The phone rings and Lena excuses herself as she walks over to answer it.
"Hello." Lena said. She paused briefly, "Hey Bill." She was shocked.
Lena listens to him for a minute and then calls Stef over, "Uh Stef. Stef."
Stef walks over to her wife. Lena whispers, "Uh it's Bill. The social worker Bill. He has a kid who needs a home. What should I tell him?"
Stef pauses, stares over at her children, and then looks back at Lena, "Tell him yes. Tell him we'll do it."
Lena nods to Stef as she speaks into the phone, "We'll do it, Bill. We'll foster the kid."
"Okay. It's a sixteen year old girl. Her name is Wyatt." Bill tells Lena, "There's something I have to tell you about Wyatt though."
"What is it?" Lena wondered as she held her breath
Bill took a breath before he spoke, "She was found working as an escort for the Gambino mafia family, and she was dating the youngest son of the family."
Lena paused briefly shocked, "Oh okay. Should we be worried?"
"I don't think so." Bill replied "But I just thought that you should know. Anyways I will be dropping off Wyatt in about two hours."
"Okay. Thank you, Bill." Lena responded before hanging up.
Lena turned to Stef and filled her in on what Bill had said about Wyatt and when they would be expecting the teenager.
A couple hours later, the house was quiet and empty except for Lena and Stef. Their children had gone home or in Jude's case, back to school. Then the doorbell rang, and Stef got up to answer it.
"Hey Bill." Stef greeted
"Hi Stef, it's good to see you again." Bill said "And this is Wyatt."
Stef smiled at the girl, "It's nice to meet you, Wyatt. I'm Stef."
Wyatt shifted nervously on her feet. She didn't look at Stef, she just looked over at Bill with a pleading look in her eyes.
"Stop that, Wyatt. You don't have a choice. It's either here or a group home." Bill whispered to her
"I want to talk to Rogue." Wyatt told Bill
"That's enough, Wyatt. There will be no more talk about him." Bill warned her
Wyatt sighed and finally looked at Stef, "I…I don't like to be called Wyatt. I prefer to go by Willa." She didn't explain why. Not because she couldn't, but because she didn't want to.
Stef nodded, "I can respect that."
A few minutes later, Bill left and now Wyatt found herself alone with Stef and Lena. Wyatt sat on the couch texting her boyfriend, Rogue.
"So Willa, can we get you anything?" Lena offered
"No." Wyatt replied annoyed without looking up from her phone 'you have to save me' she texted to Rogue.
Soon she got a reply from him: 'Of course I will, Mina. I love you.'
'I love you too, Ro.' Wyatt texted him back as she smiled. She loved the nickname that he called her. Especially knowing that the name Mina meant love.
"Are you sure there isn't anything we could get you?" Lena offered again
"How about a whiskey on the rocks?" Wyatt asked nonchalant as she looked up at Lena. She never cracks a smile or shows any indication that she is joking. She is as straight faced as a poker player.
Stef turned to the girl with a slightly amused look on her face, "You're kidding, right?!"
"No. Papa Gambino let me drink it, especially at parties. Or when Rogue and I went out on a date." Wyatt explained
"That may be, young lady, but this home isn't like that. You will not be allowed to drink alcohol of any kind." Stef informed
Wyatt rolled her eyes, "This is worse then when I went to military school. Which didn't last long. I'll be out of your hair in a week. Two weeks, tops. Now where's my room? I'd like to be alone."
"I'll show you." Lena told the girl. She chose not to comment on the girl's attitude, because she knew that this was an adjustment for the teenager.
Lena led the girl upstairs to the room that used to be Brandon's, "This will be your room."
Wyatt walked passed Lena and into the room. She didn't even thank the woman for showing her the way. Wyatt closed the door and then sat down on the bed in her temporary room.
Meanwhile with Stef when Lena returned downstairs. Lena said down on a stool in the kitchen and sighed.
"Well that is one broken, scared little girl." Lena told Stef "She reminds me of how Callie was when we first took her in, but this girl…she's just a little bit worse. She's going to need all of our love."
Stef nodded, "I couldn't agree more, love."
"I can't believe she was working in a mafia." Lena stated
"Yeah. We'll need to keep our eye on her in case they decide to come back for her." Stef replied "Or in case she tries to run away and go back to them."
A couple hours later when Stef walked upstairs to tell Wyatt that it was time for dinner, she found a bundle under the covers on the bed that looked like the girl was sleeping. Stef wasn't going to wake the teen, but then she felt a draft in the room and noticed that the window was open. 'This is the second floor. How could she have gotten out the window?' Stef thought as she looked out the window and noticed tied up sheets on the ground below. Stef gave a sigh and headed back downstairs.
"Where's Willa?" Lena asked noticing Stef come down the stairs alone.
Stef bit her lip, "It appears that she escaped out the window with a few sheets that she tied together."
"Well we have to go find her." Lena replied worried, "Do you think she went back to the mafia?"
Stef nodded, "It's very likely. This could be dangerous. I'm going to call Mike. He and I will go look for Willa. I want you to stay home where I know that you'll be safe. Promise me, love?"
Lena sighed softly, "Yeah. I promise."
"Good. I love you." Stef said as she kissed her wife's forehead
"Love you too." Lena responded, "Find Willa and bring her home safely."
Stef took the car keys and walked out the front door. She called Mike as she drove around looking for Willa.
Meanwhile at the Gambino house with Wyatt and Rogue. Wyatt was happy to be back with the family.
"Welcome home Willa." Papa Gambino said as he hugged her
"It's wonderful to be back. I've missed you, Papa." Wyatt told him as she hugged him back
Mama Gambino hugged Wyatt next, "It's so good to have you back under our roof where you belong, mylinkee. You are safe here." The word 'mylinkee' means little one in Russian.
"I know, Mama." Wyatt replied, "Ya tebya lyub-lyu." She said 'I love you' in Russian. Then she turned to Rogue and kissed him passionately. She looked back at Papa, "Could I get a whiskey on the rocks, please?" She batted her eyelashes
"Anything for you, Princess." Papa agreed. He headed into the kitchen to make the drink for her personally.
Mama smiled and shook her head, "You have him wrapped around your little finger."
"As it should be." Wyatt added
Wyatt was home with the Gambino's for two hours before the doorbell rang. She looked over at Mama and Papa, questioningly. Mama looked over at Papa, who just shrugged as he got up to answer the door, but before he did, he turned to face his family.
"Rogue, take Willa to your room."
"Yes Father." Rogue agreed as he ushered Wyatt away, "Come on, Mina."
Once Wyatt and Rogue were out of sight and the person who was knocking over and over again, Papa finally opened the door where he was faced with a blonde woman.
"Can I help you?"
The woman nodded, "Yeah. I'm Stef. I'm looking for Wyatt...Willa as she prefers. She's my foster daughter."
"I'm sorry there's no one here by that name."
Stef tilted her head at the man, "Oh really, because I was told my her social worker that this was the last place she lived before being at my house for all of two hours."
"Well you obviously can't take care of her if you can't even keep her in your house."
Stef showed her badge, "Let me in."
"Come back with a warrant." Papa Gambino told Stef before closing the door in her face.
Stef sighed and breathed out, "Okay. That didn't last long, but I'm not giving up on her."
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