The next day when Lacey woke up and walked downstairs. Sydney was at a sleepover so it was just Lacey and her parents. Lacey sat at the kitchen counter because her mom was cooking breakfast, while her dad was sitting on the couch watching a movie.
"Mama?" Lacey asked "Could you explain why you adopted me?"
"Why wouldn't I?" Julia responded to which Lacey just shrugged
Joel overheard the conversation between his wife and daughter, so he ran upstairs and grabbed his guitar and then came back downstairs. He knelt in front of Lacey and played the chorus of the song 'Why wouldn't I by Peder Eide'.
Lacey listed to her dad sing and smiled, "That's a beautiful song, daddy."
"Thanks, princess." Joel replied
When Joel stopped singing, Julia took Lacey's hands in her own, "I choose to adopt you because when I met you my heart broke for you. When I learned that you needed a home and a family that was when I knew I wanted to make you my own."
Lacey nodded and smiled, "I'm glad you did, mama. I love you and daddy so much." Then she looked at her dad and asked, "Daddy, why did you choose to adopt me?"
"Well your mom and I had been trying to have another baby, but we soon discovered that your mom couldn't get pregnant and we were heart broken. Then we turned to adoption and planned to adopt a baby, but when your mom came home with you I was broken hearted when I saw at dinner that you didn't talk. That's when I knew I wanted to love you for the rest of my life. I wanted to wrap my arms around you and heal all your hurt." Joel explained
Lacey smiled and hugged her dad, who wrapped his arms protectively around her. "I love you daddy. I'm glad you choose to adopt me and be my dad."
"The decision to be your dad was the best and easiest decision of my life. And being made your dad officially was the best day of my life. Right up there next to the day Sydney was born." Joel stated
"My adoption day." Lacey said as she smiled at the memory "That was the best day of my life too."
- Flashback -
Julia and Joel are in family court with their family and their two kids, Sydney and Lacey, to finalize the adoption of Lacey.
"Do you Julia and Joel Graham promise to love and care for Lacey as if she were your biological child?" The Judge asked
Julia nodded, "Yes we do."
"Of course." Joel replied "It may not be official in the eyes of the legal system, but she's our daughter."
The Judge nodded and looked at Lacey, "Why do you Lacey Primrose Halliwell want to be adopted by Julia and Joel Graham?"
"Before my mom, dad, and my sister helped me heal, I used to be a mute." Lacey stated "I hadn't spoken a word since I was five years old. Julia and Joel are my mom and dad, and Sydney is my sister. I want to be apart of their family forever because I love them, and they love me."
The Judge nodded, "Okay well then I see no reason not to make it official. Congradulations Lacey, you are now apart of the Graham family."
Lacey smiled and then turned to hug her parents and her sister.