Egon looked at Jeanie in surprised.
"What exactly did you say to them?" he asked.
"They made another comment about coddling Lila and that what we're doing was a first time parent mistake and we can get it right when we have another baby, then I threw it back at them explaining that because of my surgery, I can't have anymore children," answered Jeanie, reffering to giving her kidney to Peter.
"And you should have seen their faces," a voice said from the doorway.
Jeanie and Egon saw Elon standing before them.
"I hope I'm not inturupting anything," said Elon, as he entered the bedroom.
"Nothing except for the fact that we're about to get ready to leave, to before your parents ask us to," Jeanie answered.
"Right now, they're both pretty much tongue tied.
Jeanie, you we're not afraid to stick up to them."
"I wanted to say something yesterday, but held back for Egon's sake."
"You did a great job yourself Elon," Egon added.
"I mean it, said Elon, who eyes began to fill with sadness as he said, Like you Egon, Father wasn't happy by my career choice when I told him I wanted to go into enivorimental science.
Hopping to make him happy, I applied to his school he graduated and worked for, which was fruitless in fixing a relationship, though Mother did tolerate it but she still always took his side.
I met my wife Celine during an internship, she's French Canadian.
I took her home and introduced her to Mother and Father, who of course weren't to thrilled about the relationship.
We wanted to get married, but knowing that Mother and Father wouldn't come to the wedding we semi-eloped to Canada and got married in front of her family, who has always been wonderful and supported, especially with the kids.
Celine and I have three, two sons and a daughter.
Michael, who is 11 and very much into hockey and girls."
Elon chuckled a bit before, he went on speaking, "Renee is 14, loves animals and wants to become a vet, and there's Adam are oldest is 17, he has Down Syndrome.
Needless to say, Father and even Mother were unhappy by this, they actually blamed Celine and I for his birth, and wanted nothing to do with him
So we moved to Canada peremantly.
If only they got to know Adam.
He's a bright young man and love science, especially underwater and sea life and works at the local aquarium.
Everybody there loves him.
Adam is the reason I've become a better person.
Let's face it, I was always a bit of an asshole, Celine knew it and put up with it.
But Adam, made me a change person.
If only Mother and Father would give him a chance."
A great deal of sadness fell over Elon.
"I'm sorry Elon that happened to you Elon," said Egon.
"It is a shame what you had to put up with," Jeanie added.
"Thank you.
Celine's family have been there for us.
Not to mention Adam has wonderful teachers, said Elon, Egon, I want to apologize for my behavior towards you during our childhood.
I know you believe I did it for attention, which you're right, but also you were an easy target to pick."
"Thank you," Egon replied with a sarcastic tone.
"One of the other reasons I picked on you was I was jealous.
You knew what you wanted and I was envy for it.
All the teachers in school praised you and I felt I always was left behind.
In fact you did, when you kept moving up a grade or two.
And that hurt.
It hurt when the teachers would say to me, "Why can't you be more like your brother?"
"Elon, I had no idea you felt that way.
Perhaps all these years of ignoring my feelings made me neglect the feelings of others as well, including you,
I'm sorry Elon," said Egon.
"No hard feelings.
And I'm sorry to."
"Apology accepted."
Elon extended his hand, but Egon refused it.
Instead, he surprised his brother with a hug.
"Wow, I never thought I see the day that my brother would hug anyone," said Elon.
"You're not the only one who's changed," spoke Egon.
Just then, Lila began to make sounds.
"What is it Lila?" Jeanie asked.
"Daddy," Lila spoke.
Egon looked in amazement, knelt down beside Lila and asked, "Did you just say Daddy?"
"Daddy," Lila said once more.
"Baby girl, you said your first word."
Egon picked up Lila and held her in his arms.
"Almost 5 months old and you said your first word," he said, before planting kisses on her face.
"Daddy," Lila said again through giggles.
"Say Egon, didn't you tell me once started talking at that age," Jeanie asked.
"As a matter of fact yes," Egon answered.
"I wonder if she can say anything else," Elon added.
"Mama," said Lila, reaching out for Jeanie.
"You just said Mama," said Jeanie.
"Mama."
Jeanie then took Lila into her arms and said, "Sweetpea, you're talking."
"Mama, Daddy.
Mama Daddy," Lila said again, as she clapped her hands.
"She's quite the little girl you've got there," said Elon.
"Everyday she surprises us learning something new," said Jeanie.
"Neither Jeanie nor I can't imagine our lives without her," Egon added.
"That's what happens when you first lay eyes on them the day they're born, it's all different," said Elon.
"Egon actually cried twice the moment he held Lila," Jeanie pointed out.
"How about that?
I can't remember the last time I saw you cry," Elon said to his brother.
"I think it was that dog incident," Egon answered, reffering to the event her told Jeanie that happened to him as a child.
"That's what the neighbor had told us," said a voice.
Elon, Egon and Jeanie looked up to see Eleanor standing at the doorway.
"Elon, Egon, your Father wants to see both of you in his office now," said Eleanor.
"You go ahead, I have to change Lila," said Jeanie, as she noticed a look on the baby's face.
As Jeanie took several items out of the diaper bag for Lila, Elon and Egon followed Eleanor out of the bedroom.
