Switched At Birth-Ch 11
Vera looked at Veronica and said, "what can I do for you mam"?, Veronica said, "I'm so ashamed of my family", she said, "mam"?, Veronica said, "when my daughter died my other daughter told me that I was to old to take Madison". Vera said, "mam I" and Veronica said, "I'm here to see what I have to do to get custody of my granddaughter".
She took a deep breath and then Vera said, "mam Mr. and Mrs. Morgan have custody of Madison because Madison isn't your granddaughter, she belongs to the Morgans". Veronica sat there looking at her and said, "what"?, Vera then spent the next little bit explaining to Veronica what had happened with the babies when they were born.
Some time later Penelope was holding Madison in her arms while she watched Derek hold Jamie, Derek winked at Penelope and said, "we're the parents of 2 little girls under the age of 6 months and they aren't twins". Penelope laughed and said, "nobody would believe us handsome", he kissed Jamie on the forehead and said, "we've got everything we could ever want or need".
She sighed happily and said, "that we do hotstuff, that we do", he glanced up and said, "did you, JJ and Em get everything ordered"?, she said, "we did and everybody minus papa bear are there now making sure everything gets done". Derek said, "we've got an amazing family don't we"?, she grinned and said, "we sure do sugar shack".
Veronica said, "so the little girl my daughter and son in law took home wasn't their daughter, this Derek and Penelope Morgan have been raising her"?, Vera nodded her head and said ,"that's correct mam". The older woman said, "and the only reason that the mix up at the hospital happened was because Mad I mean Jamie and her grandma were in a car accident"?, Vera said, "yes mam".
The two women sat there looking at each other for a few minutes before Veronica finally said, "I'm not going to lie to you Vera I want my granddaughter, she is the last part of my daughter that's left". Vera said, "mam the Morgans have already started the process to adopt her, she may not be their daughter biologically but they have had her since the day she was born, they have bonded".
Veronica said, "you're not listening to me, I want Jamie, she's my granddaughter, she has no connection to them but she is related to me by blood, by blood so now you need to tell me what steps I need to take in order to start the process of getting custody of her". Vera took a deep breath and then started telling the older woman what steps she'd need to take if she wanted to try to get custody of the injured child.
Meanwhile at the hospital Derek smiled down at his sleeping daughters and said, "so what's the plan for tonight"?, Penelope said, "well we need to get Madison home and get her settled in her own crib". He said, "okay so do you want to go home and let me stay with Jamie"?, she shook her head and said, "no, no I don't want to leave her".
Derek said, "I don't want to leave her either", their conversation was interrupted when Dave walked into the room and said, "so how are my granddaughters doing tonight"?, Derek said, "both sleeping like little angels". He smiled and said, "yeah Fran's sleeping to so I thought I'd use this time to come and check on more of my favorite girls".
He put his hand on Dereks shoulder and said, "so what's the plan for Madison for tonight"?, Penelope said, "we were just discussing that", Dave said, "I'm going to stay here with Fran tonight and the girls are going home so why don't you ask them to stay at your place with Maddie tonight"?, Derek said, "I like that idea, that way somebody we trust would be with Maddie and we would still be able to stay with Jamie", Dave nodded his head in agreement.
Meanwhile Vera stands up and says, "I'm begging you to reconsider this mam", Veronica stood up and said, "I'm sorry but their is no way that strangers could raise my granddaughter better than I can". As soon as Veronica was gone Vera walked back to her desk and pulled out Madisons file and knowing that Derek and Penelope were probably at the hospital with Jamie started dialing the next name on the list.
After a few rings she heard, "Hotchner", Vera said, "Aaron it's me Vera and we have a problem"
