Chapter Two

Summer of 2007

"Oh hell no!" Alexis said "There is no way you are taking that baby home with you."

"Who asked you?" Carly shot back "Don't you have a doctors appointment to get to?"

They were standing near the nurses station at the hospital a few days later. The social worker, Mrs. Walker, was standing nearby.

"You already have two children who you expose to danger on a daily basis. I think that is quite enough!" Alexis told Carly

Mrs. Walker said, " I would have to do a home study on anyone who petitioned for temporary custody."

Carly glared at Alexis. But her voice was calm when she addressed the social worker. " I only brought it up because my mother, Nurse Barbara Spencer, mentioned that you are lacking enough families for all the foster children you have. I have a spare bedroom in my home and would be happy to care for the baby."

"Do they make" Alexis asked "bullet proof vests for newborns?"

Elizabeth walked off the elevator. "Oh, hi, Mrs. Walker. Is it time for Angel Baby to go home already?"

Liz was familiar with the social worker because she often had to come to the hospital when abused children were brought in.

"We were just discussing that." Mrs. Walker said "There isn't a foster family available right now so she may have to go to a group home."

Liz made a horrified face. "Oh, no."

Quickly the social worked assured her, "It's not that bad.. But certainly not an ideal placement."

"It's not good enough." Carly said

"I could take her home with me." Alexis chimed in

"Your kids are in just as much danger as mine." Carly said

"I wish," Liz said " I could bring her home. She's a beauty. And it's so sad that she was abandoned. But my apartment barely fits me and my kids."

"I need to go speak to administration about her paperwork." Mrs. Walker said "if any of you ladies decide to file for guardianship or know someone who would like to contact my office. If not we are still trying to locate her biological family so maybe she won't be in the group home for long."

Monica was sitting in a rocking chair with Angel baby, as the staff dubbed her, in her arms. Infants needed to be held and Monica loved to volunteer to do it.

She hadn't ever gotten to play grandmother to any children, except for the few months Michael lived with the Quatermaines. And she longed to have a baby around to spoil.

Too bad, she thought, Emily and Nikolas broke up or they could have adopted this sweet little girl.

Robin entered the room. "How is my Angel girl doing?"

"Wonderful." Monica said

Robin smiled down at the baby.

Monica said, "Have you ever thought of adopting?"

Robin blushed, "I've thought about it. But my lifestyle is not conducive to having a child. I live with two roommates, have a on-again off-again boyfriend and work 80 hours a week. I can't be anyone's mother right now."

"All babies require are love. I think you'd be a great mom." Monica stood up and put the baby in her arms.

"What are you doing? I have work to get back to."

"She needs a bottle." Monica said and left the room, smiling. She passed Patrick who was approaching the nursery

Robin smiled at the baby. "Awww, angel girl, I wish I could take you home. But I just can't."

Patrick said, "What a sight. My two favorite girls in the world."

Across town, her birth mother was sitting at the picnic bench. "I had to do it." she whispered "You're better off."

Author's note- I have already written a lot of this fic, but not all of it, so I know who I have chosen to adopt the baby and who is her birth mom. But feel free to tell me in your reviews who you are rooting for to be her adoptive parents and birth parents.