Elijah was just trying to be reasonable in this situation. He didn't know why everyone was mad. He took Anthony's words as he was ignored by his folks. And his advice to speak to a judge was solid and he had hoped the kid would at least consider it. Now everyone was mad, he certainly wasn't going to chase down James. It would only make his words seem more believable.

He shook his head and stood to leave. "I am not dealing with this right at the moment. Please, if you want to talk about adopting we can talk about it later. Just ..." he couldn't think of words that would settle this situation. He just turned and stepped out to the market to get things for dinner. He hoped sanity would return by the time he got back.