It took about two hours for everything to be moved to the lair and placed as Robbie liked it. Once everything was in place he set to work getting Robyn into a nappy and outfit. Bessie helped him with this as she'd had some experience with babies. She realised that Robyn would need milk and things so she went over to the store to get the other provisions needed.
Bessie arrived back in the lair after twenty minutes. She'd bought a steriliser for Robyn's bottles, bottles for milk, milk and some more nappies as well as powder and wipes. Robbie hadn't known what to say when she handed him everything; he was touched at her gesture.
She'd done more than she'd had to for him and Robyn and was very grateful for it. Bessie passed off her kindness as helping Robbie get accustomed to the times ahead that followed and this new life he held in his arms. She felt very saddened that Robbie had been left this baby without having the slightest idea how to look after one, she also felt proud in some way with what he'd done already.
After a great deal of noise and clattering the Mayor shot out of the pipe connecting the lair to the surface. He had news that he wanted to share with Robbie. It was with a great deal of resistance that everyone had left when he'd asked them to go. The news he had to tell Robbie was personal and only for the ears of him and Sportacus.
"While everyone was down here I took the liberty of making a phone call. You remember that Lily was taken to stay in a safe house in a locked room over in the next town?"
At Robbie's and Sportacus' nods he continued,
"That town is called Crazytown for those of you that didn't know already. I made the phone call to Doctor Cranium, he was the man that came and collected Lily. I asked him if Lily had escaped and if he knew of her whereabouts. Doctor Cranium told me that he'd seen fit to discharge Lily into the community but wouldn't tell me why. I notified him of Lily's previous behaviour and that I thought her extremely dangerous but I was laughed at. He was extremely surprised when I mentioned the baby to him and said he would consult one of his associates about what should be done with her. If Lily doesn't reclaim the baby then Robbie may keep her. Doctor Cranium said he would come with his associate tomorrow to assess Robbie's ability to look after Robyn. If this assessment shows that Robbie can't look after Robyn and Lily doesn't reclaim her she will be sent to the Crazytown orphanage."
The Mayor stopped to breathe for a minute; he hated breaking that news to Robbie. He'd hated hearing it. Doctor Cranium was a very forthright man who would take no nonsense from anyone. The oddest thing about Doctor Cranium was that he had the strange tendency to say 'beep' or 'ding' after every other word. Then again, people from Crazytown did a lot of crazy things.
"How can they possibly come and assess my ability to look after Robyn when she's only been here a day!" Robbie shouted.
The Mayor shrugged, he didn't know the answer. Robbie couldn't let Robyn be taken to the Crazytown orphanage, it was where he'd been brought up after his parents had abandoned him and it was a terrible place. He couldn't remember much about his parents if anything at all, he'd been a year old when they'd left him to rot in the orphanage.