VANESSA'S POV 
 "Vanessa wake up, we need to head out now" I heard against my blurry eyes as i rubbed them 
"Huh?" I asked confused
"Go take a shower so we can leave and while you're at it, cover that ass up cause you won't like what I'll do to it"  He said smirking which made me look downwards  to see what he meant
"Holy shit" I said and dragged his tee shirt which i wore to cover me further, it pulled up cause of my sleeping position
"Let me go freshen up" I said hurriedly and dashed up to the bathroom.
"So what are we having for breakfast?" I asked once i got into the car cause he was waiting on there for me 
"I got some things" he said and pointed to the takeout bags at the back seat which i stretched to get
"Wow Todd, when did you get this" I asked already digging my hand into the bag to get the fries and slushie out 
"You want some?" I asked
"No I've already taken something, i went out when your were bathing to get it" He answered which was now totally understandable 
"Vanessa, we're in Florida" Todd voiced out and It brought me out of my nap, seems like i dosed off 
"Are you tired, should we take a break for some minutes?" I offerd
"What? No, I'm fine" came his reply
"You look tired though" I pointed out
"Nope, not tired, let's just get there, what's the address again" He asked pushing the question off 
"418 west platt street, suite A, tampa Florida" I read from the paper which i wrote it 
"Are you ready, cause we'll get there soon" He said checking his navigator 
"Totally" I voiced out but i was clearly feeble on the inside 
"Breath, it's gonna be fine" Todd said and held my left wrist which i placed on my thigh, he saw through my act.
 After like thirty minutes or so, I could see the adoption center building from my side of the car and that made me gulp  but i had to keep my cool. 
"Hi good afternoon" I said to the lady at the front desk who greeted with a smile, she took a quick glance at the both of us then asked
"Do you two want to adopt? What can i help you with?" She still had the smile on
"No of cause not, we're just looking for the direction to the head of this facility office" I said but it seem to have sounded weird to her or she may seem to have questions on why i was asking for that cause of her facial expression
"I..." 
"We have a business to take care of and she's the only one who can be of help to us" Todd cut in immediately, before i could blab out rubbish
"Do you have an appointment?" She asked
"No we don't, we came all the way from Pullman, could you help us?" He asked  again
"Come with me" She said and stepped out of her desk and led us through a hallway
"I must say, you two would make good parents of you choose to adopt someday" The lady casually spoke out 
"Thanks?" I replied weirdly
"Maybe someday when we tie the knot  but right now, we're still dating" Todd lied and he earned a look from me that said 'WHAT' 
"Well you two are good together, perfect match" She said again while stopping at a door that read  'child adoption specialist'.
"Give a light knock and wait for her response before entering" She said and left us both, Todd then did as we were told and we heard a voice from inside saying 'come In' , we then walked in and we were offered seats
"Hi good day" I said once i sat down 
"How may i help you both?" She asked with a smile
"We aren't here to adopt, we just came for inquiry, could you help us with an adoption file from 2005?" Came my question, she looked thrown off and surprised for a sec
"What do you need with a file from back then and who are you two by the way?"
"Okay let's do a proper intro, I'm Vanessa Holland and this is... My boyfriend, Todd Walker"
"I'm Mrs Olivia Sanchez, head child adoption specialist" she said formally 
"Okay, so what brought us here was the file i talked about, i recently found out that i was adopted, when i confronted my parents they agreed to it but had hid it before, i didn't know anything about it cause i was a baby then but they gave me the name of the adoption center which is here and i have the year 2005, i was hoping to maybe find my birth mum that was why i came all the way from Pullman to Tampa" I concluded, to me it sounded like a pretty good way to convince her
"Here's a picture of the certificate" I said and unlocked my phone showing her the proof of what i said
"Okay that looks legit but why do you want to find your birth Mum all of a sudden aren't you happy in your home?" She asked looking concerned 
"Trust me i am, but by meeting her I would find out why she decided to leave me and all" I simply said 
"I totally understand and I'm thrilled to find out that one of our adoptees has grown this much and is doing well" she complimented and i returned with a smile
"I wasn't in charge of adoption then but I'll check the files" She said and immediately switched on her computer searching through some stuff that we couldn't see
"Got it, 2005 files, what are the names of your parents?" She asked
"Bryan and Candace Holland" 
"Here it is, says here you were adopted on the 20th of April 2005" 
"Okay, but what i was actually curious about is, which hospital was I transfered from before I got adopted?" I said and she looked into the computer again and said 
"Tampa general hospital Florida, it's just a ten minutes drive from here, when you get there ask for Dr Jacob Miller, he and his team were in charge of the transfer, according to what it says here"
"Thank you so much ma'am i really appreciate"
"My pleasure" She said and we stood up to take our leave 
"Good luck on your search" She said alot when we turned the door knob to go out 
"They sure do smile a lot here" Todd pointed out immediately we left the office 
"Wow you finally talked, and here i was thinking you lost your voice or something" I joked cause he obviously didn't say a word as we entered her office
"Was just keeping my cool and besides you know everything so what was the point of me talking" He stated which was actually true 
"Did you see the hospital?" I asked as he checked his car navigator
"Yea, it's ten minutes from here, just like she said, let's get moving so we could find where to crash for the night" Todd suggested and drove off 
"Leave the talking to me" He said a we approached the front desk 
"Hi, we're here to see Dr Jacob Miller, is he in?" Todd asked the lady 
"Do you have an appointment?" She simply asked not carrying any fake smile on her face
"Yes we do" Todd let out a lie
"Come on then" She said and let the way, i was left amazed not knowing that his lie could actually work
"This is his office but he'll close soon, so be quick in there" She said and left us both, we knocked and were ushered in 
"Good evening doc" Todd said and I let out a small greeting as well, we sat down but he kept his gaze at Todd which seemed off 
"Do you mind telling me what brought you here?"
"Oh yea, we were directrd by the child adoption specialist at the foster home not far from here, regarding an old file from 2005" Todd said 
"And your names?"  
"Todd Walker and Vanessa Holland" Todd answered for us both
"Todd? I knew you looked familiar, don't you remember me? From when you were a kid, i was your family doctor" 
"Dr Miller? that name sounded familiar, I couldn't just put it together" 
"How've you been boy, and how's the family" He asked
"We're vood, didn't know I'll run into you again"
"You're now a grown ass man" the doc said laughing, i just stared at the both of them catching up, before his eyes caught mine, i looked away immediately
"And who's this beauty with you" 
"That's Vanessa... My girlfriend" Todd lied once again
"She's actually the reason why we're here, you see ..." Todd explained everything to him and he began his search 
"I must say Vanessa you've grown alot, I remember when we moved you to the foster home, you were the prettiest baby" he complimented 
"Thanks Doc, what i want to know is the name of the lady who delivered me, would that be possible?" 
"Yes of cause, it's right here, Caroline Carter" He voiced out and that left a shock through my spine.