Steve was surprised to receive the visit of his ex-mother-in-law.
"Come in, please," Steve told her.
She came in and sat down.
"So, what do you want to talk about?" Steve asked as he sat down too.
Steve, now I know that Marcy chose to stay with that bastard and that he despises John, and it hurts me a lot. I don't want to fight in court, that wouldn't be good for him. Don't stop me from seeing my grandson, please", she said, practically begging.
"I never meant to forbid you or Marcy to see John. I just don't want Marcy to take him away because she has no responsibility to him. She left him alone at night. I don't trust Marcy anymore to take care of him", Steve told her.
"I understand, can we make a deal?" she asked.
"We can do it, but you don't even think about running away with my son, because I'll find you, even if it's at the end of the world," Steve said.
Okay, I just want to see him from time to time, he can go on vacation with me, he can go visit me."
"I just want to make it clear that I'm not going to force him to go. He's only going if he wants to go," Steve told her.
"Okay, Steve. Can I talk to him now? I'm leaving today."
"I'll wake him up," Steve said, standing up.
Steve went to the boys' room and woke John up.
"Wake up, champ! Your grandmother wants to see you."
"Grandma?" John asked.
"Yes, son. Don't make too much noise not to wake Steven.
John got up and went down the stairs to the living room where his grandmother was waiting for him.
"Hey, Grandma, you left yesterday and didn't eat cake." "Why?"
"I wasn't feeling well, my dear, I had to leave."
"You want to talk to him alone? You can sit outside on the beach," Steve told her.
"OK".
"Take your grandmother to the chairs in the sand, John," Steve told the boy.
John and his grandmother went to the chairs and John sat on her lap. Steve stayed inside the house and watched them.
"Tell me, John, are you happy here? Does Catherine take good care of you?"
"Yes, Grandma, my mommy Catherine is very good, I love her," John answered without a doubt.
"That's good, dear."
"I'm going to win two sisters, Grandma! I chose the name of one and my brother chose the name of the other," John said, very excited.
"Really? And what name did you choose?"
"I chose Deborah and my brother chose Dhayanne. They will be Debby and Dhay," John replied, smiling at his grandmother.
"They are beautiful names, dear."
"But I'll tell you a secret, Grandma. I chose Deborah because Daddy asked," John spoke with the low voice.
"Okay, I'll not tell anyone. Are you going to go on holiday with me someday?"
"Are you going to do a bunch of goodies to eat?" John asked.
"Yes, I'll do whatever you ask," she replied smiling.
They kept talking and Steve kept watching them as he called Catherine, who was in the hospital.
Catherine picked up the phone promptly.
"Hey, Steve, how are the kids? Steven cried a lot?"
"Hey, Cath, stay calm, Steven slept well, and he's sleeping so far. And John is fine too, he's talking to his grandmother, she and I decided to make up because we don't want a fight in court. "
"That's good, Steve. A court fight would sadden him," Catherine replied.
"But I called to talk about you and the girls, how are you? Me and the boys are going to visit you today".
"I'm no longer feeling contractions, but the doctors don't know how long I can hold them, and I'm really scared, Steve. I don't want to lose them," Catherine said in a shaky voice and Steve can feel how much she was sad.
"Forgive me for not being at the hospital with you."
"It's okay, I just want you to take care of the boys," Catherine told Steve as she wiped away a tear.
"I'll see you in a moment, and don't forget: I love you!"
"I love you, too. Tell the boys I sent them a kiss and I miss them very much. See you soon," Catherine said, ending the call.
After John's grandmother left, Steve went to the boys' bedroom to wake Steven up.
"Hey, champ, wake up, let's go and visit Mom at the hospital."
"Visiting Mom?" Steven asked, getting up.
"Yes. I'll take you and John for breakfast somewhere and then we'll see Mom at the hospital," Steve said as he led him to brush his teeth.
"Can we bring Mommy home today?" Steven asked.
"We can only bring Mom home when the doctor allows it. Now brush your teeth. I'm going to get your brother to brush his teeth, too", Steve said. He was going to pick up John in the living room.
Steve took the boys for breakfast and then went to the hospital. Catherine was happy with the visit from Steve and the boys.
John and Steven ran to her. "Hi Mommy!" They both said.
"Hi, my loves! I'm so happy to see you both!" Catherine said to the boys.
Steve looked at her as if he was complaining about something.
"By the way, you three! I'm happy to see you too," she said, smiling at Steve.
Steve kissed her under the curious look of the boys.
"I'm very happy to see you too. You've been here less than 24 hours and I miss you so much," Steve said, holding her face.
Steve and the children stayed for a few hours with Catherine at the hospital and then went home.
15 days later ...
Steve was with the boys at Headquarters. He had left them at school in the morning, then went to the hospital and stayed with Catherine until it was time to pick up the boys at school. He was doing this in the last fifteen days, except on Saturday and Sunday.
"Dad, can we go to Jerry's office?" Steven asked.
"Wait awhile and I'll take you both there," Steve replied as he checked some papers.
Shortly thereafter, Steve received a call from the hospital saying the girls had been born.
"What do you mean? There's not even 2 hours I left the hospital, and Catherine was fine, she wasn't feeling anything!" Steve said to the hospital employee.
"Actually, you're right. The childbirth was very fast and she felt little pain."
"Why didn't you warn me? I lost the birth of my daughters!" Steve said angrily.
"I'm sorry, sir, but as I told you, everything went very fast, and I had called you twice before and you didn't answer me."
Steve remembered that his phone had rung twice while he drove and he didn't answer because he thought it was Danny and he was already arriving at headquarters.
"And how are they?" Steve asked. He was nervous.
"The mother's fine, and the kids are in the incubator, that's all I can say."
"Okay, thanks for calling me," Steve said, ending the call.
"Debby and Dhay were born, Daddy?" John asked.
"Yeah, they were born, I'm going to take you guys to Jerry," Steve said, holding both by the hand.
Steve took John and Steven to Jerry's office.
"Hi Jerry!" Steven said, smiling.
"Hey, you guys came to visit me?" Jerry asked.
"It's more than a visit, Jerry. I need to go to the hospital urgently and I need you to take care of my champions, consider that your most important mission to date."
"I'll do it, boss. Trust me," Jerry said.
"Thank you," Steve told Jerry and then kissed Steven and John and left.
"Daddy, tell Debby and Dhay we said hello," Steven shouted at his father at the end of the hallway."
"I'll tell them that, son!"