Page 141 of I Loved You First

“And I could call you Mom instead of Fiona, like how Owen and Davis call their moms Mom instead of by their grown-up names?”

“If you want to.”

“I want to,” he said, throwing his arms around her.

She hugged him back, blinking back tears as they squeezed each other tight. “I love you so much, Brady. I really like the idea of calling you my son.”

He eased back to look at her. “I love you, too. Mom,” he added shyly.

She grinned as she hugged him again, realizing that Cam was watching them at the edge of the hallway.

He winked, sending her a smile as he stayed put.

Brady eased away again, looking in Cam’s direction, hurrying his way. “Dad, Fiona wants to be my mom! Come look at her picture. It says, ‘Can I be your mom?’”

Cam let Brady pull him toward the couch. “That sounds very special.”

“Yup. Now I have a dad and a mom.”

Cam sat down next to Fiona, settling Brady on his lap as he studied the picture. “I like your picture, Fi.”

She grinned. “Thanks.”

“You can call Fiona Fi because you kiss her and sleep in the same bed,” Brady informed his dad. “But I won’t call her that anymore. Right, Mom?”

Her heart turned to goo all over again. “That’s right.”

“I have to write Mom on my picture for show-and-tell instead of Fiona.” He hurried over to grab his drawing and a green crayon. “You can tell me how to make the letters.”

Cam wrote the letters on a piece of paper as he said them so Brady could see how each one was made for Mom and Dad.

Brady wrote them on his page above each person, frowning a little as his tongue stuck slightly out. “There! Now my homework is done. It says Dad, Brady, and Mom.”

Cam nodded. “That’s some really nice work.”

“It looks great, Brady,” Fiona added.

“Yup,” he said as he looked at Cam. “Now, I need to have your phone so I can make a video for Grammy and Grampy. I need to tell them that I have a mom. Bob can help me tell them the surprise.”

Cam handed him his phone. “I can’t wait to see your video.”

“I’ll show you when me and Bob are done,” Brady hollered over his shoulder as he hurried toward the stairs.

Fiona huffed out a small laugh, staring after him as the house was suddenly quiet.

Cam hooked his arm around her shoulders, kissing her temple. “Congratulations, Mom.”

She huffed out another laugh as she pressed her hand to her chest. “I’m officially a mom.”

“Times two,” Cam said, kissing her again.

She nodded as her eyes grew teary. “Times two.”

“I hope you don’t mind that I eavesdropped on your conversation. I realized you were popping the question as I was heading back down the hall.”

She shook her head. “I’m glad you were part of the moment—or sort of part of it, anyway.”

He rested his forehead against hers. “He’s so lucky, Fi. Thank you for loving him the way that you do.”