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“Not yet. It all happened so quickly, and I don’t want to get her hopes up if it doesn’t go through.”
“Well, I’m so excited for you.”
“Don’t get too excited yet, we—”
“It’s a boy!” Dylan yells from the doorway, making Thomas and me burst out laughing as we run over to congratulate him. Neither of us correct him on the fact that we already knew that little piece of information, with the pure love and awe on his face suggesting he’s in his own bubble.
“Do we get a peek or are they resting?” I ask, knowing how overwhelming those first minutes can be.
“I’ll find out.”
He disappears just as fast as he came, and when he returns, his goofy smile is still in place. “Summer said to come in, but asked if you could call Katie first. She’d love for her to meet her new cousin, Joshua Dean Mathers.”
With tears already in my eyes, hearing my nephew’s name makes the first drop fall. “You named him after Dad?”
“We did. Sort of.”
I can’t help myself; I pull him into a bone-crushing hug until he shoves me away, which is surprisingly not as fast as it usually would be. “I’ll call Wes and then come in,” I say between sniffs as Dylan’s own eyes water.
The call connects on the first ring, and it’s Katie that answers.
“Can I come inside? Has Summer had my baby?”
“Whoathere. What do you mean can you come inside?” I hear Wes chuckling in the background. Probably laughing about the fact that she saidmybaby. Dylan and Summer have no idea Katie’s coming for them.
“Ummm,” she draws out and I know instantly they’re here.
“Wes?”
“Katie kind of begged me to take her to the hospital. Just in case. So, yeah. We’re in the garden.”
I laugh at the fact that Katie has Wes wrapped around her little finger but also silently curse. They’re going to gang up on me for sure.
“Then yes, Katie. Come inside. Summer and Joshua are waiting to see you.”
“Eeek!” Katie squeals so loudly that the nurse walking past gives me a nasty glare.
“You’ll need to be a lot quieter than that if you come.”
“I will be, Mom,” she whispers, then hangs up before I’ve given them any details.
After texting Wes the directions to labor and delivery, I wait, not so patiently, for them to arrive, but thankfully, it’s only a few minutes before Katie’s running down the hall toward me with her arms out for a hug. She leaps at me and squeals into my chest. Much quieter than before.
“Can I see him now?”
“We sure can.”
The next few minutes are so surreal and contain moments in time that I will never forget. My baby bro has a baby of his own, along with a beautiful wife. Life is good.
“You did amazing, little sis,” I say to Summer with a full heart as she cradles her precious little boy.
“Isn’t he perfect?” she says, and I’ve never seen her so at peace.
When it comes time for me to hold my nephew, Wes stands close beside me, staring down into his eyes. And my heart jumps. I want this. I have this. I finally have a little family of my own and now, I can’t wait for it to grow.
It’s finally my time.
Epilogue Two
