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“It’s… sure. Yeah.” I nodded to Aggie and Adam. “It’s fine.”
The pair gathered the kids, the twins leaving with me making the promise that we’d get pizza on the way back.
Once we were alone, the doctor took another deep breath.
“What is it?” I asked.
“You’re pregnant, Miss Downing.”
“I’m what?”
I couldn’t believe what I was hearing. The surreal mood in the room became even more so.
“I can’t be pregnant. I’m on the pill.”
“Remember, it’s not one-hundred-percent effective.”
I opened my mouth to dispute him, but no words came out.
“Th…thank you, doctor. Can I have a minute alone?”
“Sure. I’ll be here if you need anything.”
Seconds later, he was gone.
I knew I should’ve been worried, maybe even a little scared. After all, who the hell was the father? Did it even matter?
Instead of that, however, I let out a shriek of happiness.
I was going to be a mother. And more than that, I now had the best present for the guys, one that would make this Christmas one to remember forever.
Epilogue I
Tyler
It was about as perfect a Christmas morning as I could imagine. The whole gang was gathered at the house, even Mom and Dad were there visiting from West Palm Beach. All of us were sipping our coffee in front of the fire, the snow from the most recent fall still fresh outside.
Dad, tall and broad-shouldered like his sons, with the notable difference of far less hair on top, called over to us from his conversation with Aubrey.
“Boys, you didn’t tell me she had llamas at her place! Why didn’t you say something?”
I laughed. “What were we supposed to say? ‘Can’t wait for you guys to meet Aubrey. Oh, she’s got llamas.’?”
Dad shrugged.
“More coffee?” Mom, who looked so much like Kristen that it was startling, came into the den then with a pot of coffee. She topped up whoever wanted more, leaning in and saying something to Aubrey that I couldn’t quite hear, both of them breaking out into laughter.
“Alright,” Mac said. “I’m about ready to tear into those presents.” He nodded toward the massive pile underneath the big tree.
“I swear,” Marcus said. “The twins are the only kids on earth that don’t wake up at the crack of dawn on Christmas morning to open their gifts.”
“They slept in the living room hoping to catch Santa,” Adam said. “You’d think we would’ve woken them up.”
“Oh, speaking of the little munchkins,” Mom said.
We turned to see Hattie and Henry, both of them coming into the room with sleepy eyes.
“Morning,” they both said at the same time. Of course, their eyes lit up as they saw the tree, both running over to the presents.
