Chapter 3

Once we got in the house mother's office I greeted her.

"Hello Mrs. Aiko, it's nice seeing you again" I said with a warm smile.

Her name is Shiraki Aiko and she is the best person in the world, she decided to construct this orphanage and took very good care of the children.

"Hi my dear, long time no see" She said inviting me to sit down.

"Last time you visited us was two months ago" she said

"Yes, sorry about that I've been kinda busy these day" I replied

"And what brings you here today" she asked

"To be honest, since the very first time I came to this orphanage and saw Raphael I immediately fell in love with him. He is such a good kid, and I came here to ask you if I could adopt him, of course if he wants to."

Well, I think she didn't expect me to say that since she looked shocked. I turned my head to my side where Raphael was sitting, he looked shocked too.

"I see" she said

"To adopt someone we have certain conditions and since I already know you I can guarantee that you qualify with almost everything" She said with a serious face.

"First, I would like you to bring me all necessary documents I'm going to write down, and since the state doesn't require someone to be married to adopt someone we can skip that one. And second, we have to ask Raphael if he wants to be adopted by you." She said looking at him.

I looked at him too and I saw that he was still trying to process the words I just said.

"Raphael sweetie, I would love to have you like my son, I promise you that I'm going to take good care of you and give you all my love, what do you think about it?" I said with a loving but firm voice.

His expression changed immediately, now his eyes were sparkling. He standed up and hugged me smiling.

"I would love to" he said very happy

"Well, now you just have to bring those documents to me and if everything is alright he can go home with you the next day" She said smiling too.

"Yes" I said while I was hugging Raphael.

We got out of the office and went for a walk around the orphanage.

"Do you really want to adopt me?" Raphael said looking at me.

We sat down in the lunch room and I told him

"Of course I want to adopt you, you are a sweetheart and I would be very, very happy if I become your mom" I said to him and I kissed him on his forehead.

His eyes got more sparkling and he hugged me again .

"But, what will happen with the other children?" he said

"The house mother is going to take good care of them just like before. But if you miss them you can always tell me and I'll bring you here. I'm also going to come here just like before" I said

"Okay!," He said more cheerfully

"I want to go home with you now" He said.

"We can't do that right now" I said

"I still have to bring the papers the house mother told me to, but don't worry I'll bring them as soon as possible. So I'll better get going now if I want to finish asap" I said

He nodded and we went to the other children, I said good bye to them and left, but not before I hugged and kissed Raphael on his cheeks.

On the way home I remembered everything the house mother asked me to bring, I had everything except two things.

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