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Ana
Carla made front pages for two months. She would be thrilled, but with her making the front page so do I and soon we get people wanting to claim inheritance she left. Those documents were very important and soon Welch explained why. Apparently Carla had a nest egg and had hidden funds from when my biological father had died and part of the money should have been in a trust fund for me. She also had kept tabs on all of her children and that included Andy's father. The more I read the more I realize what a monster my mother really was. She decided after my adoption to do open adoptions, so she could get money from the couples. It kept up until they finally got their legal involved via attorney. I see where she kept a log of the money she was able to get from each family. I want to return it all to each of the families. Christian recommends Carrick and Infinity takes care of contacting the people and sending it back with an apology letter to them. That's five families and she got nearly a hundred thousand each for giving her baby to them. So I am going to have the money and interest sent back.
Christian
Ana has been very upset and it has to do with all her mothers files. I can't believe what was found in them. Ray told me she was as bad or worse than Morton, she had no choice but to give him Ana. He had no idea she had given birth that many times and had pretty much sold the babies. She sold three children, she couldn't the ones she had with Douglas Johnson, she was being watched too closely. One is dead and left Andy alone in the world. Mom found her and brought her to us. Two girls and one boy and three hundred thousand dollars later Carrick sent the money back and informed them that they had siblings and if they want the child to know them it would be fine if not then we will leave them alone. We explained how we found out about them. Dad told them Carla died and is no longer an issue. Jody Connelly is in New York. Abigail Jones is in Texas Joseph Jones is in Texas we think Morton was the father.
Three weeks later Carrick calls and says he has three people who want to meet Ana, Andy, Allen and Fred. They ran background checks to be safe all are pretty nice and no criminal history.
Abigail
Wow we could be twins or triplets. Well I think Ana is the oldest here.
Jody
So she's really dead huh? Mom said she was a real piece of work. She came on toe dad during the adoption. So there was another boy who died right?
Ana
Yes and I am sorry. Andy is his biological daughter (I told Andy when we suspected Carla had the information and she did, so it wasn't a surprise). Charley and Susan Ellis were good kids who left this world too soon. Allen and Fred have no real idea what we are doing, but they love the attention. Their parents are watching us and finally relax when they realize that we are nothing like Carla. I invite them to supper with the rest of the family and they agree to it.
Christian
Ana invited everyone to dinner and we turned it into bbq with everyone's help it is a nice day and no rain in sight. Everyone apparently set aside time to meet new family members.

Ten years after we have new family joining us for holidays and Santa is a good friend of Andy's this year. I believe he is about to ask me for my blessings. Ana said handle him with kid gloves and Allen and Fred are laughing.

Allen
Yeah dad let us give him grief.
Mark Taylor
I take off the Santa suit finally and ask to speak to Andy's dad. Ana's speaking softly to him. He grins at me like he knows what I am about to ask him. Fred is smirking at me and Allen is laughing hysterically.
Ana
Poor Mark is about to get the treatment. Andy is scared he will run away from those three people.

Six months later Andy is in a soft lavender with white flowers around the waist and Christian is walking her towards her soon to be husband Mark. Allen and Fred are groomsman and Jacob Taylor is his best man. Andy has her three cousins as her maid of honor and brides maids. Alexandria, Crystal and Rayanna are beautiful.
Andy and Mark Taylor
We give our parents a set of twins on Christmas Day as a present. Uncle Jason and aunt Gail were excited and having nephews around. Christian Allen Taylor and Andrew Thomas Taylor are a mixture of Andy and I. We have found that being family of the Steele's and Grey's can cause a few issues, but we have weathered them well with security.
Grace
Carrick retired and I decided to change my jobs and start a placement center for orphans needing homes. The ones who have no families to take them. Then another department for parents who want to give up their kids to give them a better life. Ana has hired a management team and is staying home with Christian since he retired to enjoy his life, what's left of it. Sadly he started chemotherapy and she wants to be with him every step of the way. She makes sure his life is full and he has his kids and grandkids around to play with. I visit often and Carrick does as well.
Three months later we get the call we never expected. Ana had a heart attack while waiting for the ambulance to arrive to get Christian to the hospital. Today we are having a double funeral. They died in the same ambulance on the way to the hospital.

Ana
I saw him waiting for me in the clouds and I take his hands in mine as he says our love will live in those we left behind and look Ray and our grandparents are waiting for us.
Christian
I am sorry you lost your life trying to save mine, but am happy we aren't left without our soulmates.
They look down at the families and see the tears and pray they find the love we had and have a long life ahead of them.
Christmas Day that same year
Andy the boys are bouncing around and Santa or Mark is tickling all the babies we have in our home. It is great and all our joint families are here in our home and celebrate the love all around us.
The end and a new beginning of a new story.