~Outside while Julie, Angelena, Uncle Jesse, and Bo are inside~ "Ms. Davenport..." Ms. Webster said. "Please call me Lizzy." Lizzy replied. "Lizzy, what you're getting yourself into is something that shouldn't be taken lightly. Not only will you be responsible for another human life you will be responsible for her for the next 18 years. You seem like a very nice young woman and all but I really don't know if you'll be able to handle everything that goes with parenthood." "Why not? How old do you think I am exactly?" "I know you're almost 38, but I also know what you used to do for a living." "I bartended from the time I was twenty five, I can handle it." "You're telling me you still bartend?" "I bartend and waitress, I also teach sometimes and I still race in the Mouse over there." "Your schedule sounds pretty busy." "I can handle it." "I don't doubt that. If you dropped racing and bartending at night and subbing, leaving your only job as serving, then you would be fine both financially and stability wise to support Molly. The only problem I can see right now is that you have a 9 year probationary sentence on your record." "Seven year, they dropped the first two because I was under 18." "Anyway that's really serious and the judge may not overlook it." "What are you saying Ms. Webster?" "If you take all the precautions I've told you about you up your chances of gaining custody to about five percent." "Are you saying there is nothing I can do to guarantee that I will gain custody?" "That's exactly what I'm saying. I could give you a list of things to do longer than a country mile but even then I can not guarantee you will gain custody." "Because I'm single, I live in a small apartment by myself, and I have a criminal record." "Not just that but it is partially that." "What about Cindy's will, doesn't it say anything?" "The lawyers from our department are going through it with a fine tooth comb but so far we've turned up nothing." "I'm not going to give up you know." "I figured as much, Mr. Crenshaw said I should give you a chance and that's what I'm doing. Normally in a case like this, we would consider both candidates for a week before we give our final recommendations but you have two weeks to prove to DCS that you are better fit to be her guardian than her grandparents. You're scheduled for a meeting with one of our department tomorrow morning around ten o'clock. Don't miss it or you will be losing the chance and making a really bad impression on whoever comes to check out your apartment." "Thank you so much Ms. Webster. You don't know how much it means to me that you've told me all this." "Here is a list of what they'll be checking, take a good look at it and make sure that you follow it. Also think about everything I've told you today and you should make a better impression." Christine said. "Of course Ms. Webster," Lizzy answered. "Oh and one final question, are you involved with any guys in anyway?" "Tom's my best friend so he's in and out a lot, then there's Bo and Luke Duke, they're really good friends and they drop by occasionally too, but aside from that the only guys I see is when I'm bartending or racing. My life's been a little too busy to hang around with a lot of guys." Christine nodded and stretched out her hand. Lizzy took the hand and shook it before leading Christine back to where the group stood. "Take care now, Ms. Webster and be careful on your way out of Hazzard." Lizzy said. "Good day to all of you as well." Christine answered walking back to her car. The moment the blue car was out of sight Lizzy sighed and almost collapsed out of relief. "What did she say Lizzy?" Luke asked. "There's only a five percent chance that I'll get custody of Molly. Even if I somehow cleaned up everything and was all respectable again there's no way she could guarantee I'd get custody." Lizzy answered. "Because of your past right?" Cooter asked softly. "She said it's partially that but it's also because of something else. She wouldn't tell me exactly but I believe it has something to do with them being Cindy's parents and me just being her friend. I want custody so bad I can taste it Dad. She is such a sweet little girl to think of what that guy did to Cindy to cause Molly's birth makes me so mad. I will make sure he gets a life time of pain if it's the last thing I do." Lizzy sighed and walked closer to Luke who instantly drug her into a hug. Cue anyone.