Jacob and Leah picked up their parents at the airport. They had moved all of Sue's things to Billy's house. Even though Sue's house was bigger, the bedrooms were on the second floor - so that wouldn't work for the new family.

"Leah - is that a new ring?" her mother asked with a big grin.

"Oh. Yeah. You guys didn't stick around long enough after the wedding for ALL the excitement," Leah replied with a grin of her own. There were hugs and congratulations all around. When they got settled in Leah's car, she put her hand on Jake's as he was about to start the engine. "Wait, honey. Listen." Leah looked at Jacob with an expectant smile, and he closed his eyes, concentrating.

Sue frowned. "Is something wrong, Leah?"

Jacob looked at Leah, and they were obviously sharing some private joke. They had identical smirks on their faces. "Nope. Nothing wrong, Mom. Just listening to all the beating hearts in this car. All SIX of them."

Billy got it first. His face lost a couple shades of tan and he whispered, "Twins? Again?"

Sure enough, Sue's next doctor visit confirmed it. There were two babies in there. "Well, somebody's extremely fertile," she teased her husband as they took the elevator down to the lobby. "Don't you think you should have warned me?"

He grinned up at her. "Sure, that would make a nice introduction. Hi, my name is Billy, and everything I touch turns to twins! You'd have run for the hills!" He took her hand and kissed it, to the amusement of the other passengers in the elevator. "So we'll have a ready-made family. Again. At least I have experience with two at a time...though it's been a while." His smiled dimmed as he thought of his twin girls, one of whom was fighting for her life.

"Well, when we find out what the sexes are, we might have to do some thinking about a house. We can certainly sell the two we have and buy something a little bigger if the twins are a boy and a girl. I don't think Jacob would be comfortable sharing a room with a baby brother. And I wouldn't want to rush him and Leah - they have their own timetable."

Billy brightened. "I'm really happy for them. They seem perfect together, don't they? Like us," he added, kissing his wife on the cheek as he pulled himself into the passenger seat of her car. Sue folded the wheelchair and tucked it in the trunk.

Summer brought all kinds of news, ranging from wonderful to devastating. The doctor informed Sue that the twins were one of each, a boy and a girl, and that they seemed normal and healthy. Sue and Billy started looking at houses. They put Sue's house on the market, but Leah and Jacob wanted to live in Billy's house and insisted they would pay rent - a number they would work out with their parents.

They found a house near the beach that seemed to suit their needs. It was a ranch with four bedrooms, and they both fell in love with it. The babies would eventually each have a room of their own and there was a room for Seth as well. Everything was going smoothly until Billy answered the phone that fateful Saturday morning.

"Daddy?" The voice was strained, but he recognized her right away.

His heart hammering, Billy nodded dumbly. "What is it, Becks?"

"I...I want to come home, Daddy. Solomon and I. I need to be in LaPush right now. Do you and Sue have room for me?"

"Silly girl," he said in a gruff voice, trying to camouflage the tremor. "If I had to sleep in the dog house we'd have room for you."

He could hear the smile in her voice. "You have a dog house?"

He chuckled in spite of himself. "No. But if we did, I would! Of course we have room, honey. We're moving next week, and we'll have four bedrooms in the new place. It's a ranch, near the beach. You'll like it." Don't ask the obvious questions, he scolded himself, unless you're ready to hear the answers. "When can you be here?"

Her voice was weak. "It will take about a week to tie things up here. We'll probably arrive just about when you're moving in. I hope it won't be too much for Sue…"

"Have you met Sue?" Billy asked. "You never need to ask that. My family is Sue's family now. And I don't even have to ask her. She'll be happy to have you with us." Sue squeezed his shoulder, having heard most of his side of the conversation.

Rebecca was obviously exhausted. "I have to go now, Daddy. We'll see you soon. And Dad? I love you."

"You too, sweetheart." His voice remained strong until he hung up the phone. Sue sank down on his lap and wrapped her arms around him. "She didn't say it, Sue, but it sounds bad. I get the feeling she's coming home...for the last time. God, I hope I'm wrong." He looked up as the back door opened, following a quick rap on the door.

"Oh. God, I'm sorry. I can come back…" Rachel had started to back out when she saw their embrace.

"No! We just talked to Rebecca, honey - please. Come in." Sue stood and wiped at her eyes.

"Me too." Rachel sank into a kitchen chair, her eyes red and swollen. She picked up a paper napkin, worrying it between her fingers as she spoke - studiously avoiding eye contact with Billy or Sue. "There's nothing more they can do for her," she whispered. She wants to come home to…" she shook her head, "she just wants to come home."

Billy wheeled his chair over to his daughter and held out his arms. She fell into them as she completely lost her composure. "Oh, Daddy," she wailed, "how can we do this? I just want to run away!"

Billy hugged her tightly, while Sue stood behind him, her hands on his shoulders. "Whatever we have to face, Rach, we'll face it together. Becca needs us to be strong, so let it out now - and whenever you have to. But when she gets here we will do - we will BE - whatever she needs. Have you talked to your brother?"

"No," she sobbed. "I just can't, Daddy. This is going to kill him. And he's been so happy!"

"Do you want me to talk to Jacob?" Sue asked softly.

Billy shook his head and put one hand on top of Sue's on his shoulder. "No, Sue, it's my job. Thank you, but no." Rachel continued to sob, cradled in his arms, as Sue rubbed his shoulders, feeling completely useless.

Jacob growled from the doorway. "What the hell...did somebody die?" Rachel jumped up, her eyes wide, and Sue immediately wrapped an arm around her shoulders and guided her to the living room. They sat on the couch, side by side, and talked softly, trying in vain not to hear the conversation in the kitchen.