Elijah shook his head and ran a hand through his hair in aggravation and began to pace to try to calm himself. "I agree, alright. I would love to move kids in bad families to better ones. But you can't just take someone's kid. His mother already attacked me in a bar." He would have asked if he'd recall but he remembered Anthony had left so he wasn't sure what he had seen.

He took a deep breath and looked to James. "Manipulate. And let me ask you.." He knelt down to look at him eye to eye. "Example, if we don't adopt you, do you intend to tell people about our relationship?"