Ethan made his way down to Mark's study full of turmoil. He was sure Mark was still mad at him about the stuff he had said to him back when he left. Ethan had said some bad stuff and cussed at him, but Ethan felt he had been defending his mother. He loved Mark and wanted things to be the way they used to be but he didn't know if they could be. He got to Mark's study and the door was open and Mark was sitting in there at his desk on his laptop. He looked up and seen Ethan.

"Come on in Ethan and shut the door." Mark said.

Ethan walked in and shut the door behind him. He went and sat down on the other side of the desk opposite from Mark.

"Ethan I know when I left that day there was some hard feelings between us." Mark said.

Ethan looked down, he knew it Mark was still mad. Maybe he didn't even want him around. He might send him off to boarding school or something. All these thoughts were flying through Ethan's mind. Mark watched Ethan he sat there with his head down not responding. Ethan's emotions overwhelmed him, finally Mark had come to his senses about his mom, but now he didn't want Ethan around. It was too much for him and tears started to leak from his eyes.

"Sir I'm sorry I lied to you, this whole thing is my fault for telling you that first lie, I just wanted a dad so bad, I wasn't thinking. My mom was hurt because of me and so were the girls. I don't blame you if you don't want me around. You can send me to boarding school so you don't have to have me around as long as mom and the girls are happy." Ethan said in tears at this point.

Mark was out of his chair in a second and kneeling in front of Ethan.

"Look at me son." Mark said.

Ethan looked up at Mark embarrassed by his tears.

"I'm sorry I'm acting like a baby." Ethan said.

"There's no shame in showing yer emotions son, it took me a lot of years to learn that." Mark said.

Mark pulled Ethan into a hug and held him there until his tears stopped. He pushed him back a little so he could look at him. Ethan looked up at Mark and seen tears on his cheeks.

"Why are you crying?" Ethan asked.

"Because I love ya and I missed ya and I've been the worlds biggest fool and I hurt ya. I'm sorry Ethan. I know ya feel bad cause you lied, yea lying is wrong but I understand why ya did it and I'm not mad at ya. The day I got my memory back I was angry and confused and I took it out on yer mama. I regret that son, I really do. You were defending yer mama, there's no way I would hold that against ya. I asked yer Mama to marry me and she said yes. I want us to be a family. I want to adopt you kids. I want ya to stop blaming yourself for everything, its not yer fault. If you'll still have me I want to be yer dad." Mark said.

Ethan threw his arms around Mark's neck and hugged him.

"I love you dad. I never stopped." Ethan said.

"I love ya too son." Mark said.

Ethan pulled back.

"When are you and mom getting married?" Ethan asked.

"Well seeing as yer mama is 6 months pregnant, I think real soon is our best option. I'm going to pull some strings and get the marriage license tomorrow. I think the next day would work do you?" Mark asked smiling.

Ethan grinned.

"Yea I think that would be best." Ethan said.

"Let's go get the girls and tell them the news and then we'll get dinner started. I'm sure everyone is starving." Mark said.

"Okay." Ethan said. He was happy for the first time in a long time.

Jessie and Ethan helped Mark with dinner. Jessie made the salad while Ethan helped Mark put steaks and hotdogs on the grill.

"Daddy when do we start school?" Jessie asked.

"Well I hadn't really thought about that. I guess with us getting married the day after tomorrow; we best wait till after the wedding." Mark said.

"Dad I don't want to have to register under the name Coleridge, I want my name to be Callaway." Ethan said.

"Well son, I'm pretty sure the adoption process at that fast, I can't let ya stay out of school for that long." Mark said.

"Oh." Ethan said looking down.

"Listen Ethan I'll call my lawyer first thing in the morning and see how fast we can get it done, okay?" Mark said.

"Okay." Ethan said.

"Jessie stop running around the grill, you'll get burned." Ethan said.

"Stop telling me what to do Ethan, you're not the boss of me." Jessie said sticking out her tongue at him.

"Jessie get back in the kitchen with the twins, now." Mark said.

Jessie turned around in a huff and stomped back in the kitchen. Mark and Ethan both laughed at her. They pulled the food off the grill and took it in the kitchen. Lacy was sitting at the table talking to the girls.

"Hey beautiful." Mark said kissing her.

"Hey, I take it everything is all right?" Lacy asked.

"Yep right as rain." Mark said.

"Good, the girls told me we were getting married day after tomorrow." Lacy said smiling.

"Well Darlin, I don't see no point in waiting, do you?" Mark asked.

"No I don't." Lacy said smiling.

"Are ya hungry? Mark asked.

"Yes, I'm starving." Lacy said.

"Okay, let's get this food on the table kids so we can eat." Mark said.

Lacy watched as the kids helped Mark with a smile on her face. She couldn't believe all her dreams were coming true.