Oh, Christ on a cracker. Vinny blinked quickly as the secretary came closer with the baby, smiling weakly as the girl recognized him and reached out. Oh, crap. Oh, oh. Vinny couldn't not take her, she was his goddaughter. The goddaughter he hadn't actually spent much time with and had been slightly surprised that Adam had chosen him as godfather, but when you're teammates, you're teammates for life so---
"Heyyyy, baby," he cooed, quickly turning to Robards after he greeted Ava. "Why is she here? I thought her grandmother was taking her---"
"Her grandmother is actually her great-great grandmother," Robards said, and Vinny began to feel a bit weak so he sat down in the chair, "She's actually Mr. Scott's mother great-grandmother, and is in no condition to be raising a two years old. And, anyway, you two were named in the will as the guardians chosen for Ava."
"Aw shit," Vinny couldn't help but let out, and the little hands of the girl in his arms patted his mouth in a scolding manner.
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