Two days later, Luke and the twins were released from the hospital. When Reid got them home, they found a small group there to great them. The twins' godparents, grandparents, great-grandmothers and step-great-grandfather were waiting for them. Matthew and Elizabeth were passed around once more before Luke and Reid took them to their nursery. They placed the babies in their cribs and stood back to watch them sleep. "I still can't believe they're here," Luke said as Reid put an arm around him.

"Well, considering the fact that you threatened my manhood as they were being born, I can believe they're here."

Luke laughed and turned to face Reid. "I've already forgotten what I said."

"Good," Reid said as he kissed Luke. "We better get back out there before your grandmother thinks I'm molesting you in front of your children."

"Grandma Emma loves you."

"That's not the grandmother I'm worried about."

Luke laughed a little. "You're scared of my grandmother."

"Well she did take me aside just before we moved in together and told me just exactly what would happen to me and my career if I hurt you."

"I don't believe it," Luke said as he left the nursery and headed to the living room. Reid had to hurry to keep up with him. He went straight to Lucinda. "Grandmother, what exactly did you say to Reid before we moved in here?"

Lucinda blinked. "Darling, I haven't the faintest idea what you're talking about."

"Don't give me that. Reid just told me that you told him exactly what you would do to him if he ever hurt me."

"Mother, you didn't," Lily said as she shook her head.

"Apparently she did," Luke said as he never took his eyes off of his grandmother. "I am a grown man, Grandmother. I can decide who I love and who I start a family with. You are not going to treat me like you did Mom when she was my age. Hell, you are not going to treat me like you've treated Mom her entire life."

"Darling, I was worried about you," Lucinda said as she reached out and took his hand. "You had just broken up with Noah. You had barely been seeing Reid when all of a sudden you were moving in together. I just didn't want to see you get hurt."

"If I get hurt, that's my problem. You don't get to threaten Reid's career because you think you're protecting me. If you plan on being parts of your great-grandchildren's lives, you will stop trying to control what happens in this house."

Lucinda nodded and turned to Reid. "I owe you an apology. My family can tell you that I have always tried to protect my family and I never really cared about the cost. I promised Lily I would stop interfering in her life after I tried to use her to ruin Craig. I should have known better than to try and interfere with Luke's life. He's just like his father and Holden has never put up with my interfering ways. You are a good man Reid."

"Thank you Mrs. Walsh," Reid said as he gave her a look. "However, I am not the one you owe the apology to. I have thick skin, I can take it. You need to apologize to Luke."

"Yes I do," she agreed as she put her hand on Luke's cheek. "My darling boy, sometimes it's hard for me to believe that you are all grown up. Just like it's been hard to believe that your mother is a grown woman. I have to remember that I can't control the lives of those I love. I apologize for threatening your young man."

"Apology accepted Grandmother," Luke said as he gave her a smile.

Emma told them that dinner was ready and they headed to the table. "Grandma, you didn't have to cook for us," Luke said as she handed him his plate."

"Nonsense, sweetheart," Emma said as she smiled at him. "I remember what it's like to bring a baby home for the first time. You don't have time to think about cooking dinner. And you have two babies. Oh, I almost forgot to tell you. Iva, Jason and MJ will be here this weekend. They want to meet Reid and see the babies. And Seth and Angel are going to come in a couple of weeks. Ellie will be here as soon as she can get away from work."

"If Iva's coming here, who's with Meg?" Holden asked.

"Josh and Cal are staying with her. When Iva gets back, they will come to visit and let us all know how Meg is doing. None of us think it's a good idea for Meg to be around the babies."

"I thought you said Meg was making progress," Katie said.

"She is," Emma sighed. "But she still misses Eliza. She knows the best thing for her daughter was to let Emily adopt her. Her doctor thinks it's too soon for her to interact with babies though."

They were half way through dinner when Matthew started crying. Luke excused himself and was quickly followed by Reid when Elizabeth started crying. Once the babies were fed and changed and brought out to their bassinets, Luke and Reid rejoined everyone at the table. After dinner was over Lily and Katie cleaned up as Emma, Lucinda and John said their goodbyes. Lily and Holden went and checked on their grandchildren before they went to pick the kids up from Carly and Jack's.

Katie and Chris spent about another hour with the new parents before they went to pick up Jacob from Lyla's. Once they were alone, Reid and Luke sat down on the couch and snuggled close. Reid stroked Luke's hair before he asked the questions he had been pondering since dinner. "Okay, I know who Meg is, but who are the rest of those people Emma said would be invading our house."

Luke laughed. "Iva, Seth and Ellie are Dad's brother and sisters. Caleb is their other brother but he's in Seattle taking care of Julie."

"Who's Julie?"

"His wife. She's also Aaron's mother."

"Wait a minute, your father slept with his brother's wife?"

"Well, Julie and Caleb weren't married at the time."

Reid just nodded then something occurred to him. "I thought you said that Lily's biological mother's name is Iva."

"Iva is Mom's biological mother," Luke confirmed.

"I thought we were in Illinois not Alabama."

"Iva was adopted. So was Josh."

"Josh? Meg's ex-husband?"

"Yeah," Luke said as he sat up. "Let me see if I can explain this. Grandpa Snyder's brother's wife had an affair with Cal and had Josh. Grandpa's brother adopted Josh. Grandma and Grandpa thought they weren't able to have kids after Seth so they adopted Iva. Grandma and Grandpa sent Iva to Josh's parents' farm when she was 13. Josh had been abused by his adopted father and took his aggressions out on Iva."

"He raped her?"

Luke just nodded. "She was too scared to come home so she ran away and had Mom and Aunt Rose. She gave both of them up for adoption. Grandmother adopted Mom and Joe DeAngelo adopted Aunt Rose. Mom didn't know anything about any of this until she met Dad. He was Grandmother's stable boy. Iva started working with Craig and met Mom. She and Dad introduced Mom to the rest of the Snyders. Josh came to town and took over Dad's job. But he went by a different name. Anyway, something happened and Iva blurted the truth out because she misunderstood a situation between Mom and Josh. Josh had to earn the family's trust again. Frannie Hughes and Aunt Meg helped him get through what had happened to him when he was a kid and he made amends to Iva. He proved to Mom that he really did care about his daughter. When we found out about Aunt Rose, he flew up from Texas to meet his other daughter. Let me tell you, Aunt Rose wasn't 100% sure she would forgive him for what he did to Iva, but after she talked to them and to Mom she formed a relationship with him before she died."

"Okay, who's Cal?" Reid asked after he took all of that in.

"He's Josh's biological father."

"And Jason, MJ and Angel?"

"Jason is Iva's husband. MJ is her son with John. And Angel is Seth's wife."

Reid jut nodded and hoped Luke wouldn't ask him about his family. He was wrong. "I told you my parents died."

"But what about other relatives? I swear I heard you say something about an Angus when you were talking to the twins after they were born."

Reid got up and went to the kitchen. Luke got up and followed him and watched him pull out a beer. "Reid, who is Angus?"

"My uncle. He raised me after my parents died."

"I take it you didn't get along."

Reid rolled his eyes. "That's the understatement of the year."

He looked at Luke and sighed. "You really want to know?"

"Only if you want to tell me," Luke said as he reached over and put his hand on Reid's arm.

Reid took a sip of his beer then he motioned for Luke to sit at the kitchen table. After they sat, Reid played with the label on his bottle before he spoke. "Angus decided that I was a chess prodigy. He pushed me to play chess and win tournaments. I blew a championship match once when I was 12 or something. He pressed the knight into my hand so hard it left a mark because he wanted me to remember what failure felt like. When I graduated medical school I sent him that knight and told him Checkmate."

"We don't have to tell him about us or the twins if you don't want to," Luke said as Reid sighed a little.

"I don't know," Reid sighed. "I haven't really thought about him for years. I suppose it wouldn't hurt to reach out."

He pulled out his phone and dialed his uncle's number. "Angus."

"Who is this?" came a gruff voice on the line.

"Reid."

"What do you want boy?"

"I called to tell you that I'm a father now. My partner and I had twins the other day. A boy and a girl. We named them after Mom and Dad."

"So, what do you want me to do about it?"

Reid sighed. "I just thought you would want to know."

"What do I care? I don't even know where you're living now."

"I'm in Oakdale, Illinois," Reid said as Luke squeezed his hand. "I'm Chief of Staff at a hospital that built a neurology wing to my exact specifications."

"Oakdale, huh?" Angus said as his voice took on a vicious tone. "Figures you'd wind up there since that's where your father's from."

"What are you talking about?" Reid asked as he gave Luke a look. "Dad was from New York. He was your brother after all."

"Yeah, my brother was from New York," Angus agreed. "But your father was from Oakdale."