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Chapter Twenty-Nine
“Adopt them?” I repeat.
“I have actually been thinking about this for a while now. I know it sounds crazy, but you have custody of them and they have no other family but you. If, God forbid, something happens to you, they would go to foster care. But if we, you and I, legally adopt them then they are our children. We go on their birth certificates as their parents, my parents will legally become their grandparents. We would be the family that we are but it would be, I don't know, more finalized. If that makes any sense.”
“Wyatt.. That's wonderful of you to want this, but it's such a big step.. I know you love them but you would be taking on so much-”
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