Catherine smiled and looked at Steve's shirt. "Did you pee on Daddy, my love?" She told Kenny.
"Put him here in the crib so I can put the diaper on him, Steve."
"I don't want to let him go, Cath."
"Well, if you don't let me put the diaper on him, you'll be sorry in a minute. I'm warning you..."
"He'll do something else, won't he?" Steve told her.
"Yes, he will, for sure," she answered.
"Then I'll put him in the crib, and while I change my shirt you put the diaper on him."
"Wise decision," Catherine answered.
Steve changed his shirt and went back to his crib. He picked up Kenny again after Catherine put the diaper on the boy.
"Cath, his birth certificate's in the other envelope. Keep his first document."
Catherine opened the envelope and read the birth certificate. "I was wondering if you'd changed his name."
"I arranged for his certificate before the examination result. Perhaps I would have added a John to his name if I'd done it later."
"We can do that, but wouldn't Kenny John sound strange?" She said.
"On second thought, let's not do that. It's good the way it is: Kenny Rollins McGarrett. My grandfather was John and he died early, my father was John, and I don't have to tell you what his life was like because you know, and I'm John, and you know everything that's happened in my life. I don't want that for my son. Without John in his name, okay?"
"Okay. I agree with you," she said.
Steve kissed Kenny on the head. "Let's break this chain of suffering in McGarrett's life. Right, son? You'll be very happy."
Steve dropped a few tears and Catherine wiped them. "Hey, today and a happy day, let's not think about sad things."
Steve kissed her lightly. "You're right, love of my life."
"God was so generous to us, so today we just have to thank him. Let's not think about the past because it can't be changed anymore," Catherine told him.
"You're right again. You always are. Thank you for always bringing me to the reason."
"You're welcome, honey. I'm gonna put his clothes in the laundry while you're with him," Catherine told Steve.
"No! You're not doing anything. I'm here to take care of you. You just gave birth and you just need to take care of our son. I'm here to wash, iron and cook. And to clean the house, too. Lucky for me your apartment is small."
At night, after Kenny slept, they nested on the couch to watch a movie together.
Steve intertwined his fingers on her fingers and kissed her neck. "We have a son..." he said like he was thinking out loud.
"Yes, we do," Catherine answered.
They stood there and tried to watch the movie, but the tiredness didn't allow it. They slept until the time Kenny woke up hungry.
The next day, Steve went to headquarters quickly. He just wanted to tell the team the news.
"Wow! That sounds like a soap opera, boss," Tani said to Steve.
"You're a lucky guy, man. Do you know what the odds are of that happening? I don't think so," Lou said.
"Have you ever stopped to think you might have several kids scattered around the island right now?" Danny said.
"Stop it, Danny. You like to put thoughts into his head," Junior complained.
"I only donated a single sample, Danny,in a very small tube and not in a bucket," Steve replied.
"So how do you think that happened?" Danny asked.
"I think there must have been an exchange. And to be honest, I don't care how it happened. All I care about is that Kenny's my son and I'm very happy that this mistake happened."
"All right, if you think so, who am I to disagree? I know I'd want to know what happened," Danny replied.
"But I'm me, and you're you, and we're fine with it. I'm really glad I'm the father of that cute little boy," Steve answered.
"Well, that deserves a celebration," Lou said.
"We can go out later, at the end of the day. I only can't leave Catherine alone for long, she needs my help with Kenny," Steve said.
"All right," Lou answered.
"It's a deal then. See you guys later," Steve said and got up to leave.
Steve left headquarters and went to the fertilization clinic. He told Danny he didn't care how it all happened, but kept thinking about Danny saying he could have other kids on the island.
He went to the clinic's administrator, introduced himself as the head of the task force, and she called him in to talk in the office.
"I'll be honest with you. I was afraid that day would come. There really was an exchange of genetic material on the day of fertilization. The employee came to me saying that there might have been an exchange at the time she was separating the fertilization material to two of our patients. Since it was a doubt, I didn't fire her. I'll call her here."
The employee was called and a frightened young woman entered the office. "Please tell how everything happened to Mr. McGarrett," the administrator said, and the girl talked to Steve.
He then understood that the baby Susan had lost wasn't his, and a whim of fate had given him Kenny. He was also relieved to know that he wouldn't have other children scattered around the island.
"Okay. That's all I needed to know."
"Are you going to sue me?" The girl asked almost in tears.
Steve felt sorry for her. "No, I'm not going to sue you, and I'm not going to sue the clinic, either. But don't let that happen again. Other people certainly won't forgive you."
"That's the only time it happened," the girl answered.
"Great," Steve answered and left.
Steve went to Catherine's house and told her how the exchange had happened. "Poor girl. I wouldn't have the guts to sue her either. Besides, I'm glad Kenny's ours. It's a lot more than I dreamed of," Catherine told him.
Steve kissed her. "I agree. It's a lot more than I dreamed of, too."
Steve looked at Kenny sleeping in his crib, and then he looked at her again. "His nose is like yours, and that's good."
Catherine smiled. "At least that, right? He had to look like me in something."
Cath, I'm going to go get dinner ready, and then I'm going to go out and find the team. I told them about Kenny being my son, and they want to celebrate."
"No problem, Steve. You're not my prisoner."
Later, he was dressed to go out, kissed Kenny's forehead on Catherine's lap, and then he kissed her. "Bye."
"Don't be long!" She said.
Steve opened the door and smiled. "We're not even married yet, and you want to boss me? Imagine after the wedding.
He left and Catherine was processing his words. "Wedding? He said wedding?"
