Chapter 16: Epilogue: Adoption Day and Returning Home
Emma still had a headache when she woke up on adoption day. All she waited to do was stay in bed, because she hated these days. The families that came on couples day returned to the orphanage today to take the girls home. It wasn't the first time she had been through one of these days and she really didn't like saying goodbye. At heart, Emma knew that the girls were supposed to be better off and happier at their new adopted or foster families. Keeping that in mind, Emma got up and dressed for the day in some of her nicer clothes.
Sitting at the top of the stairs Britney was waiting for Emma wearing her dress from couples day, "Elizabeth said I had to dress up again but I didn't want to go downstairs with everybody. Why are all the grown ups back at the orphanage?" Holding Britney's hand as they walked downstairs, Emma explained what was going on today at the orphanage. Britney and Emma said goodbye to some of their friends but otherwise just stuck to themselves through the afternoon.
It was almost dinner time when Annie came up to them and said that Britney needed to come with her. Both girls followed Annie curious as to what had caused this. They didn't expect to find a middle aged couple waiting to adopt Britney. Alarmed Britney ran and tried to argue that she couldn't go because she had a family and her parents were coming to get her. While Emma tried to calm Britney down, Annie travelled between the couple and the girls to smooth things over. In the end the Britney left with the couple and Emma tried to give her some quick advice before she left leaving Emma at the orphanage.
Before nightfall, Britney had freaked out again and she needed get out of the new house. Larger problems arose when she tried to leave and ended up getting hurt severely. As if falling through the window and losing consciousness was not enough, the tree branch broke and she fell into the street as a car went by. Too stunned to even scream the blaring horn was the only alert to the family that there was an accident. Worried that Britney was clearly hurt, they rushed her to a hospital.
Within moments at the hospital, they lost Britney after she was taken back to see the doctor. A team of doctors were able to induce her consciousness and mend her other injuries. Crying not because she was hurt but because she was scared and wanted to go home, Britney got up to leave. She froze in place when she heard her name called, but brushed it off as her emotions Britney slowly considered even sadder than before. However, when she heard her name again and again growing louder she had to see what was. Upon seeing Emma and Killian coming around the corner calling for her, Britney ran into their arms, "Mama…" Killian hold her carefully so to not hurt her, "That's my baby." "…Daddy" continues Britney, crying because she is finally with her parents and Emma is saying, "Come on. Let's go home." As the doctors and new "parents" come to check on Britney, they are temporarily blinded by a bright light as Britney flashes away with a blonde female and black-haired man. Not sure what they are doing at the entrance to Britney's hospital room they turn around and return to work and home respectively.