Hope grew into a beautiful little girl. She was the pride and joy of her parents life. One day Monk went to pick Trudy up from the orphanage. Hope ran off to play with her friend Bella. Trudy was holding a beautiful baby when he picked her up.
"Uh-oh," he whispered affectionately.
"Uh-oh what? What uh-oh," she asked grinning.
"Uh," he motioned to the baby in her arms.
"Adrian I hold babies all the time," she said, "What's the point?"
"Yes but this child is different. I saw the same look in your eye when you were holding Hope."
"Oh. Well that might have something to do with the fact that this baby is Hope's sister... meaning they have the same mother and father..."
Her voice trailed off.
"I know what sister means," he said laughing, "and yes they do"
"Adrian are you serious," she asked grinning widely
"Last I checked I was a-"
Before he could finish that sentence four-year-old Bella and Hope came in.
"Mommy, daddy me and Bella have something to ask you," Hope said, "We were wondering if you could 'dopt Bella"
Adrian and Trudy looked at each other for a moment. Could they really handle three children. But then again they rarely said no when it came to Hope. Every time they did say no it had to do with her safety.
"Trudy what do you think," Adrian asked.
"Well Bella practically is a part of our family anyway and we can handle three"
"Three," Hope asked curiously
Trudy introduced Hope and Bella to their new sister. They both were taken with her.
"Could I hold her mommy," Hope asked.
"Go wash your hands first," Adrian said, "and then you can"
"I wanna hold her too," Bella said
Hope let Bella go first. She was always giving like that. Then it was Hope's turn. Due to circumstances they would have to foster first for a short time before the adoption was official. It was just procedure and nothing to worry about. Angeliquia assured them that the children would be officially theirs in less then a month. As promised they sailed through the fostering and Bella and Faith were theirs in 3 weeks. It was an exciting day. The kids really took to each other. This was perfect. Adrian had Trudy and this 3 beautiful girls. He thought his life had been complete... but life sometimes has 3 or 4 little surprises for you when you're least expecting them.