"Caroline please. We really need you to cooperate. This family has decided to adopt you. Don't you want to go with them?"
"Does it look like I want to go?" Caroline said stiffly.
Mother Superior sighed. This had been going on for nearly an hour. She just refused to go with the family, who had been waiting this long just for her to consider it.
"Caroline you need t-"
"NO! I'm not going to leave until Anthony comes back."
"Caroline he's not coming back."
"Yes he is."
"Caroline. I hate to tell you this but he's not coming back. He can't keep you dear. He's not coming back to get you. I told him that you were going with this family."
"Well you told him wrong!" she screamed, and ran upstairs.
"Caroline, what about these people who came here for you?!" Mother Superior yelled after her.
"Tell them to go away!" she yelled.
Mother Superior sighed loudly and went back outside (for about the 29th time).
"She has decided not to go with you."
"What?! We came all the way out here to pick this little girl up and you tell me she's not coming?! Go get her!" said Mrs. Hanson incredulously.
"Mrs. Hanson I can't force the girl."
"Of course you can. Go and get her. There is nothing stopping you from going inside and bringing out that little girl. Now g-"
"Mrs. Hanson! She is not going to go with you nor does she want to go with you. She is not going. She wouldn't be happy and she wouldn't last very long with you before running away. If you have no respect for my wishes then you have no respect for her. I am sorry, but Caroline will not be going with you."
There was a long silence before Mr. Hanson finally put his word in.
"That's fine. Thank you for trying Mother Superior." He said this as he walked over to the driver's side of his car.
"Charles you're not just going to give up are you. She's just 7, she doesn't know what she's thinking."
"She's the brightest young women I have ever met Mrs. Hanson. You'll be sure to remember that and find a child that wants to be with you. I wish you good luck."
"I....I..."
"Rachael let's go."
"I...thank..you....for you time..."
"No thank you. Sorry for all this trouble."
"No problem." Mrs. Hanson said and shrugged. "Maybe next time."
"Maybe." And with that said they drove away into the sunset.
"Lord, bless them with a child."
Next morning...
He was looking at her with a face full of love. He finally had his angel. As of coincidence, she opened her eyes and met his. Everything was perfect. Everything.
Except...
He frowned.
She noticed and asked him quietly what was wrong.
Flashback
You should talk Anthony. There's nothing wrong with talking. I talk all the time.
He had noticed.
Caroline...