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“What do you say, Mama?” he asks, kissing me again. “Be my girl?” I sigh, looping my arms around his neck, a smile pulling at my lips. “I suppose so…” I whisper teasingly, and he growls, his eyes narrowing. “Guess it’s only fair of you to make an honest woman out of me. Since you already did the baby part…” His head snaps up, eyes wide. His arms tighten around me as he growls low, “Teddy…”
I tug on the back of his neck until his mouth is once again on mine, and I breathe, “Welcome home, Daddy.”
“I’m not your sup anymore,” he calls back, grinning. It sends my own heart to tripping in my chest. Holy shit. He really retired. King turns, walking backward, his head tilted to the side in question. Xander nods his chin toward Cal and says, “That title belongs to him, now.”
Cal had more than earned his place as superintendent and had proven to be just as fair and demanding of a leader as I’d hoped he would. He made Rowan captain shortly after, and I can’t pretend I’m not damn proud of both of them. Forever my brothers.
While we were unpacking at the new house, Teddy had quietly offered to leave the photos of Logan boxed up, but I’d pulled her into my arms and told her no. Dalton and Penny—and someday Bea, too—need to have those reminders of where they’d come from. The love Teddy and I have, this life we’ve taken the chance on, isn’t threatened or diminished by the life she had with Logan. I know that, now. And they deserve to know who he was and how loved they were by both of them.
“Will this baby get to call you Dad?” he asks, his voice quiet so that no one else can hear. I nod, placing my hand on his shoulder and squeezing lightly. “Yeah, she will.” “Oh,” he says, nodding, looking back down at the baby before raising his eyes to mine. “Do you think it would be okay if we call you Dad, too?”
