The next week, David stayed at the house. Morgan got use to living in a actual house due to growing up in a crack apartment. She sat with Taylor and Grant and ate pancakes. Carter came downstairs and sat with them as well. ''Hi'' Morgan softly squeaked out. ''Hi'' Carter replied a little surprised that the toddler had been speaking more than she did the last week. ''Mommy, can I have more orange juice?'' asked Morgan. ''Sure'' Elizabeth took Morgan's glass, ''Grant, you didn't eat the rest of your breakfast''. ''I'm not that hungry'' Grant shrugged. ''Well, if you don't want to finish it, then at least give some of it to Morgan'' replied Elizabeth. ''Fine'' Grant put his two strips of bacon on Morgan's plate, ''Here Morgan, you can have my bacon''. David came downstairs with Morgan's stuffed Winnie the Pooh in his hand. The stuffed bear had dirty marks on it. ''Morgan's bear's dirty so I'm going to put it in the washing machine'' said David. ''No, that's my Pooh bear!'' Morgan reached her hands for her stuffed bear, scared that David was going throw it away.
David bent down to her level. ''It's ok, sweetie'' he said gently, ''It just needs to be washed because it's dirty. Is it ok if I wash it?''. Morgan nodded. ''She seems really attached to that thing'' Elizabeth said to David.
Before Elizabeth went to work, she dropped Morgan off at her parents' house. Morgan couldn't stand being separated from Elizabeth and leaving her was a difficult task. Later, before she picked her up, she talked with Grandma Joan. ''I'm kinda worried about that little girl'' said Grandma Joan. ''Mom, she's going to be fine'' Elizabeth assured her, ''We already talked about fostering her''.
''But what about her mother?''
''She and her boyfriend will be having an interrogation''
''Poor thing. I hope those people get a big punishment for what they've done''
''So do I''
When Elizabeth took Morgan home, she gave her a bubble bath. As soon as she took off Morgan's shirt, she noticed cigarette burns on her arm. ''Morgan, what happened to your arm?'' Elizabeth asked examining it. ''A bad man hurt me'' Morgan replied. ''What do you mean a bad name hurt you?'' asked Elizabeth.
''The bad man that lived in our house'' she said sadly, ''He said he kill me if I tell. He said he hurt Mama''
Elizabeth felt sad for the little girl and mad that someone would tell a three-year-old that they would ''kill'' them. ''Sweetie, listen to me'' Elizabeth made eye contact with her, ''I'm not going to let that man hurt you,ok? He's going to be put somewhere where he won't hurt you again''. She hugged Morgan and rubbed her back. After she gave Morgan her bath, she dressed her in a pink Hello Kitty nightgown that she brought her. David waked in the room. ''Hi, daddy'' Morgan said. ''Hey, sweetie'' David replied, ''How was your day?''. Elizabeth walked towards David and told him quietly about the cigarette burns on Morgan's arm.
''Are you going to try to report it?'' he asked.
''I have to'' Elizabeth replied, ''I mean, this a definite sign of child abuse''
''I'm thinking of adopting her'' she continued,'' I'm not going to let some bastard lay their hands on her again''
Morgan walked towards Elizabeth and David. ''daddy, can you tuck me in?'' she asked. ''Sure, sweetie'' David said as he picked her up. After they tucked Morgan in, Elizabeth and David both laid beside her. Morgan fell asleep in David's left arm and clutched to his shirt. Then, Elizabeth and David finally made the decision of adopting Morgan as their own.