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As the Louds were dealing with their legal problems, Lincoln was just waking up. He was on a fancy bed and forgot where he was for a couple of seconds before remembering meeting Bruce Wayne. He couldn't believe that he was in an actual bed..for weeks he was laying on the cold and hard ground with nothing, but a blanket (if lucky) to give him warmth. Sighing...he thought back to his friends and Pop Pop back in Royal Woods. Unlike his family, they actually CARED for him and never did anything to him either. 

"I hope that Lynn's happy that I'm gone." Lincoln said as we peak back and see Lori and Lynn fighting for control of her bat. Luckily, the police were out of the house and never saw this fight or else...Lynn may do something more drastic, but more on that later. Right now, Lincoln was slowly getting out of bed while making sure not to wake his baby sister. He knew that this will be an adjustment for the both of them since they weren't with the Louds. 

KNOCK KNOCK

Lincoln slowly opened the door and came face to face with a woman with brown hair and blue eyes.

"I see you're awake." The woman said.

"Yeah." Lincoln said slightly wearily of this strange woman.

"That's good. However. it seems like you're kinda scared of me." The woman said. Lincoln's cheeks turned red since he was slightly embarrassed that the woman figured him out until he heard her laugh.

"Don't be embarrassed. My name Toni Stark Wayne, the wife of Bruce Wayne." The woman said which eased his fear. 

"I'm sorry about not trusting you." Lincoln said.

"It's quite alright. Most people don't trust people right away." Toni said as she slowly walked into the room and grabbed Lily before showing Lincoln the dining room. But when they arrived, he saw four girls sitting down and looking at him. 

"Wow. He looks so handsome now that we're finally able to meet him face to face." The girl with long back hair and blue eyes said with the others nodding along with that statement. As this was going on, Bruce started to think that his adoptive son will have multiple women going after him in the future which included his own daughters.

"Girls...meet Lincoln." Toni said.

"Hi Lincoln! I'm Dixie !!" Dixie said.

"I'm Jasmine." Jasmine said. 

"Nice to meet you! I'm Tammy." Tammy said.

"Dani." Dixie said. 

"I'm Lincoln and this is my sister, Lily." Lincoln said as Lily opened her eyes and looked around. She was confused on what was going on, but was glad that her brother was finally indoors. Unlike the rest of her family, Lily was concerned for her beloved brother since he was the one who usually took care of her. So it broke her heart seeing her family toss him outside like trash and knowing that she was only one years old knew that none of her family would take her seriously. 

At the same time as the first meeting, Lori was driving over to the police station with the rest of her sisters. The full gravity of their situation was just settling in and already most of the girls started to worry. All except Lynn Junior who is still blaming Lincoln while the rest were trying hard not to throw her out of the Van. When suddenly, Lori's cellphone rang:

Bobby, I'll call you back. I have something important to take care of.

Okay. But know that we'll have a serious conversation dealing with Lincoln's abuse and neglect and the future of our relationship. 

After hearing that, Lori's blood ran cold. Was the news already spreading already? If so then things will go very bad for them if their peers and friends heard what they've done. As she continued to drive, she couldn't help herself from thinking about her brother and little sister. 

Were they okay?

Who was taking care of them?

She didn't know the answers, but she wanted to beg for their forgiveness. She knew that they were both hurt by their actions during these couple of weeks. Lori knew that the others minus Lynn felt the same. Speaking of Lynn was finally silent and was just staring at the window. Part of Lori was glad that she was silent while the other part was scared. Scared if she would try something that will land all of them in more trouble than they already are. Meanwhile Lincoln was enjoying breakfast with his new family and was thinking of all the possibilities that this opened up for him. Never imagining that he would soon join be one of the greatest heroes in the world.

Hope you enjoyed the chapter...Bye  👋