We took all the things straight to the room and began assembling the bed, piece by piece. After about 10 minutes, the bed was fully assembled and placed in the very middle of the room. My phone began to buzz quite loudly and I excused myself to go find privacy in the downstairs kitchen. I answered quickly, once I knew Toby was out of hearing distance.
“This is Marshall.”
“Hello, Mr. Soel, my name is Bridget Johnson from the CDSS and I recently was handed the paperwork you filled out yesterday on adopting the little girl, Lea Summers?” The woman on the other end said.
“Oh yes, I did! Is there something wrong?” I asked cautiously.
“Not exactly, just now that the adoption process has taken place, one of the routine things done is checking the adopter’s background, living accommodations, and things like that.” Bridget replied cheerfully.