A week later, Susie was able to come home with Maggie and Megan. Rachel was not accustomed to being a big sister and not having all of her parent's attention, but she loved having the twins around. They were so cute.

Katey stopped by after work sometimes to make dinner for Susie and Pat, who were busy taking care of the babies. On those days, Javier picked the kids up from work and drove them over to Susie's house.

For a wedding present, Jeannie and Bert had bought the kids a car (courtesy of Bert's work) and a house. Javier loved the car, although it was a tight squeeze with nine kids, plus Rachel sometimes.

After dinner, Javier, Katey, and Susie tried to plan another wedding. Pat was trying to calm the twins down, while Jen and Tomas tried to keep Miles, Josie, Juliana, Sam, Adrianna, Rachel, Kerri, and Javi under control.

"What if we do it next year?" Susie suggested. "Early January?"

"I've always wanted a winter wedding," Katey said, looking at Javier with a smile.

"Sure," Javier said, returning the smile. "But do we really want to wait 3 more months?"

"We've waited almost 15 years," Katey said, "is 3 more months going to kill you?"

"Haha, you're right," he chuckled. "First Saturday in January will be the day we are wed."

"I still need my dress fixed," Susie chimed in. "I'm not pregnant anymore."

"Yeah, I guess the extra 3 months will be good," Katey said. "I hope the kids don't grow too much."

"We'll be fine," Javier said, giving Katey a reassuring hug.

"RACHEL, ADRIANNA, AND SAMANTHA!" Jen screamed. "SIT DOWN NOW!"

"Whoa, Jen, calm down," Tomas said, gripping Jen's shoulders.

"They won't listen, they keep pullingmy hair," Jen said, tears in her eyes.

"Jennifer Elizabeth Jackson," Katey said harshly as she walked in the room, "what is all this yelling?"

"Mom, they're pullingmy hair," Jen said, still fighting back tears.

"Is that a reason to scream like that?" Katey asked in an angry tone.

"But Mom…" Jen stammered.

"Stop yelling, all of you. Next person to make a loud noise or hurt someone sits with the adults all night and gets no dessert tomorrow." With that, Katey left the room.

"I HATE YOU!" Jen screamed as she pushed Katey and ran out the door in front of her and out of the house.

"Jennifer Elizabeth, get back here!" Katey screamed chasing her. Jen was too fast for any of the adults to grab as she bolted past them. Even though it was October, Jen left the house in only her sweater, no jacket.

"Javier, where is the car? I have to find my daughter."

"I'll find her, Katey; you stay with Susie and the other kids. She might be too upset to deal with you right now. I had the same problem with Tomas when he was at this age."

"Okay," Katey said, crying.

Susie stood up and put her arms around her sister. "Go ahead, Javier, I'll take care of her."

With that, Javier grabbed his coat, Jen's coat, and the keys and ran out of the house. He had no clue where Jen would go, but he drove up and down the streets looking for a girl with long dark brown hair. As he turned down Maple Street, he saw a girl that looked from Jen from behind talking to some older men. He sped up and saw that it was Jen and there seemed to be a struggle. Javier quickly parked and got out of the car. He ran over to the 3 older men and screamed at the top of his lungs.

"DAD!" Jen cried as she ran over to Javier, writhing out of the men's grips.

Javier grabbed Jen, shoved her into the car, jumped in, and sped away. He felt really happy that he saved Jen – and she called him "Dad". It meant a lot.

"Thanks for saving me, Dad," Jen said, smiling at Javier.

"Anything for my kids," Javier said, returning the smile.

A few minutes later, Javier and Jen arrived at the house. They walked in and everyone was happy to see them. Jen ran up to Katey and hugged her. "I'm sorry, Mom. I love you."

"I love you too, Jen," Katey said as she hugged her daughter.