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Chapter Seven
Henry had two of his best paralegals do some investigating into the background of the Winchester's, and what they found almost brought him to tears. He immediately called Seto and said "that he needed to see both him and Joey right away, it was about Angel's grandparents."
When he showed both Seto and Joey the report, they both had tears in their eyes and Seto asked "could you please call and ask if Mr. & Mrs. Winchester would meet with us, tell them it's about Angel." While Henry was on the phone calling the Winchester, Joey re-read the report, "We have discovered that the Winchesters found out about the rape of their daughter by her Uncle after Mr. Winchester's brother was dying and he was begging them to forgive him for what he did. The report also states that they did try everything they could do to locate their daughter, but to no avail. Winchester's brother died with out them ever forgiving him for what he did to their only daughter. They didn't even know that their daughter had died till they heard from a friend who had read about it in the Domino Gazette and called and told them." As Joey closed the folder, he turned to Seto and said "can't we find someway for all of us to get together and figure out a way for us to remain her parents and they could still be her grandparents?"
Seto wrapped his arms around Joey and kissed him and said "I knew that there was a reason that I love you and it's because you have a huge heart and enough love for everyone around you."
Henry waited till they stopped kissing and smiled at them and then he said "Mr. Winchester and his wife would love to come over and talk to both of you. He even stated that they never wanted to go to court, but his stupid stubborn pride got in the way and that he wanted somehow to tell the Judge that, so I told him that I would speak to Judge Thorton and explain the situation and that I was very sure that he'd understand."
Henry stayed for dinner and he laughed so much at the antics of this beautiful little girl as Joey tried to get her to eat her vegetables. He was so very proud of Seto and Joey for what they were going to suggest to the Winchesters and only hoped that they would agree with them.
When the Winchesters arrived, Joey was trying to get Angel down for the night, but she wouldn't cooperate. She acted like she wanted to stay up and see what was going on. As Roland showed then into the living room, Mrs. Winchester saw Angel and tears filled her eyes as she said "look Philip, she looks just like Marie did when she was that age." Angel looked at the woman and smiled and held out her arms for Leslie to pick her up. Leslie looked at Joey and asked "may I hold her?" Joey smiled and handed Angel to her grandma.
Philip looked at Seto with tears running down his face and held out his hand and said "thank you both of taking in that beautiful little girl and giving her your love." Seto took hold of Philip's hand and hugged the man as he cried tears of happiness. Both Philip and Seto wiped their faces and started laughing as they watched Leslie and Joey making funny faces at Angel and listening to Angel laugh and giggle.
Seto then said "we have an offer for the two of you and Joey and I hope that you take it."
Leslie looked at her husband and Seto and asked "what is the offer?"
Joey touched Leslie's hand and said "we can't give up this little bundle of love and we want you two to be part of her life. What we want to do is for the two of you to allow us to raise Angel and then she can get to know her grandparents and when she's old enough you two can tell her about her mother and how much you both loved her. Tell Angel about her mother and things that she did, but only when she's ready can you ever tell her about what caused her mother to run away and end up living the life she was living when Angel came into this world."
Leslie gasped and threw her arms around Joey and sobbed because she was so happy and between crying and laughing she said "we accept your offer and thank you for allowing us to be part of Angel's life."
Henry came back from talking to the Judge and the sight that met him made his eyes fill with tears. All four of the people who loved this little girl were laughing and playing with her. Seto looked up and asked "did the Judge agree with what you asked of him?" Henry said "yes and he said that he wishes all of you all the happiness in the world and that if he finds out that this little girl didn't get all of the love from all of you, he would step in and none of you would like to see what he'd do."
All of them burst out laughing and then Henry sat down and just enjoyed seeing grown-ups acting more like little kids, playing with the little angel that came into their lives and brought them all together.
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