On Mollianne's adoption day at the courthouse, Amanda and Mollianne are waiting for the judge to finish with his previous case. While they are waiting, Olivia and Scottlynn, who has Finley on her hip walk in.
Mollianne turns to look at Scottlynn, "Mom! What are you doing here?"
"I came to support you on your adoption day." Scottlynn replied as she gave Mollianne a one-armed hug since she is holding Finley with hey other arm.
Mollianne hugs Scottlynn back, "I'm so glad you're here, mommy." Then she looked up at Olivia, "Thanks for bringing my mommy to see the day that my mama adopts me."
Olivia smiled and nodded, "You're welcome, Mol."
"Hi Mowwie." Finley says with a smile
Mollianne smiled back, "Hey buddy."
When the judge called Amanda and Mollianne in, the walked in and Olivia and Scottlynn followed. The judge was about to talk when he noticed Scottlynn sitting in the back on the courtroom with Finley on her lap.
"I'm sorry, but Scottlynn can't be here. She and her sister aren't allowed to be together." The judge said. Then he looked at Scottlynn, "I'm sorry, but you have to leave."
"I'm just here to support my sister on her adoption day. I will leave afterward and I'll never see her again. Please, your honor, just let me to my sister get adopted?" Scottlynn told the judge
"Why is it a big deal if Scottlynn stays?" Amanda asked "When I first took Mollie in, for weeks she used to cry at night or wake up crying from a nightmare and do you know who she cried for? She didn't cry for me, because the person she wanted wasn't me. It was her mommy Scottlynn." Then she added, "Scottlynn did an amazing job of raising and protecting her sister, and I will forever be grateful to Scottlynn for shaping her sister into the wonderful girl she is today."
The judge sighed, "Very well then Scottlynn you can stay." Then he asked, "Do you Amanda Rollins promise to love and care for Mollianne Bryn Jamison as if she were your biological child?"
Amanda nodded, "Yes, I already do. I love Mollie so much I feel like she had come from me." Then she added, "I remember the night I found Mollie walking the streets alone. I didn't plan on stopping. In fact earlier that day I told my colleagues that I was never having kids, but I guess you can say I had a change of heart. I love Mollie so much and I couldn't imagine not having her as my daughter."
"Alright and do you Mollianne Bryn Jamison agree to this adoption?" The judge asked
"Yes, I do over hundred percent. If my mama hadn't taken me in, I don't know where I'd be right now. I'd probably be dead though." Mollianne started "You see, a year ago I faked my death because my social worker separated my sister, who I called mom, and I. She had been raising and protecting me since our parents died when I was two days old. For all intents and purposes, she was and still is my mom to me. She earned that title and that's not going to change just because of my mama." Then she added, "I guess this makes me lucky because now I have two moms who love me and would do anything for me. I feel so lucky and happy to be here getting adopted today. I love my mama so much, and I'm so grateful for her."
"Congratulations Mollianne Bryn, you're officially a member of the Rollins family." The judge said as Mollianne and Amanda hugged.
Then Amanda walked over to Scottlynn and hugged her, "I really did mean everything I said. I'm grateful for how wonderful you did at raising and protecting your sister. The only thing that makes me sad is that you had no one to protect you."
Scottlynn hugged Amanda back, "You're welcome and thank you for adopting my sister and giving her a family. I'm glad she can have one, even if I never get one."
Olivia overhears the words Scottlynn says and feels her heart breaking, and in that moment she knows that she want's to show Scottlynn that she is worth being loved. That she deserves a family just as much as Mollie does.
Hope you enjoy. Comments are greatly appreciated.
This is the last chapter of this story unless I get an idea from my muse or one of my readers.
A sequel will be coming that will be centered around Scottlynn and Olivia.