Chapter 2
Alex and the twins come home from the hospital to be surprised by a welcome home party hosted by Trivette and her dad. CD and Emily received a bundle of gifts from Uncle Trivette, Aunt Sydney, Uncle Gage, and Grandpa Gordon. After the party was over, everyone helped cleaned up and then left. Gordon was the only one that did not leave, he planned to stay awhile after the twins came home from the hospital, but he got a call from a client that needed him. Walker, Alex, CD, and Emily escorted Gordon to the airport and said their good-byes. After Gordon's plane took off, they are on their way home; Alex said to Walker, "I am looking forward to some time alone with my husband and twins." Walker responds, "So, do I. That is why I have taken a month of from work to spend it with you and our kids." Alex was both surprised and elated at the same time. "I left everything to Trivette to put up with for the next month. I told him to contact me if there was something in dire need to discuss with me about work. Otherwise leave me alone about work." Alex says, "Walker, I do not know what to say about your sudden change of attitude about taking days off of work. The only times that you take off of work is when the doctor's orders you too." It has been a couple of weeks since Gordon left the ranch. Walker and Alex were putting away toys for CD and Emily in their own separate toyboxes that Trivette got for them with their names on them. Walker found a package addressed to the both of them. Walker and Alex leave the twin's room and heads downstairs with the package. "Walker, what do you think is in the package that Dad left us to open," Alex says. Walker responds, "Alex, I do not know, but let's open and see." They both opened and Alex gasps at their findings. In the box, are pictures that Gordon had a photographer put together of a young Walker and Alex. Walker and Alex were both wondering how Gordon got a hold of old pictures of Walker. All of a sudden the phone rings and it is Gordon's secretary at his office and asks for Alex. She gets on the phone and lets out a horrifying scream. Walker asks, "Alex, what is the matter?" She says, "That was my father's secretary in New York, she said that Dad has had a heart attack and to get there as soon as we can, he is in critical condition." Walker and Alex make arrangements to go to New York, but they forgot about something, the twins. Alex asks, "Walker, what do we do about the twins, I do not want to be away from them. Walker replies, "We can take them with us, but we need a babysitter. What about Josie?" Alex responds by calling Josie and asking her if she would come with them to the Big Apple to watch the twins while Walker and Alex goes and see her dad. Josie calls Walker and Alex back, "Alex, it's Josie, I will be honored to go to NY with you and watch the twins. What happened to you dad?" "He had a really bad heart attack." Alex says. Walker, Alex, Josie and the twins are at the airport waiting to depart when the rest of the gang shows up. "Hey, what are you guys doing here," Walker asks. "We are your guys support, and we think of Gordon as a family member, so we are going whether you and Alex likes it or not." Walker and Alex look at each other and say to each other, "We are not going to win this battle, so let's not argue." All of the gang boards the plane bound for New York. They arrive to see that Gordon's secretary and attorney are waiting to take them to the hospital. They arrive to the hospial and Walker and Alex are the first ones in Gordon Cahill's room. Alex burst into tears and tells her dad, "Daddy, please don't die, Walker and I just gave you a grandson and a granddaughter." The nurse comes into the room and asks them to leave that she needs to examine him. Walker and Alex exits the room and walks hand-in-hand to the waiting room. Alex sits down next to Trivette and he asks, "Walker, Alex how is Gordon doing?" All of a sudden the nurse comes out of Gordon's room and screams, "Code Blue, he is flatlining."