Chapter 9 - Rory POV
Tristan had suggested that Savannah and I take a trip to the zoo. Honestly, I hadn't even thought of taking her to do something fun, while we were here, but as always Tris thought of everything. It was perfect. We stopped at this little diner near the zoo and ate before we went. We were finishing our lunch when I noticed that Savannah looked sad. "What's wrong, pumpkin?" I asked her.
"Where are we going?" She asked.
"Well, Daddy thought that you might like to do something fun today." I said. "Would you?" I asked and she nodded. "Okay, well since hopefully Daddy and I found a house we decided that you and I should go to the zoo. Have you ever been?" She shook her head. "Well we're going to change that today?"
"Will it be like on TV? Will there be lots of animals?" Savannah asked.
"Sure will. Do you have a favorite animal?" I asked her.
"I like penguins." she said.
"Why?" I asked.
"Because, they always look like their wearing little suits." She said.
I laughed. She always managed to surprise me. For Savannah to be so little, she was so smart. I couldn't help but notice at times that she reminded me of myself. After lunch, Savannah and I headed over to the Zoo. She had so much fun. I wanted so much more for her than I had when I was a kid. Don't get me wrong, Mom raised me to be independent but it also would have been nice to do things like this.
I took so many pictures of Savannah at the zoo. I knew that Mom would want to see pictures. We even got someone to take a couple of the two of us. It was nice. When we were getting ready to leave the zoo, Savannah and I stopped at the gift shop. She wanted a souvenir from our trip. I tried to tell that we could come back anytime but it was almost like she didn't believe me.
When we left the zoo, Savannah and I went to a bakery. I was in desperate need for a coffee. I got a coffee and Savannah got a hot chocolate and a cupcake. It had been a nice afternoon. When we got back to the hotel, Tristan and Lizzy were no where to be found. So we spent the afternoon taking a nap cause we were tired from our trip to the zoo.
That night, the four of us went to dinner and then we walked around Boston for a while before heading back to the hotel for the night.
Sunday was a great day. We heard back from the real estate agent and found out that the homeowner had accepted our offer on the house. Tristan and I were now the proud owners of a house in Boston…together. I was starting to feel nervous about the hearing the next morning. Tris and I were sitting on the balcony of our hotel room. I guess that he could sense that I was nervous. "You okay, Ror?" He said.
"I guess I'm just worried about the hearing tomorrow." I said.
"Why? The case worker already filed the paperwork, right?" I nodded. "Okay then that just means that the hearing is just a formality."
I nodded. And he was right. "I know and your right. "But Tris, I just can't help but have this feeling that something bad is going to happen tomorrow."
Tris put his arm around me and pulled me close. "Ror, nothing bad is going to happen." He said.
"I hope your right." I said.
The next morning, the four of us got up and got ready to head to the courthouse. We stopped for coffee on the way to the courthouse. When we got to the courthouse, we found Ms. Williams and she went over with us about the hearing. She said that the judge would talk to us and make sure that I no plans to repeat my past and give up my daughter. She said then the judge would sign off on the adoption papers officially naming Tris as Savannah's father. The case worker said that Savannah wouldn't be allowed in the courtroom so Lizzy agreed to take her shopping. Tristan and I both followed Ms. Williams into the courtroom and waited for the hearing to start.
The hearing went just as smoothly as Ms. Williams said that it would. The judge had no problem signing off on Tristan adopting Savannah since Logan had never signed the original birth certificate. As we were walking out of the courthouse my cell rang. It was Steph. I quickly answered. "Hey girl. You have perfect timing we just walked out of the courthouse."
"Ror. We have a major problem." Steph said. I froze where I was standing. I knew it. "Colin went to go see his Dad today and Logan was there. He knows about Savannah. I don't know how but he does."
Damn it. I knew that it wasn't going to be this easy. I knew that we weren't going to be able to get moved to Boston without him finding anything out. "We're heading back tonight. Call everyone. Mom, Dad, everyone including Tristan's parents. Tell them that we'll all meet at Tristan's parents house okay?" I said. "Steph, promise me that you can handle this?"
"I promise you Ror. I can handle this and we wont let anything happen."
"Thanks Steph." I said and hung up. I looked at Tris. "We have to go. I need coffee and Logan knows."
Tris and I got back to the hotel as fast as we could and got loaded up. We told Lizzy what was going on but I wasn't sure how I was going to explain any of this to Savannah. There was no way that she was ever going to understand. I spent the entire ride back to Hartford wondering how Logan could have even found out. And then I got to thinking. When Logan and I had first started dating, Mitchum had people watching us. He hired private detectives to follow me around. I wondered if Logan had been doing the same thing or if Mitchum was just up to his old tricks. One way or another I was going to find out. One way or another Logan would not get his hands on my daughter.