Peter led Catherine to Steve. "Take good care of my mother, father. I'm giving you my greatest treasure."
"Okay, son," Steve answered.
Peter sat down to watch the beautiful ceremony. At one point in the ceremony he looked back and winked at Danielle.
Danielle and Grace were sitting in the back chairs. "Did I see Uncle Steve's son winking at you?" Grace told Danielle.
"We're dating, but please don't tell daddy and mommy yet," Danielle asked.
"Why not?" Grace asked.
"You also hid your relationship with Will in the beginning. So you know very well why," Danielle said.
"True, but when Dad discovered my relationship with Will, he took it well," Grace replied.
William was near Grace and heard everything. He went to Danny and pulled the hem of his suit. "Grandpa!"
But Danny was worried about something else. "Damn! What is she doing here? I'm sure Steve didn't invite her," Danny said and Rachel didn't understand.
"Who, Danny?" Rachel asked, but then she looked in the same direction as Danny and saw that it was Stella, Steve's ex.
William called Danny again. "Grandpa!"
"Grandpa talks to you later, William. Now get back to your mother," Rachel told her grandson.
"Damn, I just wanted to tell you a secret," William grunted.
Danny got up and went to Stella. "What are you doing here, Stella?"
"I came to see Steve's betrayal up close."
"Steve is not cheating on anyone. You two broke up a long time ago," Danny replied.
"You're wrong, Danny. This son of his with that woman is a betrayal. I lost my marriage because he didn't want children with me, but he already had a child with her. I had to have my son with another man, a man I never loved and who now took my son from me," she said, and Danny thinked she was a bitter person.
"Steve is not to blame for this. It was you who left the house and left him. You have no right to ruin his wedding party. Please go home," Danny told Stella.
"I will. I've seen what I wanted to see," she replied and left.
Danny didn't tell Steve that Stella was there and the wedding party continued normally.
"Happy, Mrs. McGarrett?" Steve asked.
"Very happy. I've been looking forward to it all my life," Catherine replied.
When the party was over, Steve and Catherine said goodbye to the guests and went to Maui for two days, and Mary would stay with Peter during those two days.
Steve and Catherine returned home on the night of the fourth day.
Peter and Mary were watching a movie and eating popcorn when Steve and Catherine entered.
"Hey! You tricked me. Wasn't it a two-day trip? I had to put up with this boring boy for four days," said Mary.
"I'm sorry Mary. It was all so wonderful that we decided to stay for another day. Didn't Peter obey you?" Steve asked.
Mary laughed. "I'm kidding. I love this nephew of mine. We binge-watching series during those days."
"Thank you for taking care of him, Mary," Catherine said.
"You are welcome, and you look great, Catherine. The honeymoon was good, right?" Mary said.
Catherine smiled. "Yes, it was great."
"Nice!" Mary answered.
"What about you, my son?" Catherine told Peter.
Peter got up and hugged her. "I'm fine, Mom. I spent my days working and binge-watching series with Aunt Mary, but I missed you both."
"We miss you too, son," Steve said, and hugged Peter and Catherine in a triple hug.
Steve carried the bags to the bedroom and Catherine also went up. "I'll be right back," she told Peter and Mary.
"See how good Auntie is to you? I didn't tell your parents that you spent hours dating over the phone at night."
"I'll tell them, Aunt Mary. I don't feel good lying to my mother. She doesn't deserve me to lie to her," Peter said.
"Great decision, Peter. Love and respect your parents while you have them. When they leave this world we feel lost, no matter how old we are. I say that from experience," Mary said.
"Dad told me about my grandpa and about grandma too. They both died in a terrible way," Peter said.
"Yes," Mary said. She had some tears running down her face.
"Why don't you come live near us, Aunt Mary? Our family is so small, we should live close to each other," Peter said.
"Maybe someday, Peter," Mary replied.
"I want to meet Cousin Joan," Peter said.
"You'll meet her," Mary replied.
Catherine went downstairs and saw Mary thrilled. "Any problem, Mary?" Catherine asked.
"We were talking about my dad and my mom" Mary replied.
Catherine hugged her. "I'm so sorry, Mary."
Steve was in the bedroom when his phone rang, and the number was unknown.
"McGarrett," he said as he answered the call.
"Steve, I want to see you."
"Stella?" he asked.
"Yes, and I want to see you," she said again.
"We have nothing to say to each other, Stella. I'm married and I'm faithful to my wife."
Stella ended the call. "Well, you're coming, like it or not," Stella thought out loud.
PS: Well, today I'm turning two at fanfiction. I want to thank you, dear reader, who honored me with a few minutes of your precious time reading some of my stories. Special thanks to Laura and Cath who accompany me and encourage me from day one to today, and Steve McGarrett Lover, that gift me with her kind and amusing comments in absolutely every chapter, but also knows how to kindly tell me when I'm not going to the right way. To all readers: Thank you and Happy New Year!