Tyger walked down the isle first since she was acting as maid of honor for Dana and Jade. Then Danny followed down the isle. He was so excited he was practically bouncing. Tyger looked over at Scott and Kevin and they looked nervous as hell. She gave both of them a smile and they grinned back at her. Then out came Mark with both girls on his arms. Scott and Kevin's eyes about bugged out of their head. Scott thought he had died and gone to heaven cause Jade looked like an angel. Mark handed the girls over to Scott and Kevin with a smile. They turned to face the minister. Tyger had tears in her eyes as she listened to each couple exchange there vows. "You may now kiss your brides gentlemen." Reverend Phillips said. Scott gently kissed his new wife. "I love you beautiful." He said. "I love you too Scott." She said with tears in her yes. Kevin still had Dana up in his arms kissing her and didn't seem ready to let her down. Finally after a minute Tyger kicked his leg. "Damn get a room you two." She whispered. Dana blushed and Kevin just laughed. Danny went up and tugged on Scott's leg. Scott bent down. "What is it big guy?" he asked. "Can I call you daddy now?" he asked looking up at Scott. "Nothing would make me happier Danny." He said hugging him. When Tyger looked up there was tears in everyone's eyes.
Tyger stood with her dad explaining that she was going to keep Danny while him and Jade went on the cruise. "That's very sweet of you baby. Are you sure you want to do that?" He asked. "Yes I want you two to have a great time. Danny will be fine. I won't let Mark beat him more than once a day." She said joking. Danny who was beside them started laughing. "Mark wouldn't do that. He's nice." Danny said. Tyger raised her brow at him. "Yea you aint seen his mean side yet." She said only half joking remembering the last time she had got it from him. Mark had came up behind Tyger and wrapped his arms around her waist. "Don't worry Danny, I only spank naughty children who throw things at me. I'm sure you would never do that." Mark said grinning at Tyger. Tyger turned bright red and elbowed Mark in the side. Mark just laughed and bent down and kissed her cheek. "Danny while we are gone you better behave or you'll have to deal with me when we get back. Understood?" Scott asked. Danny knew Scott was being serious. "Yes daddy I understand. I will be good. I promise." He said. "Damn daddy you can be scary sometimes." Tyger said to him. "Only when I have to be." He said. Jeff came over. "Hey Tyger dance with me?" he said. "I would love to." Tyger said. Mark watched as Tyger danced with Jeff. She was so full of life. She was like a ray of sunshine. He smiled as he watched her. Jade came over and kissed Scott. "We have to catch a flight early tomorrow to California; we get on the ship from there." She said. "We are on the same cruise as Kevin and Dana." Jade said. "Well I don't think we'll be seeing much of them. We'll be spending a lot of time in our cabin." Scott said grinning at her. Jade giggled and kissed him again. "I Cant wait." She said.
Everything was winding down. Tyger seen everybody was getting ready to leave. Jeff and Glen had left earlier since they had a flight out to do a show. Tyger grinned. Jeff had promised to come back when they were in Texas next month. He was going to help her dye her hair. She saw that Scott, and Mark, and Robert were in the den along with everyone else. Good they were all together. Tyger walked over. "Hey everybody, I know you are all getting ready to go. But I got a little announcement to make before you leave. Jade and Dana started grinning they knew what was up. She went up to Robert and took his hand. "Your going to be a great-grandfather." She said. She looked up at Scott. "You're going to be a grandpa." She said. She walked over to Mark and looked up at him. "And you my love are going to be a daddy." She said smiling. Scott and Robert were still in some kind of shock like it hadn't sunk in yet. Mark lifted his hand and cradled Tyger's cheek. "You have made me the happiest man on earth. I thought after this morning I couldn't be any happier. But I was wrong." Mark said. He picked her up and kissed her gently. Mark set her down gently and she felt her self being swooped up in Scott's arms. "Congratulations baby. This is going to be the most loved baby ever born." He said tears gathering in his eyes. Tyger touched her forehead to his. "I bet you'll be the best grandpa in the world." She said. "You can count on it baby girl." Scott said. Robert hugged Tyger. "Girl you've gave me a new start on life. Scott's right this baby will be very loved." He said. Kevin came over and hugged her. "Damn my little short stuff all grown up. I know you going to be the best mama this baby could ever hope for." Kevin said. Jade and Dana hugged her. "Were going to spoil this baby rotten you know." Jade said. Tyger looked at Jade and started laughing. "How is it going to feel to be a 24 year old grandmother?" she said. Jade smiled. "Great." She said. Danny came up to Tyger. "What am I going to be?" he asked. "An uncle." She said smiling. Danny smiled. "really." He said. "Yep." Tyger said. "Oh Boy! I'm going to be the best uncle in the world." He said proudly. "I know you will." Tyger said. Tyger looked at the people surrounding her. Her Family, not all of them born of blood, but her family forged through good times and bad. She looked at each one of them thanking God for the path that had brought her to each one. She was truly home at last surrounded by the family that she had always wanted.
The End
Well this should have been the end but I always did like epilogues. When Tyger asked me to write this book about her life. She wanted to give it to Mark have it as a keepsake of sorts. I told her then, I don't do romance. I've only wrote mysteries. Tyger had laughed. "This will practically write it self Dana. Come on please." She said. So I started working on it with a lot of help from her. We spent days together her recounting things to me and me writing them down trying to make it into a story. I was surprised at how good it was when I finished. So I sent it to my publisher and what do you know it ends up on the bestsellers list. What the hell I'm now the author of a number one romance. Tyger wasn't shocked at all. "See I told ya." Was all she said? Well 5 years has gone by since that wedding day. Tyger had a little girl who she named Mary Elizabeth Calloway. She is the apple of her father's eye. If she was any more like Tyger she would be a clone. Feisty little thing she is. And Scott oh my god he is over the moon about her, that's his baby. He and Robert both cried when they found out Tyger named her for her grandmother. Scott told me and Kevin that God had given him a second chance to see Tyger grow up. Tyger and mark also added a new name to he roster this year. Scott Thomas Calloway, Spitting image of his daddy. Tyger named him for her daddy which made him cry all over again. Anyway now he's got his hands full spoiling two grandbabies. Danny true to his word has to be the greatest uncle of all time. He dotes on those two kids like you wouldn't believe. They look up to him and adore him. Scott and Jade didn't waste much time themselves. Jade gave birth just a year after Tyger had Mary. "Nathanial Cody Hall' is a perfect combination of both of his parents and the temperament of an angel which we all figure he got from his mama. I don't think any body was happier than Tyger and Danny though. They dote on there little brother to no end. I see Tyger looking at him sometimes with such love. She told me one time nobody would understand how much little Nate meant to her. But I think I do. It's a connection to her the family she always wanted. He represents the whole thing to her everything she every wished for growing up. And me and Kevin, well we really meant a houseful of kids we got three so far. Kevin Jr. was born about 6 months after Mary. Tyger always teased me that she was right about me and Kevin going at it all the time. Then there's Alicia Marie. She was born a year later. Spoiled rotten by her daddy, Uncle Mark, Uncle Scott and the whole nine yards. And my third who was born this year Tyger Jessica. Tyger had looked at me when I told her I was naming my baby after her. "Why?" she said. Because a name like that has got to be past on to someone and if she 's anything like her namesake I'll be happy." I told her. Tyger cried and I cried. Hell she was my best friend the first one I ever had. She's like a sister to me. I told Tyger one time we all owed our happiness to her. "What do you mean?" she asked. I told her, did you ever throw a rock in a lake and watch the ripples moving outward one starting another one and so on. "yes." She said. Well the first ripple was you being on the run for murder, the second when Mark caught you, then you moving to Texas, then Mark finding your father, and Scott and Kevin moving here. If all that hadn't of happened Tyger we wouldn't be here right now. We would be a family, we wouldn't have our kids. I told her. She didn't say anything for a minute then she looked at me. All the bad stuff was worth it to get here and I just now realized it. Thank you Dana she said hugging me. It's like she finally understood what it was all for. The great thing is. We're a family, not all connected by blood but by love. We're a loud noisy family but we're damned happy. My children have aunts, uncles and cousins and a wonderful great grandpa who has adopted all the kids in this large extended family. I guess fairy tales do come true at least for us it did.
I want to thank all of you for your reviews…Especially Cat Lea who is my best reviewer. Reviews mean a lot to me and keep me writing even on the days where I'm so tired I just want to crawl in bed and sleep. I always try to get out at least one chapter. This quickly became one of my favorite stories and I hope you guys enjoyed it as much as I enjoyed writing it.