Survive

Chapter 31

We turned around as the Nobody duo arrived, I walked over to my husband just as they did. Mr. Nobody was holding a small box with a bow on top and it worried me because he always has something up his sleeve.

"Any word on the blonde bitch?" I asked, lacing my fingers with my husband's.

Sam stood next to me and Lani wanted her father, so he picked her up with one arm. She wrapped her little arms around his neck and laid her head on his shoulder. Ever the daddy's girl.

"Cipher's still on the loose. There have been some reports that she's in Athens but she won't be nuking any city anytime soon, thanks to you. So, I got you a parting favor." Mr. Nobody said, holding the box out to my husband.

"This can't be good." Luke said.

I grabbed the box and he pulled the lid off. To our surprise, his gun and badge sat inside all pretty, shiny, and nice. I'm not surprised that he's getting them back but I am surprised that this is who he gets his clearance from. He's too good at what he does for them to actually let him go. Lani looked confused but Sam knows what's going on in front of her.

"Your record's been cleared . . . full reinstatement. You got your job back." Mr. Nobody said.

"Daddy, you go back work?" Keilani sadly asked her father.

"If you want it." Little Nobody said.

"If I want?" Luke repeated, looking over at me.

"It's okay babe, whatever makes you happy." I told him.

"You know, after 16 years I figure it's time for a little break." my husband replied, shocking the hell out of me.

"Wow." Mr. Nobody said.

"Really?" Sam asked her father.

"Daddy's stayin' home." he smiled, kissing Lani's head. "Nobody." he said before shaking the man's hand.

I'm in serious shock right now, I didn't see that coming at all. He has this big smile on his face, looking at his oldest daughter who is sporting the same huge smile. My guilt is there too, had I not mentioned it the other night he wouldn't be doing this. I can't let him do this.

"Daddy stay home!" Lani said, taking her dad's face in her little hands.

"Yeah, daddy's staying home. Go play with Alija, Sam watch them please." he said as he put Lani down.

"You just wanna get mushy with mom . . . I'll watch them." Sam smiled before walking away.

"Luke . . ."

"I'm gonna stop you before you even go there. This has nothing to do with our conversation, I mean it does, but I was already thinking about this before I mentioned anything to you. I've been thinking about this for a while. You were gone, but I knew you would come back, I still knew we were gonna go home and it felt really good. I missed out on so much of Sam's life and I don't want to do the same with Keilani. If and when we have that third baby, I want to be there for it all." he said, wrapping his arms around me.

"Babe, I don't want you to regret it." I told him.

"I couldn't possibly regret it when I get to be with my girls. I love you, Penelope."

"I love you more." I replied as I got on my toes to kiss him.

"We're going home baby, and I can't wait." he said.

Before I could answer Deckard Shaw arrived and suddenly everyone was quiet. We watched them talk as my brother finally held his son. I watched him and tried not to cry, everything that happened led to this, everything that I did led to this. . . my brother is a father. If I had to do it again I would, just to see this smile on his face.

After Dom got his son I walked over to Deckard.

"Thank you." I told him.

"What made you think I would do it?" he asked.

"Sibling love. I saw that look that you gave Cipher when she mentioned your brother, I knew that you wanted revenge. You and I have more in common than I'm willing to admit at the moment. I'm glad I got you to help." I replied.

"Can't believe you went to see my mother."

"She's a special woman, listening to her reminds me of my time in London. Let's eat."

About five minutes later we were all sitting around the table, the best place to be with family. Dad taught us that and now it's on us to keep that tradition going.

"You've heard us say on many occasions that you never turn your back on family and I wanna thank you all for never turning your back on me." I told everyone.

"Ramsey did! Little Nobody never trusted you but that is to be expected." Roman said.

The beautiful Brit glared at him and blushed like a tomato.

"Understandable." Dom chuckled, smiling at his son. "You wanna meet them? Alright, everyone . . . meet Brian."

The guys started applauding with made baby Brian copy and had all of us laughing.

"Hey Brian." Tej said.

"Okay, I guess it's my turn to say grace. Thank you for giving us family. Thank you for giving us the strength to come together in times of need. Thank you, God, for bringing my family together, turning foes into friends, and for blessing me with a son. Having somewhere to go is home, having someone to love is family. Having both, and the friends to share it all with is a blessing. Amen." Dom said.

"Amen." we chorused.

My nephew is adorable, always smiling and laughing. After dinner, we received another surprise when Kaylee told us that she was pregnant again. Mia is going to go nuts with all of the new babies. Kaylee informed us that she's pregnant with baby number 2 and Tej said they're retiring, just like Brian and Mia. We've got double the celebration tonight.

Luke and I decided to leave tomorrow, I love my family but I want to go home. I want to write and maybe work on baby number three. We said our goodbyes early so that we would have time to pack. My brother and I had another little moment that night, we video chatted Mia and kept details to a minimum but we introduced her to her nephew.

"Dad would be proud of you." he said as we sat on the roof.

"You think?"

"Yeah, look at everything you did here. Good or bad you did all of this to get your nephew and make sure he was safe."

"You're gonna be a great dad. Right Brian, he's gonna be a great daddy." I said to the smiling baby who agreed with me.

"I hope so because this is a whole lot different than uncle duties." he chuckled, taking the baby out of my arms.

"You'll be fine." I insisted.

"You ready to go home?" He asked.

"I'm ready for a normal life again. Keilani starts daycare this year and Sam hits double digits. I'm ready to be a boring soccer mom." I smiled.

"Boring you are not." he laughed.

"I will be."

"Go, get some rest. I love you, Penelope." he said, hugging me.

"Love you too, big head."

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