We Met Because Of Death

The Epilogue

( Austin's part)

" Sh it's alright baby it's alright."
I walk into the room and sit on the bed. Jasper cries gripping onto my shirt. Haylee sits up rubbing her eyes and yawning.
  " Do you want me to get him?"
       " No I think he just wants to snuggle with mommy and daddy."
Her face softens and she bends over to look down at him. She rubs the her fingers on his cheek and instantly he stops crying. He peers up at us with a pair of bright blue eyes. He crinkles his nose and a small smile appears.
      " Jasper your so spoiled."
  " He knows it too and he's only two months old."
   " Smart like his daddy."
She kisses me and picks Jasper up gently. She lays him down between us and he snuggles into her side. I smile at the sight they both close their eyes, both tired from the long day. It's true things were rough bringing him home, making sure we had plenty of diapers, wipes and baby formula. He kept us up for the first month and even now he does sometimes  but it was all worth it. Having Jasper changed us. Haylee was an amazing mother. She loved him so much and it was remarkable to watch her when she was with him. Even I had felt a change in me the moment he was born. The moment I first held him in my arms. I remember telling him how much I loved him and how small he was. Our family loved him he was everyone's pride and joy. He slipped his way into our hearts. A nudge on my leg startles me out of my thoughts Malik stares up at me wagging his tail. I sigh and nod my head letting him jump up laying in the foot of our bed. Haylee had insisted on getting him for Jasper as a guard dog. And in the end the dog sure did watch him. Everywhere Jasper was he was. Our family of four would have been hard to imagine this years ago. I look back at Haylee and Jasper both already sound asleep. I kiss them both gently pulling a strand of hair out of Haylee' s  face. I thank them everyday. Max and Brittany were the reasons I had all this. A beautiful wife, becoming a dad and having Jasper, a warm home and a dog all in one. Life was perfect, Haylee was happy she wasn't hurting anymore all she does is laugh anymore and smile. Seeing her happy made me so happy. Seemed like just yesterday she was just eating dinner with me at my dad's for the first time and all I could do was stare at her. Years from now we would tell Jasper our story. About Max and Brittany and how they lead us to each other. How because of them he was born and how they had fixed two broken people. Who had been lost and barely hanging on. We'd tell him about Tyler and Lacy. We'd tell him about all the good and the bad because in the end it all leads to this moment now. What an amazing moment it was.