Chapter 24

	"Beth, Kate, Kristin, come here I need to talk with you," Diana 
called from the living room. After the girls were in the living room, sitting
on the couch, she continued. "I called Minnesota. We all have to go up
there next week for court." 
	"Why do we have to go to court?" Kristin asked. 
	"Because your foster parents want to adopt you," Diana replied, 
knowing that the girls would just run back to Tulsa if they were 
adopted by there foster parents. That is, if they didn't plead to stay, 
especially Beth.

	The next day, everyone was really bored, so Walker suggested 
something. 
	"Hey, I heard that you three," he said looking at the girls. 
He continued, "used to be in gymnastics. Why don't you 6 have a
competition." 
	So the 6 teens went out to the front yard. 
	"We'll play copycat. I'll go first," said Zac as he did a 
cartwheel. 
	So everyone did a cartwheel. Beth went next. She started to do 
a back handspring, but landed on her back. She started laughinig and 
got up. 
	"Are you ok?" Isaac asked. 
	"Yeah, I just didn't start fast enough," said Beth as she ran 
and did a handspring, a round-off, another handspring, the landed
on her feet. The guys looked at each other. The girls went without a
problem, but the guys on the other hand fell on their butts.

	The next week, in Minnesota, the Hanson family took the girls 
to a lawyer. Kristin & Kate had to go in first, by theirselves, but 
when they came out of the ladies office thay we smiling. They knew 
that Beth would be just as happy, because she was about to get the 
same offer. The lawyer came out and asked Beth to come in, but she 
could bring one other person. Considering Kristin & Kate had already 
been in there and were whispering to themselves, she took Taylor in 
with her. They went into the office, sat down on the couch, and 
answered questions. 
	"I have convinced Tom & Julie to give you a choice of where
you live. You have two choices, you can live with Tom & Julie, or you
can live with Walker & Diana," said the lawyer. 
	"So, who would you rather live with?" the lawyer continued. 
	"I want to live with Walker & Diana," Beth said right away. 
	Then she & Taylor walked out of the office and told everyone 
the news.


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