Sorry for the wait! I was at meetings and somehow I had to work again. So I didn't have the time to finish this chapter. So please leave positive reviews and I will try to continue when I stop working.
Saturday came by fast and the family heads to Glendale to see Dr. Gordon the psychiatrist. Sheldon and Amy went into the waiting room that has unique but fascinating toys to play with while Leonard and Penny talk with the psychiatrist.
"So, you're son has some certain tendencies that we should discuss?" He began.
Leonard began, "We're not exactly sure about that. He was tested before but he was fine. But there are problems involving his social skills, sarcasm, temper tantrums…"
"And let's not forget 'routines' and phobias," Penny added.
"And yes. Those. Also he is a very gifted child. He's actually a prodigy."
Dr. Gordon raised his eyebrows, "Fascinating." And he writes it down on the notebook.
"But we came here to see if he's really psychotic," Leonard said, "He didn't get a follow up before and my… relatives… and friends are questioning his sanity." He gulped at the white lie.
"Mind if I start evaluating on your child?" The psychiatrist asked.
"Certainly," Leonard nodded yes.
The two sat out in the waiting room while Dr. Gordon takes Sheldon to his office and to evaluate him. It took a while but he was done.
The psychiatrist went to shake Leonard and Penny's hands and said, "It looks like everything is done here. I will give you the results by Monday."
"Ok, thank you," Leonard replied and then took the kids out to the car.
Penny asks her husband about what they're doing next, "Are you sure about this?"
"We don't have a choice Penny. We have to go over there."
Amy asked, "Where are we going?"
"Well princess, we need to get custody signatures so we can complete the adoption process which means we have to go to your parents," Leonard explained. He looked in the mirror finding Amy looking horrified.
"We'll get this straightened out. Ok sweetie?" Penny asked the girl and she nodded.
They pulled into the Fowler's parking lot and Leonard turned the car off before getting out.
"Just stay in the car and wait for my signal so you can come inside. Just carry Amy inside. And Sheldon, just stay put. It'll be only a couple minutes. It won't take long."
With that, Leonard closed the car door and went up the sidewalk to the front door and rang the doorbell. Moments after that, the door opened revealing Mrs. Fowler.
"Well hello," she said. "Your that guy who's friends with my son-in-law right?"
"Yeah. It's Leonard," he replied. "Um. Listen, the reason why I came here is because I need you to fill out signatures for something important."
She looked confused. "For what?"
"Just science stuff. It's just a simple Caltech survey," Leonard says with a lie.
Mrs. Fowler then said flatly, "I don't take surveys. They can give away imformation."
"This isn't a survey Mrs. Fowler. It's just something else," Leonard said. "My friends and I are getting signatures as… A petition for the statue in the middle of campus."
She looked like she didn't buy it.
"Please, we need about 80 signatures from each person," he begged. He really hated lying but he didn't have a choice.
Still didn't buy it.
"Just sign the papers, please," he begged once more.
"Fine," Mrs. Fowler said and lets him in the house and to the dining room table.
He pulls out a pen as she sat down. She takes the pen and starts to sign but stops and said, "These are custody papers."
Oh man. Think Leonard. Think.
"Yes. I borrowed those from somebody. You see, we have this new thing now where it can copy signatures but without forging illegally. It's a new invention my colleagues came up with at the university."
"But it said my daughters name on it," Mrs. Fowler says looking not pleased, "Why is my Amy's name on the custody papers?"
That was where Leonard started running out of ideas.
He then lies once more taking a deep breath, "Alright. I gotta tell you the truth… Sheldon and Amy are going away. They're heading across the world because Sheldon got a new job at a university in Sweden. We actually insisted as it is a big opportunity for the both of them."
Mrs. Fowler then asked looking mad, "Does that explain why my daughter hasn't been answering any of our calls for the past month?"
"Exactly. She and Sheldon didn't even bother calling as they were very busy preparing to start a new life in Sweden."
"But what has this got to do with Amy's custody papers?" Mrs. Fowler asked wondering why.
Leonard answered, "This is technically a permission slip. Just needed a parent's signature."
Mrs. Fowler looks at the papers. "I know what's legal and what's not. And these are very legal papers. Why does Amy need custody?"
And that's where Leonard gave up entirely. She's just too smart for him.
"Just wait here," he said and went out the door for a second before coming back in followed by Penny who's holding Amy who's holding onto Penny tightly.
Mrs. Fowler's face turned to shock. She gasped covering her mouth with her hands.
"Yeah Mrs. Fowler. That's your daughter."
"How did this happen?!" She demands to know.
Leonard answered, "It was a long story… She and Sheldon were doing an experiment but everything went downhill from there unfortunately."
She asked, "Is that really my Amy?"
"Yeah."
"Oh my little lamb! Are you alright?" She starts rushing to her and Amy who's shaking with fright, buries her head into Penny's shoulder.
"What's wrong?" She asked.
Amy refuses to look at her.
Mrs. Fowler was just going to touch her and get her to tell her what's wrong but Amy flinched and Penny took a step back still holding her.
"Mrs. Fowler. If you can sign these papers, we'll be on our way," Leonard said starting to cut to the chase.
She then said stopping him, "Hold it! You were planning to take my daughter away from me?"
After a moment, Leonard answered truthfully, "Yes. We are."
'How come?"
"Because Amy needed a safe environment and also away from you," Penny answered.
"Excuse me?" Mrs. Fowler doesn't believe what she's hearing.
Penny nodded. "You heard me. You clearly don't know how to raise Amy like any mother would."
"Oh please, I have been caring for my baby since she was born," she scoffed.
Leonard then raised his voice, "You locked her in the closet!"
"That's because she deserves to be! That's one of the keys to discipline. And setting boundaries is one of the ways to keep my daughter alive, strong and happy."
"And smothering her with emotional abuse?!" Leonard shouts.
"I did not abuse her!"
"Well guess what? Amy is terrified, and your pretty much the reason she never gets to do anything she wanted to do and not have any friends!"
Mrs. Fowler is now angry. "I forbid her to do anything she wanted because there are dangers of the world out there. And if she made a friend, they'll end up getting drunk or stoned together."
Penny then snapped angrily holding Amy tightly, "And that is why we're adopting her so she can have a normal childhood with the care and the love she needs."
"I do love my daughter! And you can't adopt her! Even at this age, adult or child, she still rightfully belongs to me," Mrs. Fowler now yells. "Besides, you both look like you couldn't even raise children yourself."
That made Penny want to go Nebraska on her ass. But she restrains herself. "I'm going back out to the car." She started carrying Amy out.
"Well I'm going to call the police for kidnapping!" Mrs. Fowler yells having Amy shake terrified.
"And we'll see you in court on the custody case," Leonard remarked starting to leave.
Mrs. Fowler then said very ticked off. "Fine. Then sue me to court. Your side of the story better be plausible. But you still can't take Amy away from me. You can have her for a few more days but by Tuesday morning, she's mine! If you don't bring her back her, I'm calling the police."
He didn't answer. He just gave her a look and walked out of the house following Amy and got back in the car.
Penny clenched her fists. "If I ever see her again, I will punch her into the insane asylum."
"C'mon Penny, she's not crazy. She's just… Ok that woman is nuts. Now we have to face her in court. In the meantime, by Tuesday she's taking Amy back otherwise she'll call the police on us!"
She looks at her husband. "I can't believe she would do that to poor Amy."
"I don't know what kind of parenting is that, and to be honest, Amy's mother is worse than my mom."
Penny nodded. "Agreed 100%."
Amy asked from the backseat sitting next to Sheldon, with tears in her eyes, "Is my mother taking me away from you guys?"
"She will not. We're going to court so we can finally adopt you and take you in," Leonard said. "I'm going to schedule one right away. I am not letting her take my princess," he said determined putting the car in drive and starts heading home.