Once the signing of custody was over and done with, the social worker quickly explained why everything dealing with custody of Avery was all happening so sudden prior to now so that Mr. Noonan could understand all the suddenness. Once she was done with the brief explanation, she stated that after the signing that Avery was officially in full custody over to the Noonan family, telling him that information will be coming in the mail for them showing they have full guardianship of the girl, also adding that a social worker will be stopping by every two months to check up on how she is adjusting.

[i]“All right,”[/i] said Mr. Noonan to the woman, [i]“Sounds good then.”[/i]

As the woman got up and said her goodbyes to Mr. Noonan and Roland, Avery began to wake up in question to find that Mr. Noonan had returned. She asked him what had taken so long into getting back, also wondering if he went somewhere else to get food because of how bad hospital food usually is.

[i]“No, I got something here for Roland to eat on,”[/i] replied Mr. Noonan, [i]“I just got stuck talking to one of the officers in the cafeteria. We talked about everything going on right now, you in particular about us taking you back to our home and such.”[/i]

As Mr. Noonan talked, Roland pulled out the item that was in the bag, coming to realize that it was long and folded up. From the looks of it, it was probably a sub sandwich.

[i]“Oh, Roland,”[/i] said Mr. Noonan to the boy really quick, “I got you a sandwich. I hope it’s ok because I’m pretty sure you didn’t want what else they had in there. Didn’t look very appetizing.”

[i]“It’ll be fine,”[/i] said Roland, [i]“As long as I get something on my stomach, it’s fine by me. Thank you.”[/i]

[i]“Of course,”[/i] said Mr. Noonan once more.