In mid-August of 2002.

Lake sat at home and waited for someone to come over to check.

Someone from the family court will come here to evaluate whether Lake's information meets the conditions for adoption.

only……

After hearing the doorbell, Lake opened the door and looked at Richard Cassel, the neighbor who appeared at the door, and said speechlessly: "Why are you running over?"

Kassel went straight into the house: "Come here to help you complete the inspection."

Lake laughed and closed the door again: "If you can raise Alexhis alone, then I can do it too."

It's not something that comes from babies.

How difficult is it to develop a teenage girl in adolescence?

Kassel turned his head and glanced at Lake, then pointed to the wine cabinet in the open kitchen: "No."

“…What are you talking about?”

“The wine cabinet needs to be locked.”

Kassel shrugged, "Believe me, you will never want to see a thirteen-year-old girl after drinking, and you don't want to be found by the family court."

Lake: "…"

Half an hour later.

Lake stood in the living room, looking around at his living room, and always felt that this was no longer his living room, but a living room without freedom as soon as he got locked.

The wine he had originally scattered around the living room was all put into the wine cabinet, and the wine cabinet was locked.

His gun cabinet, which was originally used to display and was filled with weapons, was now empty.

even……

In the restaurant, the mine-shaped decoration originally placed in the middle of the dining table for decoration was also thrown into the kitchen style.

Lake came back to his senses and looked at Kassel, who had changed his home in half an hour: "This is too exaggerated!"

But Kassel said: "This is exaggeration, you should see what changes happened to Mrs. Michelle on the fifth floor when she adopted a three-year-old child."

"What?"

"You know that Mrs. Michelle turned out to be a loyal member of the All-Federal Gun Association."

"Um."

"All the furniture in her house was replaced, and all the guns were put into her warehouse in the port."

“…”

Lake shook his head and looked at Kassel: "So, that's fine?"

Kassel said: "Is Skye's bedroom cleaned up?"

Lake pointed to the second floor: "There are so many rooms on the second floor, and everything is complete. How do you need to clean it up?"

Kassel couldn't help but pat his forehead.

Lake: "…"

One hour later.

Lake sat on the sofa and chatted with the people from the family court, while Kassel directed IKEA staff to carry various living furniture.

The two family court men looked at Lake.

Lake pushed his glasses and smiled and said, "I have ordered furniture for several days. I just arrived. I'm sorry."

This is completely different from the multiple people and multiple pairs of chopsticks I imagined.

Lake thought in his heart.

The staff of the Family Court also smiled and said, "Major Edwin, this time we came here for only a routine inspection. Your information is perfect and meets the standards of adoption."

Lake said: "So, I've passed the test?"

Another female staff member, looking at the layout of the living room and the dining room in the distance, pointed to the locked wine cabinet and the cleaned gun cabinet at Lake: "We can see that Major Edwin is very attentive to this matter."

Lake said thank you.

Ignoring the words heard at the stairs, Kassel made gestures and took credit for him.

At noon.

Two family court staffers smiled and rejected Lake's invitation to lunch and left.

Lake and Kassel lay on the sofa.

Exhausted.

Lake glanced at Kassel lying on the sofa opposite and said something wrong: "Wait, how did you know that you passed the inspection? Is it Alexhi..."

I discovered Watson, the blind spot.

Kassel turned over and sat up: "Alexis is my biological daughter."

Lake also stood up and looked at Kassel.

Kassel waved his hand and opened his mouth: "Well, actually, when Alexis was ten years old, I was busy writing, which caused Alexis to get lost once. After that, the Children's Department came to cause trouble for me, and even the Family Court sent someone to make a final decision on me."

Lake's expression became a little weird as he listened.

"hey-hey!"

Kassel looked at Lake's gradually appearing expression and pointed at Lake: "At that time, no one told me how to arrange it at home. You owe me a thank you, not a ridicule."

Lake tried hard to hold his face and shrugged: "Okay, thank you."

Kassel glanced at Lake speechlessly, got up, and walked towards the door.

Lake had no choice but to turn around and once again said thank you very sincerely to Kassel, and promised that when he had time, he would invite Kassel's family to have a meal at a high-end restaurant.

Kassel left with some satisfaction.

Lake looked at the credit card list in his hand that he had just swiped his card on site, and the high-end restaurant in Kassel just now. He looked up and his eyes were filled with confusion.

He felt like he was being cheated.

This is the best proof of the 13,000 US dollars credit card bill I just spent.

Another week later.

New Amsterdam Hospital.

After experiencing the repeated re-examinations and whole-body health that Lake repeatedly requested, it was confirmed that it was completely dealing with the health status at this moment. It was not sub-health, but completely healthy. Skye and Lake walked out of the hospital together.

Get in the car.

Lake looked at Skye who was not talking in the co-pilot, smiled and drove away directly.

Star Building.

Lake opened the door, turned his head and looked at Skye standing at the door and said, "Come in."

Skye looked at Lake: "Aren't you afraid that I'll get your house dirty?"

Lake laughed.

There is no doubt.

Skye is very revengeful.

Lake nodded and said, "I'm afraid that others will step on my home."

As he said that, Lake didn't wait for the expression on Skye's face to change, and said again: "But this is our home, and it's also yours, so you can walk in with your feet that stick to the soil, as long as you clean it up."

Skye: “…”

In the second floor room.

Lake walked behind Skye, looking at the large room with bay windows, brand new large beds, wardrobe, computer desks and dressing tables, and looking at Skye standing in the room: "How about it, do you like it?"

Skye's eyes fell on the soft-looking big bed: "I've never."

Lake said, "Is the room?"

Skye turned his head to look at Lake: "Bed."

Even when she was in a foster family, she didn't have her own room. The sofa was the best. Sometimes, she couldn't sleep too hard because there were always some disgusting foster fathers who wanted to have a kiss.

Lake felt like something hit his heart.

This is just Lake is a man, and if she wants to change her woman, she will probably cry on the spot.

Silence for a while.

Lake looked at Skye with a smile: "You can clean up first, and we'll go out later."

Skye's own clothes are already very old. Perhaps in Skye's opinion, they are still in the category of wearables, but in Lake or most people's opinion, they are the kind that can be discarded.

So Lake plans to take Skye to buy some new clothes.
To be continued...