" Can I sit in the front of the car." Dakota asked as I unlocked the car. I knew that Josh and let her sit in the front of the car many times, but I was never found of he idea. Maybe because one of the kids I knew in foster care was killed because he was sitting in the front seat of the car. He was only seven and his foster mom went of the side of the road and the air bag killed him. " Honey, I don't know." I told her. She looked up at with begging eyes. " Please?" Her voice so sweet and innocent.

I knew that this was a battle that was not worth fighting."Fine." I gave into her manly because it was so late at night and I just wanted to get home and sit around. I grabbed her car seat from the back of the car and set it in the passenger seat. Kota climbed into the car and buckled up. I walked around to the other side of the car and climbed in. I buckled up and turned on the car. Slowly I back out and made my way to the B&B. "Mom, can I play your phone?"

'Sure. It is my bag on the floor." I told her. Dakota carefully leaned down and grabbed the phone put of my bag and started to play it. I would glance over at her very once in while to make sure that she did not mess up anything on my phone. I was almost to the B&B when Steve called. "Mom, Steve is calling." Dakota said to me as she handed me the phone. I answered it. "Please tell me that I don't have to drive all the way back to the warehouse?" I asked him, slightly annoyed that he called.

"No." Steve said to me. " I just wanted to see if you made it back to the B&B okay. And to tell you that we are leaving now." I could hear Pete and Myka yelling at each other in the background. Sighing " Yes mother, I am pulling into the drive way now. Just because I was in a wreck does not mean I can not drive." I told him as I unbuckled and got out of the car. " Bye." I hung up the phone and walked over to help Kota out of the car. I set her down on the ground and grabbed by bag. "You can go in. Lenna should be in the living room. Tell her I will be there in a minute." I handed her the key to the front door. Dakota ran to the door and unlocked it.

I made sure that she was inside. I walked to the trunk and opened it. I grabbed two boxes and headed for the front door. I hoped that one of these boxes had her clothes in them. I slowly walked up to the front door. These boxes either had a lot of things in them or I was just really weak. Once at the door I set the boxes down and opened the door and held it open with my foot. Carefully I tried to grabbed the boxes with out letting the door shut but that was not working. So I grabbed the note pad out of my bag and wrote a note telling Steve or Pete to grab these boxes and the rest from my car.

I walked into the living room and saw Dakota sitting at the table drinking a small cup of milk. " Hey, Lenna." I sat down at the table by Dakota and grabbed a cookie off her plate. " I thought I told you no more sweets."

" OH, Claudia I am sorry. She told me that you said that she could." Lenna said as she walked in the room. Lenna had a cup of tea in her hands. Which she set on her desk behind the table. Lenna sat down on the other side of Dakota.

"It's fine." I told her. "Lenna this is my daughter. But I think that she told you that already." Dakota smiled at me before grabbing other cookie and dipping it into her milk for a minute.

"Yeah she did." Lenna said. " Do you want anything to drink?" I shook my head no. I really wanted some coffee but that would keep me up all night and I really need some sleep.

"I really need to get her to bed." I told her as I watched Kota finish her her last cookie. I grabbed a napkin and wiped off her hands. Lenna grabbed the dirty dishes, while I picked up my little girl and headed up to my room. Once I got to my room I forgot that all her things were still out in my car. "Kota you can watch TV in here till Steve and the others get back." I told her as I handed her the remote. " I will just be down stairs if you need anything."