"TWINS!?" Jon said.

"Yes, Mr. Good. Twins," the doctor said. "A boy and a girl."

Jon looked at Adriana.

"Jonathan..." Adriana said.

"I'm cool. I'm cool."

But as soon as he got home, he fainted on the couch.

"Did the doctor's give Daddy something, Mommy?" J.J. said.

"No. Your father is just happy is all," Adriana said.

"Well, if he's happy, how come he's sleeping? Wake up, Daddy. You promised me you'd play catch with me when you got home," J.J. said. He poked Jon's cheek. He kept poking his father until he awoke.

"Huh?"

"Come on! Let's go play outside!" J.J. said.

"Where's your mother? Oh," Jon said.

Adriana was standing behind the couch.

"How are you feeling?" she asked.

"Better. Ugh...are you gonna be alright?" Jon asked.

"I'm gonna be just fine," she said.

"Do you want me to get you anything when I come home this afternoon?" Jon asked.

"No. Just come visit me at my shop is all I want you to do," Adriana said.

"Will do. I'll bring you something anyway," Jon said. "I have to go. Crime in progress."

"Go get 'em, tiger," Adriana said.

"Oh, believe me, I will do so. Believe that," Jon said. "Love you babe."

"Love you and be careful," Adriana said.

"Will do. Love you," Jon said.

"Love you too," Adriana said.

Jon hung up his cell phone and started his engine.

He drove to the address that dispatch had repeated on the radio. There was some suspicious activity going on that was reported. It was coming from the house he pulled in front of.

The house he pulled up in front of looked dingy on the outside. Jon got out and walked up onto the porch. He knocked on the door.

"Police, open up," he said.

He heard some whispers and heard scrambling on the inside.

Jon quickly drew his gun and reached for the doorknob. It was unlocked.

He opened it and caught the people on the inside.

"Freeze! Get on the ground now!" he yelled at the people.

He saw two men and a woman staring back at him. Their eyes were big and wide. All three of them looked like dear in headlights.

The woman had on skimpy clothing. Her fishnet stockings had holes in them and she was wearing a short black dress with high heels.

The men wore trashy clothes that made them look like straight up bums.

Jon called for backup and waited for them to arrive.

As Jon waited for backup to come, he noticed the woman kept staring at him.

Jon was trying to figure out why she looked so familiar.

Then it hit him.

The woman staring back at him was his mother.

Jon's heart went down south.

He had patched things up with her a long time ago before he joined the Army but never spoke to her again. She had seemed to be on the right track again with her life.

But this entire scene in front of him told Jon otherwise.

Once backup arrived, Jon told them that he would take his mother to the police station. They didn't know it was his mother though. And he wasn't going to say anything to her until they got in the car.

Jon made sure that backup had drove away when he unlocked the handcuffs from around his mother's wrists. He shut the door and got into the driver's seat.

The two of them didn't say anything to each other until they got to the station.

Jon escorted his mother into the building and into the interrogation room.

He sat across the table from his mother and didn't speak to her for a good ten minutes.

Finally, his mother spoke up.

"I know what you're thinking," she started.

"Tell me then," Jon responded.

"You're ashamed of me. I know you are. You've been ashamed of me ever since you were little. That's why you ran away from home," she said. "I didn't know where you went. Turns out, you were only down the hall from me. Right down the hall. I was out shopping one day and saw you with that little girl and her mom. I was going to come and get you but you looked so happy. So, I didn't want to destroy your happiness again. I didn't want to take anything from you. I didn't even want to take you away from that little girl. The way you two were holding hands was just too cute. Seems like life has treated you well."

"It has. Even though I almost died in Iraq and Japan, I'm married to that little girl you saw, I have a son with her and twins on the way. A boy and a girl. Her mother has been helpful too. Her new husband is very nice. Everything is going good," Jon said.

"That's good to hear," Jon's mom said.

"I thought you changed," Jon said.

"My inner demons came back out, I guess," Jon's mother said. "I do want to be clean again."

"I thought you were doing good! Before I left for the Army, you looked so beautiful," Jon said. "I hate seeing you like this. Damn!"

Jon slammed his fist on the table.

"Jonathan, please," his mother started.

"Don't give me that crap, Linda! You are not a little kid. You need to stop this," Jon said.

He was getting angry. Tears had fallen out of his eyes. He wiped them away.

"I want to see the real you. You're a beautiful woman," Jon said.

"I'm sorry I let you down, Jonathan. But it's not too late, right?"

"I guess not."

"And why did you call me by my first name?"

Jon looked into his mother's eyes.

"To be honest, I'm not sure if you're my mother. Yeah, you're my birth mother. But you know exactly what I mean. That's why I called you by your first name," Jon said. "Yeah, I got used to you selling your body when I was a kid. But you had better alternatives."

"I know. Please, don't hate me and be mad at me. I really want to start over again," Linda told her son. "I also want to be apart of your life again. That is, if you want me to."

Jon silently sat in the room with his mother.

He rubbed his temple. This was going to be tough.

"I'll help you," Jon said. "I'm letting you off the hook. You can come stay with me for a little while. I'll help you get a job and your own place."

"Thank you."

Jon was still getting used to having his birth mom back in his life but everything was going good.

His mother and Mrs. Germanotta quickly became good friends. J.J. was excited to have another grandma around. More presents for him.

Adriana was glad that Jon had took the time to patch things up with his mother again.

"I honestly never thought I'd see her again," Jon confessed to Adriana.

They were laying in bed. The blinds were open and a full moon was out. The light light up the room. Jon was laying in bed with just his boxers. Adriana was laying next to him in her nightgown. She had most of the covers on her.

"Well, you did," Adriana said. "And she's happy. And so are you."

"I actually am glad to see her. Man, I just hate how my dad fucked her over. What made me resent her so much was how she allowed him to come back and do his dirt," Jonathan said.

"You have forgiven her, right?"

"Yeah."

"Well, focus on you and your mother's relationship. It's obvious that your father was terrible, so there's no need to worry about him. Kind of reminds me of my so called father."

"You have any idea where he is now?"

"No. And I don't plan on knowing either."

"Good thing I was there to protect you from him."

"No kidding! I was so helpless and defenseless against him."

"You've always been strong to me. You just didn't know you had it in you is all."

"I know. But these babies are giving me the blues!"

Adriana held her stomach.

"You alright?" Jon said, sitting up.

"Yeah, I'm fine. The babies are just kicking me. That's all."

"Don't hurt your mother you two! She's been nothing but nice to you and this is the thanks she gets!"

Adriana laughed.

"That's what they've been doing all day. J.J. REALLY gave me the blues though. He actually kicked me so hard, that I started to cry. I cried for the next two hours."

"I'm never getting you pregnant again."

"Why do you say that?"

"Because this is the second time you've had the blues! If I keep getting you pregnant, you're going to keep having the blues. Pretty soon, you're going to start singing the blues. You're going to be the female version of B.B. King soon!"

Adriana chuckled.

"Oh my goodness, Jonathan."

"What?"

"I love it when you overreact."

"Seeing you in pain while you gave birth to J.J. was hard. I'm not gonna lie. Now, you're going to be in more pain because you have two babies inside of you."

"Yeah, I'll be in pain, but I'm bringing our children into the world. Just remember that. Okay?"

"Okay."

"Now get some sleep."

Jon kissed Adriana's forehead then kissed her stomach.

"The babies kicked again. It seems like whenever you're around, they always kick me or move a lot."

"Maybe they're just as excited to see me as I am just as excited to see them."

"Oh, they're excited alright."

Jon chuckled.

"Night."

"Night."

Author's Note: Well that was better. :)