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Smiling widely along with Ava, Crowley opens the front door to his mansion home. Sara sits on the couch with Haillie. "Oh, Crowley. What in the world did you do?" Sara asks in shock as she stands up. Crowley sets Ava down. She runs over to the couch and sits next to Haillie. Haillie smiles cutely up at Ava making eye contact. Sara angrily pulls Crowley into the office. "Whose kid is that!?" Sara yells in a furious rage. She crosses her arms across her chest and waits for Crowley to answer.
Sighing, Crowley replies, "Sara, if I even try to explain to you, you will get mad. Just think of it as an addition to our family. She came from a bad home, and I rescued her. That is the short sweet version. Her name is Ava Lynn McLeod now. She is our daughter now. I expect you to treat her as such."
"Crowley, are you still seeing and hearing things. I am super worried about you. I just want you to be alright. I can't do this without you," Sara tells Crowley practically in tears. "Please just tell me you're alright," Sara begs crying into her soft pale hands.
Lifting Sara's face, Crowley looks into her eyes. A soft, loving, and warm smile goes across his pink lips. In a sweet whisper he tells Sara, "I am perfectly fine. I promise you that. There is no need to worry. We can raise Haillie and Ava, and we can have the perfect little life together here in this house together, forever." Sara smiles. Suddenly, she doesn't care anymore about if Crowley is telling the truth or not. The moment is too sweet and warm and fuzzy to have to care about all of those different things. Now, it's time to just enjoy a family at last.
Hand in hand Sara and Crowley walk back into the room with the kids. A news flash comes on the television. In a red bar across the top it reads 'Amber Alert'. Crowley sighs, knowing what will come next. A picture of Ava when she was about a year younger comes on the screen. She wears a happy little grin as she stands in her pink, sparkly tutu. An old man news reporter's voice is heard in the background saying, "This is just a heartbreaking story. In his own office Doctor Joe Stanley was brutally murdered by a psychotic patient only to have his daughter kidnapped from his own home. Police have narrowed in on several suspects, but they have come to no conclusions. Please, if anyone has seen this adorable, happy little girl call your local authorities immediately. Time is the most valuable thing we can have on our side at this point. More on the story at ten."
Angrily, Crowley clicks off the television. Haillie looks at Ava studying her as if she recognizes the picture to the person. "Daddy her?" Haillie asks with a completely puzzled look upon her little face. Ava looks up scared for her safety at Crowley.
"You said that I would stay with you and be a princess. They want to take me away!" Ava says completely horrified at the situation. The panic brings tears to her little brown eyes. Crowley instantly at the sight of tears scoops her into his strong arms. The tears pelt his shoulder from Ava's once happy eyes. "They are going to get me," she loudly sobs onto Crowley's suit.
Crowley clears his throat. That once lively smile has fallen from little Ava's face. It kills him that he caused all of this pain in the child. The worst part for him is that he thought with everything he had that he was doing the right thing for Ava. Softly, Crowley tells Ava, "There are plenty of reasons that they want you. They don't understand that I did what was best for you. That's why you are staying here with me no matter what. I'll do whatever it takes to make everything okay again, Ava. I know that it is a lot on your plate. You might even be a little bit confused. If you give me a chance we can work every last detail out. Believe me this will change. I'll keep us together as a big family, so Ava, please just calm down, okay?" Ava nods and pulls away wiping the tears from her eyes. "That's my girl," Crowley adds in.
Taking a breath, Crowley walks back to his office. He is trying to pull himself back together. He knows he made promises that he can't keep. Maybe, it's best if he gave Ava up and sent her out the door. No matter what he tries to rationalize to himself, he does not feel any better about the situation. Again and again he tries to find an answer to help him fix everything.
"Crowley, we will figure it out, sweetheart. Remember, together we can fix the world if we wanted to, or we can watch it burn. Together we have to power to do anything we please to," Sara tells him from the doorway wearing the little grin he is in love with. Crowley smiles and looks into her blue eyes with his brown. "Together we will save out family.
There is a loud pounding from outside of the office. Concerned for the children's well-being the duo rush our leaving the light on and door open. Haillie and Ava have their eyes turned towards the door. Crowley assumes that is where the loud banging was coming from. Gingerly, he walks over with a blank expression upon his face. He peers out.
"Sir, open up it's the FBI."