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For my home.
Wherever we may ride
Wherever we may roam.
You’re my home.
Beside me,I felt Seton sigh and nestle in closer, her head still on my shoulder.
And then, a thought came out of nowhere, and hit me out of the blue.
I realized that Seton was right about maybe trying to have one more kid.
Why the hell not? After her, Wyatt and Kendall were the best things that had ever happened to me. Being a father was the best gig I’d ever had. Even better than being MC president.
Who wouldn’t want more of that?
As the song went on and Andi continued to sing, my mind went back to the day the twins were born. To seeing Seton in that hospital room, tired but beaming, with two tiny bundles in her arms.
Yeah,I think.
I could do that again.
Maybe just one kid this time around, though.
Seton caught me smiling to myself. “This isn’t usually your kind of music,” she said against my ear. “You getting sentimental on me?”
“Just thinking,” I murmured back.
“What about?”
“I’ll tell you later.” I smirked. “Or actually… I’ll show you.”
EPILOGUE
ONE YEAR LATER
“Merry Christmas, you guys!” Andi was beaming as she opened the door. “Come on in! Thanks for coming to warm the house with us!”
Cal and Andi had just closed on a converted farmhouse on ten acres a few miles north of Lupine. They invited all of the Stone Kings families here for a Christmas housewarming party, exactly one year to the day after the attempted kidnapping of their daughters during Hard Candy’s final concert on their tour.
As we walked through the entryway of Cal and Andi’s new home, our kids were awestruck by the size. “Wow, this place is freaking enormous!” Kendall exclaimed.
“Yeah, you could totally play hockey in here,” Wyatt agreed, poking his head into the living room.
I held out a festive bag to Andi, then shrugged out of my coat. “Housewarming present,” I told her as she pulled out a bottle. “It’s my favorite special occasion wine. I figured that since I can’t drink it, someone should get to enjoy it so I can live vicariously through them.”
Andi laughed. “The not drinking part is the crappiest part of being pregnant,” she agreed. “Well, that, and the swelling, and the peeing all the time, and the fatigue…”
“Stop!” I held up a hand. “Ugh.”
“Eyes on the prize, girl. In a few months, you’ll have a gorgeous little one, and you’ll forget all about the pain and suffering every time you look into his or her little eyes.”
I felt my lips curling upwards into a smile as my hands slid over my slight baby bump. “Yeah,” I sighed. “That’s gonna be… amazing.”
It’s funny. I thought I’d be the most excited member of our family about this baby. Kendall and Wyatt are pretty psyched, too, of course. But it’s Grey who’sreallyover the moon about it. When I told him I was pregnant four months ago, I thought he was going to explode with happiness. He’s been to every single doctor’s appointment with me. He got Wyatt and Kendall “Big Bro” and “Big Sis” T-shirts as a surprise for when we told them. He has already finished painting the nursery the muted teal color I picked out (and sent me on a spa day with the other old ladies while he was doing it, so I wouldn’t have to smell the fumes).
We were the first to arrive at Cal and Andi’s housewarming, but within half an hour all the other Stone Kings and their families were there as well. Cal and the men immediately went out to the back yard, where Cal had set up a bunch of picnic tables, Adirondack chairs, and outdoor heaters. “It’s his version of a man cave,” Andi explained with a laugh. “At least for now.” Abigail and Chloe were excited to show the kids what would eventually be their basement playroom, which Andi had set up well enough for them to hang out in during the party.
