Chapter 478: Stay with you (1)
"That was the last of my questions, but the test is not over yet. I will let you take her for one day so that you may see what you are in for. I rather you have her for one day and see that it is a lot of work to care for her than you take her far away and realise what you are getting yourself into. It is up to you when you want to start the day," Thelma said, giving them full control.
They could take their time with deciding because there was a lot they needed to plan before taking Lydia. A room appropriate for Lydia to use needed to be prepared first of all.
Thelma wished to avoid a problem she saw recently where because the child was adopted, parents thought it was fine to decide they wanted to adopt one day, not through caring for the child, realise it was hard, and then wanted to adopt another child they thought would be easier to take in.
This was not like shopping for the right dress where you could take one and bring it back when it didn’t look as you wanted when you got home so returned to exchange it for another. The children had feelings too. Something many liked to ignore.
"Then, could we take her with us now on our way back home and bring her back around this time?" Annalise asked, ready to take Lydia with them.
They had most of what they needed thanks to how impulsive they were with buying everything they thought Lydia would like. They had dresses and toys Lydia could use. They still had food left over from their trip to prepare a meal tonight.
Well, Rafael would be cooking since Annalise didn’t want to start her cooking now when she had not practised and Lydia not want to take another bite.
Tomorrow they were going to get more food so Lydia could join them for the small trip to the market.
"I admire your eagerness, but don’t you want more time to prepare?" Thelma questioned, double-checking that this was what they wanted to do today. "There is no rush in taking her tonight or tomorrow."