Arizona had spent all her free time in the NICU. Maggie and Amelia had consulted regarding the baby's heart condition and possible brain bleed. Amelia was brutally honest. "I don't think surgery is an option at this time. But it may not even be necessary. Arizona you have seen hundreds of these cases. We just have to wait and see." She placed her hand on Arizona's shoulder "I'm sorry about her Mother, I know this is hard. What's going to happen to her?"

Arizona looked at Amelia and said "Well, apparently, Pam named me as her executor of her estate. I have an appointment with the attorney this afternoon. I guess I will know more then."

Amelia asked "Do you need someone to go with you?"

Arizona said "Thank you Amelia but I will be fine."

Later that day, Arizona walked into the attorney's office and was greeted by someone she recognized. "Dr. Robbins?" As she shook Arizona's hand "I'm Claire Wallace. I think we've seen each other around? It's nice to finally meet you, although I hate these circumstances. Pam and I go way back. She really spoke highly of you."

Arizona responded "Please, call me Arizona. It's nice to meet you as well."

Claire asked if she wanted coffee or tea and when Arizona declined she said "Okay, well how about we get down to business? As you know, Pam named you the baby's Godmother. She wanted you to adopt the baby if anything were to happen to her. She also of course left you in charge of her assets and her life insurance policy which altogether is a little over 2 million. She had invested heavily and inherited quite a bit when her parents passed away."

Arizona had zoned out when she heard that Pam had wanted her to adopt the baby. Of course she agreed to be the Godmother but she was thinking more of it consisting of being the 'fun' aunt. The one who always gave her ice cream before dinner and took her to an R rated movie when Mom said no. But this? Wow. Her mind went back to the tiny human in laying in the NICU with tubes and wires. She wasn't much bigger than Sofia when she was born. Oh God Sofia. How would she react to a sister? Would she think she was replacing her?

Claire noticed that she had lost Arizona. "Arizona, are you okay?"

Arizona looked up and said "I'm not sure."

Claire studied her for a moment and said "You know, if this is something that you're not comfortable with, we can always look at other options. There are plenty of people who want to adopt.."

Arizona interrupted her "No! I mean no, I'm good, I just need a moment. No, if this is what Pam wanted, then I owe it to her. So what do we do? I mean, she's very sick. She will probably be in the hospital for another month or two. Can arrangements be made by then?"

Claire stated "Well, we have the wishes of the parent in writing and I'm assuming that you would pass a background check? I will talk with social services and they will want to interview you and need a home visit."

Arizona said "I'm familiar with the adoption process, I adopted my daughter."

Claire said "That's good, it will help your case. They can see you as a parent in action. How old is your daughter? And I assume you have a significant other? They will need to be interviewed as well."

Arizona said "Oh, well I'm divorced."

Claire asked "So you share custody?"

Arizona said "Well no, she lives with my ex in New York. We had a custody hearing last year."

Claire looked concerned "Well, it's not ideal that you don't have custody of your daughter and it may delay things but we can figure something out."

"Oh well, I have full custody. I won. Um it's a whole thing. But, Sofia, she will be back with me in 6 weeks for the next year per our agreement." Arizona didn't want to go into the whole thing but she provided Claire with her attorney's name and Claire said she would contact her to get all the paperwork.

Claire stood and walked over to Arizona on the other side of her desk and said "Arizona, I want you to know that I knew Pam for a long time. We actually dated for a while but we were better at being friends. She held you in high regard. I can tell she made the right decision in picking you. I want you to know that if this is what you want, I will do everything to make sure it happens. You just let me know what you want to do."

Arizona said "Make it happen Claire, this is what I want."

Claire handed Arizona an envelope and said "This is from Pam. I will give you a moment." As she stepped out of her office.

Arizona held the envelope and recognized the handwriting on the outside. She opened it slowly and started to read it.

'Arizona,

If you are reading this, then I am assuming that something happened to me and you have now met Claire. (trust me she's not your type) haha. I want to thank you for being there for me and my little one. I know I am making the right decision in having you adopt my little one. I know you are a great Mom and I know you are the best person for this. Make sure they know that I wanted them and I loved them.

Love always, Pam'

Arizona couldn't hold back the tears. Claire walked in and handed Arizona a box of tissues "Arizona, if you need anything at all, please call me. I will have call you when I hear from social services."

They said goodbye and Arizona started out to her car. Her mind was reeling with all this information. She sat behind the wheel and picked up her cell phone and called the one person who she knew could calm her nerves. "Hi Mom."

She spent a good deal of time on the phone with her parents explaining everything and promised to send pictures of the baby as soon as possible. Her Mom stated they would come out to Seattle when she needed them. Arizona promised to keep them updated and ended the call she needed to get back to the baby. Or Chloe Michelle as the paperwork that Claire provided stated.