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Epilogue

Six entle the h the waiting-room doorway and held up a tiny infant swaddled in a blue blanket "Feast your eyes on Jacob Thomas Sullivan Scott"

"Two middle names?" Seth cracked "Isn’t that overkill?"

"And did you really just Lion King that baby?" Dylan piped up

"Seriously, dude, put the kid down," John Garrett advised "Holly’ll kill you if you drop her precious bundle"

Carson rolled his eyes, but he did lower his infant son and cradle hiainst his chest "Who wants to hold him?"

Every female in the room jumped out of her chair and hurried over to Carson with outstretched arrin as he watched the woot to hold baby Jacob first Shelby Garrett ended up getting the honors, and as Carson carefully transferred the valuable cargo into her arathered around her to take a peek

"Oh gosh, he’s so beautiful!" Claire gushed

"He’s perfect," Annabelle agreed

"Absolutely perfect," Savannah echoed

Jackson’s gaze focused on Mia, ore an awed expression as she adine the day that his and Carson’s roles would be reversed He would be the proud father showing off his kid to his friends and tea a much-needed nap in her hospital bed, as Holly Scott was currently doing

No, don’t put the cart before the horse, a little voice chided

Yeah, he should probably take things one step at a time Babies would come eventually But first he had to make an honest woht

The ring hishis last visit ho a hole in his pocket for weeks now, but tonight was finally the night Danny had left for football camp yesterday, and the Imperial Beach house the three of the to look and feel like hoe of the down pays, which the bank had returned to hier’s office and demanded he fix his employee’s irresponsible mistake There’d been no word from Brenda since she’d stolen her son’s money, and none of them expected to hear from the woman anytime soon