Just before we left the house to meet Hart at his office, he called to tell Jase the wait for adoption approval was over, and he would have the papers ready when he got there for him to sign. "Great, we can do it all at once." The smile on his face almost overshadowed the annihilation we were about to face.
He was on cloud nine, and I hated to think what the afternoon would do to his mood. When we pulled into the parking lot, he came around and opened my door. Taking my hand in his, we walked into Hart Linland's office. We were shown back to a conference room where there were four sets of papers laid out down the length of the table. Jase pulled out a chair for me to sit and then took a seat next to me. He was more excited than a kid at Christmas.
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