Steve felt the revolt corrode him inside.
He went to the boys' room and watched them. They were so small.
Catherine followed him and hugged him.
"John's little hands will still do great things, and his tiny feet have a long way to go. And Marcy thought about ending it. I'll never forgive her, Cath. She'll never take my son away from me."
"He's safe now. I'll love and care for him as if he were my son. I promise you that. Catherine said, holding his face in her hands.
"Thank you." He said, kissing her.
"I really love you, you know? I wish I had John with you and not with her." Steve said, looking into her eyes with much love.
"So wouldn't be John, and you love him for who he's, let's not talk about the past anymore." Catherine said, stroking his face.
"Thank you for giving me Steven, I really love my little boy."
Catherine smiled.
"He's always been a happy little boy, but he's a lot happier now because he's got you and his brother, he and John really like each other."
"Yes, and that makes me very happy." Steve said, giving several small kisses to her face.
"Come on, let's go to sleep. Tomorrow you have work." Catherine said, taking him by the hand into the bedroom.
The next day, Steve woke early, with the noise of Catherine vomiting.
He got up and went to the bathroom.
"Cath?"
"Hey."
"Pregnancy's sickness?" Steve asked.
"Yes. Very Much! " Catherine answered.
Catherine continued to feel sick and nothing stopped in her stomach.
The doorbell rang and Steve opened the door.
"Danny, what brings you here so early, my friend?" Steve asked.
"Hey, Steve, my aunt asked me to come see how John is."
"John is fine, he's asleep, but since you're here, could you stay with him and Steven while I take Catherine to the hospital?" "She's not well."
"It's all right". Danny replied.
"Come in, please." Steve said, opening the door for Danny to enter the house.
Steve went to the bedroom to say to Catherine who would take her to the hospital and that Danny would stay with the kids.
"All right, Steve, I'll get dressed," Catherine said, standing up.
"I'll wait for you in the living room." He said.
"OK." Catherine said, picking up a dress in the wardrobe.
Catherine got dressed and went downstairs to the living room.
"Hey, Danny, thanks for staying with the boys." Catherine said.
"You're welcome. John's my family, too. He likes me and he's an obedient boy," Danny replied.
"Steven is also obedient." Catherine told Danny.
"Come on, Cath." Steve said, putting his hands on her back, leading her to the car.
Danny sat down on the living room couch and turned on the television.
Some time later, Steven woke up and got out of bed without waking John. He went to Steve and Catherine's room but didn't find them. He came back and looked into the living room and saw Danny on the couch.
Steven got scared and went to the bedroom to call John.
"Brother!" Steven said, shaking John, to wake him.
"What, Steven?" John asked sleepily.
There's a strange man in the room and I haven't seen Daddy and Mommy. I'm scared". Steven said.
John got out of bed, bent his knees, and put both hands on the floor as if he were crawling.
"Come on, Steven, don't make a sound."
Steven imitated John and the two of them went to the edge of the stairs, crawling.
They looked at the living room and saw Danny.
"Steven! This is Uncle Danny!" John said, smiling.
"Hey, Uncle Danny!" John said, nodding at Danny.
Danny looked up and saw the two of them looking at him.
"Hey! Come here, John!" Danny said, ignoring Steven.
John came down the stairs quickly, but Steven was afraid.
John! I'm afraid! Steven said, crying.
John went upstairs again to help Steven.
"Come on, Steven, I'll help you."
John took Steven by the hand and went down the stairs with him.
"Come here, John! Give me a hug!" Danny said, opening his arms to the boy.
John hugged Danny.
"How are you?" Danny asked John.
"I'm fine, Uncle Danny."
John picked up Steven and took him close to Danny.
"This is my brother Steven." John told Danny.
"Hi, Steven." Danny said.
"Hi, Uncle Danny." Steven said, hugging Danny affectionately.
Danny was embarrassed to have ignored Steven at first.
"Where's Daddy and Catherine?" John asked.
"They went to the hospital, but they'll be back soon. For now I'm taking care of you both." Danny said.
"We're hungry." Steven said.
"Then let's go to the kitchen. Let's see what we have to eat." Danny said, standing up.
At the hospital, Catherine was medicated, and then had an ultrasound to see how the babies were.
Steve saw his two babies on the screen and was thrilled to hear two hearts pounding.
"Congratulations, two babies, are they the first?" The doctor asked.
"No. We already have two boys." Catherine replied.
Steve was glad that Catherine included John in her response.
"The family will grow big! You'll have to work hard, Dad." The doctor told Steve.
"Yes it's true." Steve replied, smiling.
The babies are fine, you look better, so you can go home now. Take the medicines I prescribed for you, take the tests I ordered, and I'll wait for your next appointment. The doctor told Catherine.
"Thank you, Doctor." Catherine said, standing up.
"Good morning, Doctor, and thank you." Steve said, shaking the doctor's hand.
Steve and Catherine bought the medicines the doctor prescribed and Steve wanted to buy Steven's bed and some other things for the house, like new sheets for their room.
"But what about the kids, Steve? Is not Danny going to be angry if we linger?"
"I called Danny, they're watching television and eating popcorn, the floor of the room is filled with popcorn," Steve said, smiling.
"Oh, my God! You clean the living room!" Catherine told Steve.
"All right, my love! I'll clean it!" Steve said, smiling.
Danny phoned his aunt and she talked to John.
John talked to his grandmother and then went back to watching television with Steven.
After speaking with John, the grandmother called her daughter Marcy.
"Marcy, you're losing your son to that woman. I just talked to John and he didn't even ask for you."
" Is he happy? So that's what matters. I don't think I was born to be a mother, Steve's going to take good care of him." Marcy said to her mother.
"I can't believe you're saying that, Marcy. You can't exchange a son for a man." John's grandmother said annoyed.
"Bye mom." Marcy said, ending the call.
Catherine and Steve arrived home and the boys rushed to them.
"Mommy, Uncle Danny's really cool! It was so much fun!" Steven told Catherine.
Catherine stared at the mess in the living room.
"I see, son. You and John had a lot of fun."
"Danny, will you help me bring the couch that's in the garage here ?" Steve asked.
"I didn't want to, but I do." Danny said.
Danny and Steve went to the garage to pick up the couch.
"Why are you taking this old couch back to the living room?" Danny asked.
"Catherine likes him." Steve said, smiling.
"Oh, you've got a lot of good times on that couch, haven't you?" Danny said.
"That's it, buddy"
"I think I misjudged Catherine, John really likes her, I'm sorry," Danny said.
"Glad you recognized it, Danny. Catherine is a great person and you already knew that." Steve said, lifting the couch to one side as Danny lifted it from the other side.
They took the couch to the living room, and put it in the place of the couch that Marcy had bought.
"Your couch in place again, are you happy?" Steve asked Catherine.
"I'm very happy." She said, smiling.
