fold on the crane, set it on his hand, and blew gently. Several people gasped as the crane, who seemed to suddenly have a mind of its own, flew over to the Dursleys and lodged itself into the woman's hair. He grinned cheekily and waved as Lestrade led the two to the police car waiting outside. Harry had spent months perfecting that one particular fold that allowed the crane to do that just so he could show Vernon he was not some puppet of theirs.

When Lestrade came back, he addressed the new problem at hand. "What do we do with those two?" indicating Harry and Dudley. Sherlock considered the options. There was no way she was letting Harry go to an orphanage that would probably treat him even worse, but if she wanted to keep the child, she would have to keep both. She glanced at the ex-army doctor, who sighed. "We'll adopt both"

Joan got a dozen plastic bags and carefully put all the paper animals in them, then beckoned Harry out. He did so carefully, clutching the last pieces of paper at his chest. "Do you have anything else?" she asked gently. He shook his head. Joan sighed. "Alright, come with me,"

Scarlett scanned the boy's room. Shaking her head, she said "Bring half of your toys. Choose between your PlayStation or your computer, and grab your clothes," Dudley looked at her sullenly but did as he was told. When he was done, Scarlett grabbed a toy helicopter, a wind-up car and a airplane model and tucked them into her coat. "Those are mine," Dudley protested. She gave him a hard look. "And now they're not,"

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