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"What?" Phoebe asked.
"I'm here for my daughter" the demon said. "The one you're holding"
"Are you kidding me?" Phoebe asked. "I'm not going to hand her over to you, you're a demon"
Piper and Prue ran into the conservatory.
"What's going on?" Prue asked.
"This is Chloe's husband" Phoebe said.
"And her daughter's father" the demon said. "Now hand her over"
"Wait, you're the one that killed Chloe?" Piper asked.
"What are you talking about?" the demon asked. "I loved Chloe, I would never harm her"
"Demons can't love" Phoebe said.
"That's the problem, I can" the demon said. "So the other demons killed her, they wanted to make her believe that I wanted to kill her"
"You're lying" Prue said.
"Listen, if you're not going to give me my daughter I'm going to have to go through the legal process" the demon said. "I don't use my powers anymore; I want to raise her in the human world"
"Your wife handed over all custody of Caitlyn to Phoebe and her husband" Piper said. "You don't have any rights to her anymore"
"You're wrong" the demon said. "She handed over the rights without any permission from me. Since at the time we were married, I still have full custody of Caitlyn. Your adoption isn't legal"
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A FEW HOURS LATER
"Andy, is what he saying true?" Phoebe asked. "Can he take Caitlyn away?"
Andy hesitated for a second.
"Unless you can prove that he either killed Chloe or is in another way an unfit parent then I'm afraid it is" Andy said. "I'm sorry Phoebe"
"He's a demon" Phoebe said. "I think that proves he's an unfit parent"
"You can't exactly tell that to court" Andy said. "Listen, I'm going to go back into the station and see what I can do about this"
Andy got up and kissed Prue quickly.
"I'll call you when I get somewhere" Andy said.
Prue nodded.
"I'm going to go look in the book for something" Prue said.
"You aren't going to be able to work on our project tonight, are you?" Ava asked.
"I'm sorry" Prue said. "Maybe we can call Grandpa and see if he can work on it with you"
Prue picked up the phone.
"Amy? Yeah, it's Prue, is my dad there?" Prue asked. "Dad, can you come help with the girls project? You can't? No, that's okay, really Dad it's fine, Bye"
Prue hung up the phone.
"When is the project due?" Prue asked.
"Tomorrow" Andrea said.
"Okay, in a couple minutes I will help you" Prue said.
She heard Lily start to scream through the baby monitor. Prue took a deep breath.
"Prue, I'll look through the book" Piper said. "You do whatever you need to do"
Prue ran up and got Lily.
"Are you hungry little girl?" Prue asked.
Prue sat down and started breastfeeding Lily. Prue rested her eyes for a couple minutes.
"Mommy!" Ava yelled.
Prue opened her eyes and sighed.
"I'll be down in a second" Prue said.
"Prue" Phoebe said opening the door. "Oh, whoa, sorry"
Phoebe turned around.
"You've seen me deliver four kids, Pheebs" Prue said. "My breastfeeding with a blanket over me cannot be that bad"
"Anyway" Phoebe said. "Piper and I think that maybe if we can go to where Chloe hid for that week, I could cast a spell to see everything that happened. Then after we find out if it really was him who killed her we can get evidence"
Prue nodded.
"If you want to come with us Leila can watch the kids" Phoebe said.
"I should stay here" Prue said. "You two go"
"Are you sure?" Phoebe asked.
"Positive" Prue said.
"When everything gets done with I am letting you and Andy sleep for a week" Phoebe said. "I promise"
Prue smiled.
"I'll hold you to that" Prue said.
"Mommy!" Andrea exclaimed coming into the nursery with Ava.
"It's been a second" Ava said.
Prue sighed.
"Girls I am very busy right now" Prue said. "I will help you when I am done"
"When are you going to be done?" Ava asked.
"When I am" Prue said. "Now go downstairs and play with your brother and your cousins"
Ava and Andrea stomped off.
"Are you really sure you don't want to come with us?" Phoebe asked smiling.
"I'd love to" Prue said smiling "Unfortunately they wouldn't let me live it down if I didn't help with their project"
"They're in kindergarten, what kind of projects do they do?" Phoebe asked.
"Macaroni portraits" Prue said. "Sticky glue, messy paint, combined with macaroni"
"Sounds fun" Phoebe said. "Piper and I are going to go now. I think Piper's taking Faith with her so one less kid to worry about"
"You're kids are perfect" Prue said. "Mine are the ones with the low patience level"
"Well Piper did name her first baby Patience" Phoebe said smiling.
"Very funny" Prue said. "Now shoo"
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8:00 PM
Piper and Phoebe walked into the door with Andy following behind them.
"Did you find anything out?" Phoebe asked Andy.
"I have a lawyer friend who thinks he can make a case about it. He'd focus on the fact that Chloe's husband didn't show up claiming the kid until two and a half months after Chloe died" Andy said. "I told him I'd set up a meeting with you and him tomorrow"
"Thank you" Phoebe said. "But I don't think we're going to need it anymore"
"Why?" Andy asked.
"He didn't kill Chloe" Phoebe said. "He tried to protect her"
Leila came into the hallway.
"Um, Aunt Prue kind of fell asleep in the kitchen when she was helping with the girls' project" Leila said. "I didn't know if I should wake her up"
"Where are the girls?" Andy asked.
"In the conservatory" Leila said. "I was just about to get Aidan and Patti ready for bed"
"I should probably go wake her up" Andy said.
He went into the kitchen and Prue had her head resting on her arms and was asleep. He crouched beside her. She had a sweatshirt with paint stains on it.
"Prue" Andy said softly. "Prue, wake up"
Prue groaned and opened her eyes.
"Go away" Prue said shutting her eyes again.
Andy smiled. He scooped her up into his arms.
"What are you doing?" Prue asked.
"Carrying you to bed" Andy said.
"You haven't done this since we were dating" Prue said sleepily.
Andy carried Prue upstairs to their room.
"You sleep too" Prue said.
"I'll lay with you for a second" Andy said.
Prue cuddled close to Andy and a few minutes later they were asleep.
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DOWNSTAIRS
"They're asleep" Piper said coming back down the stairs.
"I feel bad" Phoebe said. "We have Prue taking care of the kids all day and Andy went into work again so he could help me"
"We'll repay them" Piper said. "As soon as we fix this problem"
"Ryan" Phoebe said.
Ryan orbed into the room.
"What did you find out?" Ryan asked.
"Everything we need to know" Phoebe said. "He didn't kill Chloe"
"What? Who did?" Ryan asked.
"Some other demon" Phoebe said. "We saw him trying to protect her"
"But he's still a demon" Ryan said.
"Ryan, we can't keep a baby from her father when we both know the father isn't evil" Phoebe said. "As much as I don't want to give Caitlyn to him, we can't keep her here knowing that she has a real dad who loves her out there"
"If he loves her so much, where was he for the last two months?" Ryan asked.
"Our dad left for twenty years and he loves us" Phoebe said.
Ryan went over and picked Caitlyn up. Just then Caitlyn's dad shimmered into the room. He stood there awkwardly.
"Did you see what happen?" he asked.
"We did" Phoebe said. "And we're willing to give her back to you…but can we have one more day with her?"
The man nodded.
"You can see her as much as you want" the man said. "She'll need someone to fill the role of her mother"
"Thank you" Phoebe said.
"I have one more favor to ask" the man said. "Can you take away my powers? I don't want to ever hurt her"
"We can bind them" Piper said. "If you're sure that's what you really want"
"I don't want demons coming after us" he said. "I want us to lead human lives"
Phoebe nodded.
"I'll pack up everything tonight" Phoebe said. "You can come pick her up at noon"
The man nodded and shimmered out.
"Phoebe…"
"Piper, I just want to spend time with Caitlyn right now" Phoebe said. "I don't want to live without her but I couldn't bear to know that I was keeping a child from their parent"
Piper hugged Phoebe.
"You have more guts then I do" Piper said.
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