[ TEXT MESSAGE ] To Luke & Haley

[legalistic]

Quentin just signed the papers. I'm really going to need you both not to back out. He's counting on you.

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[happinesslovescompany]

We wouldn't dream of backing out. That wee one has stolen out hearts. I'm worried about Quentin, though. He can't be having an easy time of it.

[legalistic]

He's not. I wasn't sure he would sign, but Nate just called me and told me the papers were left with Milo and Quentin was nowhere to be found.

[happinesslovescompany]

It's a hell of a reminder not to take things for granted. Milo becoming ours is what we wanted but it wasn't an easy thing either. If you speak to Quentin, please tell him that he will always be welcome to see him and that words don't express how grateful we are for him.

[legalistic]

I think it's too soon for all that. If I see him, I'll make sure he knows you guys are still filing for the adoption. Anything beyond that, I don't know. He passed out the first time he saw Milo.

[happinesslovescompany]

Okay. I'll trust your judgment there. I'm... It's an overwhelming level of emotion.

[legalistic]

I don't think it's something any of us can truly empathise with. Not on the level he's facing it. But it's okay, I at least got him to consider a session with Gabe.

[happinesslovescompany]

Thank god for that. I was going to ask if you'd managed to get him to think about that at all. I know from experience how much talking to Gabe can help.

[legalistic]

One of many things he's probably been thinking about. That, and the fact the hospital legal department felt the need to assume that because he's the baby's father, he would want to make funeral arrangements for the mother. He just told them to call her family. Took balls.

[happinesslovescompany]

Oh, Christ. That's probably the last thing he wants to think about right now. He's not listed as her next of kin. That shouldn't be happening.

[legalistic]

I've put in a complaint. He shut it down. I don't think he's been thinking about anything but Milo. If anything, he's probably extensively angry at her for being the cause of the baby's pain.

[happinesslovescompany]

It's not something to be just thrown at him like that. I'm glad he put a stop to that. It's not his issue to deal with. Milo's problems are more than enough for him without Sophie in the picture. My heart breaks for that lad.

[legalistic]

His whole life lately has just been thrown at him. He's a really good guy, and from what I know of him, this whole choice would have torn his heart out, but he would have done it for Milo. Just like what he did for him back when he went to prison.

[happinesslovescompany]

From what you've told me about him, he really does sound like a sweetheart. He wouldn't have gone to prison to protect his son if he were an arse. It just makes me that much more determined to take care of the little one.

[legalistic]

He didn't understand why you guys even wanted to do it.

[happinesslovescompany]

I fell in love with Milo from the start. If you ask Luke... I've wanted him since day one. We've wanted a baby for a long time, and this wasn't ever how we foresaw it happening, but both of us dealt with what we were feeling in our own way, and realized that we both really wanted to help him and love him. We want to be his parents, and both of us are hoping like hell that's not a short-term role to be filled.

[legalistic]

I don't know if Quentin will ultimately want involvement. He might feel like he's intruding on you guys, but he trusts you. I know that much. He was asking all the understandable questions.

[happinesslovescompany]

As any parent who loves their child would. Whether he does or he doesn't, it's there if he wants to. We won't see him as intruding. He just made the choice to give us one of the most beautiful gifts anyone ever could. It breaks my heart to imagine what all the poor guy's been through, and now going through something as difficult as giving up his wee son altogether... It hurts to even imagine.