Mommy Dearest *Completed but Not Edited*

Epilogue

Jaida: 5 years later 

"Momma!!!!" I stirred slightly on the bed but didn't move. 

"Not so loud. Your mother's asleep, she's tired." I smirked at the reason I was so tired, Cameron and his frisky behaviour. I groaned and slid out of bed pulling on one of Cameron's t-shirts and underwear. 

"Not anymore she's not," I said walking into the kitchen rubbing the sleep from my eyes.  

"Morning baby." I smiled sleepily at Cameron when he walked up to me pulling me towards him, placing a kiss on my lips. 

After five years, my heart still took off racing and it was most definitely wasn't out of fear. This feeling was one of excitement and love and as much as I wanted to continue from last night, three different but strangely similar giggles came from behind us.  

I pulled away slowly to look at the three angels that I called my children, looking at us with bright eyes, full of excitement. Two years after we got engaged, I got pregnant with Madelyn and Samantha. Who knew twins ran in Cameron's family as well? 

At the sound of their giggles I got a jolt in my stomach and Cameron looked down at me, eyes shining with pride, "Looks like Sophia is excited to come out and play," I said smiling. 

He rubbed my stomach affectionately, "I'm telling you babe, it's a boy this time," he said confidently before moving away.  

I smirked, watching him walk away. I did enjoy the benefits of being pregnant, "We'll see, but I know my body and I'm sure it's a girl." 

He walked up to me and bent down close to my ears, "Just admit, you want me to be the only man in your life so you can give me all your attention and perv on me," he said biting my earlobe. 

I shivered, "You don't have all my attention because I'm already raising three kids," I said hoarsely. 

"Two of which we conceived because of your perving," he teased. 

I flushed darkly and he chuckled and walked away. I scowled playfully and turned to my girls, "Did you all help daddy cook breakfast?" I asked. 

"I'm offended you think I can't cook," Cameron commented behind me. 

I winked at the girls, "It's not that you can't cook babe, it's just that you're the messiest between you, a nine year old and two three year olds." 

Our playful banter ended when a knock came from our front door. I smiled when the girls and Cameron took off towards it. 

We still lived at Cameron's house, it was big and close enough and great for raising a family, not to mention there was a ton of space to add on which we will have to do, with the rate I seem to be going on the baby making process. 

Genny and Derek walked into the kitchen with Cameron right behind them and based on the amount of noise coming from the living room, the girls were playing with Mason, Genny's four year old son. Genny and Derek got married a year after Cameron and I. Following in our suits by getting engaged on our wedding day. The only difference, Genny was already pregnant so after their son was born, they made it official. 

"Your house is so noisy on mornings," Genny said, kissing me on the cheek. 

I scrunched up my face and pushed her away, "You expect it to be quiet with the four babies I have and the one one the way?" 

She gave me a weird look, "Four kids?" 

I pointed to Cameron, "He's the biggest of them all." 

He glanced up from his conversation with Derek and I stuck my tongue out at him, "Yea, he's the child," Genny said sarcastically.

"Jai, why are you standing?" 

I glanced behind me to see Cameron walking through the back door. 

"What do you mean?" 

"Aren't you tired?" He asked, wrapping his arms around me and resting his head on my shoulder. 

I sighed and nodded, "Yea, but I couldn't help but stand and watch." 

Before our eyes were our family, Clara, Maggie and Earl, the twins and their families, Genny, Derek and Mason and Liza and Shane and their kids Luna and Ryan. We decided that since the families seem to be getting bigger every Sunday we'll either have breakfast or lunch at someone's house. Today was breakfast at our place.  

I couldn't help but stop and stare at everyone and not feel pure bliss. The past eight years hadn't been easy, no doubt about that and although we've had our challenges within our group we've still managed to overcome them and stand stronger than before.  

"You've brought these people together," Cameron whispered in my ear. 

"No I didn't, you were all friends before me," I said. 

"We knew each other but we never once thought to come together like this. Whether you like it or not babe, you've brought us all together." 

"Do you miss Samantha?" I asked. 

"Well I never knew her, we weren't that close but I would have loved to meet her and thank her for Bella, but I guess if she was still alive do you think we would have ended up where we are today?" He asked. 

I shrugged and turned around, wrapping my arms around his waist, "Probably not, so I guess we have a lot to thank her for then." 

"In some ways I guess," he said, "We thank her for Bella but that's really it, everything else is all you. We may not have been married and with kids yet but I have no doubt that we wouldn't have been together," he told me, pulling me back, kissing me on my cheek. 

"Think we would have gone through all that we did?" I asked softly. 

"Sweetie, we can spend hours going on and on about the what if's just accept what life has given us now and be happy. Are you happy?"  

I thought about it, my sister was serving time in jail, after I told my mom off years ago, she's been semi-decent towards me, she actually came to my wedding and to see the twins but there will always be that unspoken tension surrounding us. 

Everyone else in my family was happy and healthy with their own growing families so there was nothing I needed to not be happy about. 

I married the love of my life, I'm raising three kids to the best of my ability and as I promised to Bella, our relationship is just as strong as before. Sometimes I spend days alone with her just to remind her that she's just as much my daughter as the other girls, other days we all bond together. Each of them never once feeling left out or alone and it will always be that way. 

So maybe Samantha is missing from our little family but I guess some things do happen for a reason. Maybe she knew she wouldn't have been here for all of this maybe that's why she placed Isabella in my care before she had her. It was something I always questioned, but maybe she knew her daughter would be safe her and find the family that loved her as one of their own and she was right. Bella is safe here and she is loved, this is where she belongs. Where we both do and if I had the chance to do it all over again, I probably won't change a thing. Everything that's happened made me into the person I am today and won't have it any other way.

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