Ana

"Are you ready?" Priscilla suddenly says behind me.

I turn around and see she is dressed in white shorts, and a white striped shirt. Grayson is behind her wearing jeans and a dark blue shirt.

I nod and thank Grayson for pushing the stroller out to my car. I get Carson loaded into the car and Priscilla, and Grayson gets in the back.

Twenty minutes later, we arrive at the house. I cringe when I hear shouting coming from inside when I hop out of the car.

"Good, God. What the hell?" Grayson snaps when he suddenly hears Addison screaming.

My eyes widen when I see Grayson run up to the house and open the front door. Priscilla frowns before she runs right behind him.

I hurriedly lift Carson's car seat from its base and head into the house where the yelling grows louder. I startle when I hear a glass shatter coming from the living room.

I look down at Carson who is wide awake due to the loud noise. I contemplate what to do because I don't want Carson in the living room when they're yelling, so I decided to head into the sitting room beside the foyer. I take Carson out of this car seat and set up the extra pack-in-play that we keep in the front hall closet. I place him down and make sure he has his pacifier before closing the French doors and walking into the living room.

I stop in surprise when I see Christian and Grayson holding Elliot back while Addison is shouting in Kate's face. Carrick is pacing near the kitchen.

"You are a disgrace. You shouldn't deserve to keep that baby," Addison spits at her.

Addison is now dressed in pink skinny jeans and a long white shirt. Kate is starring at her in horror while her arms are wrapped around her stomach. She was dressed in a long floral maxi dress, and her face is free of makeup.

"I can't believe you just said that! I do deserve my baby!" Kate snaps.

"Oh, please. What type of person would do what you did to my boyfriend?" Addison scoffs.

Kate rolls her eyes. "Oh, stop being so dramatic. I didn't sleep with him, you bitch. There! Your precious boyfriend didn't cheat on you. Are you happy?"

"No, I am not happy. You were my friend. I can't believe you would stoop that low," Addison huffs.

Kate rolls her eyes again. "You know what, whatever. Your boyfriend isn't that hot anyway," she flips her hair and turns around. Kate looks over her shoulder and adds, "Your loss, Elliot. Have fun with your boring, ugly, ass girlfriend."

"Ugh, if you weren't pregnant, I would beat your fake ass," Addison snaps.

"Let me go, man," Elliot snaps at Christian and Grayson.

They move away from Elliot causing him to glare at them before making his way to Addison who is glaring at Kates retrieving back. Grayson shakes his head at Elliot while Christian runs his hand through his hair in exasperation.

Kate walks towards me and smirks when she spots me in the archway of the foyer.

"Well, well, look who it is. The pathetic homeless girl. Has pretty boy gotten tired of you and your brat yet?" She stops in front of me and smiles smugly at me.

"You mean the pretty boy who wouldn't give you the time of day?" I smile sweetly at her.

I inwardly roll my eyes at her and cross my arms. Her smile vanishes from her face, and she glares at me for a second before she scoffs.

"He couldn't handle a woman like me anyway. Good luck with him, honey. Girls like you won't hang on to a guy like him for much longer anyway," She shrugs and walks to the front door.

Christian growls when he hears her words causing him to storm over in our direction. "Leave!" He yells at Kate. He reaches me right before Kate slams the front door, but not before flipping him off.

"You okay?" he looks at me in concern.

"Yes. Don't worry; she didn't get to me," I smile at him.

Kate can say whatever she wants. She doesn't know our history, or that Christian and I belong together. She is just pissed and lashing out because she didn't get the guys in the end.

"Fuck her," Christian growls and I agree.

"Where is the baby?" he looks around while rubbing my arms.

"I put him in his pack-in-play in the front room. He is probably asleep," I look towards the closed French doors.

Christian nods and kisses me. "What happened before we got here?" I spot everyone walking out of the living room and into the kitchen when Christian speaks.

"She got here mouthing off again about Elliot and how he needed to step up with the baby, but Addison got in her face and told her that Elliot isn't the father. Kate got pissed, and they started yelling at each other, and Kate slipped up about her plan to pawn the baby off as his".

I look at him appalled as he continues, "Apparently, she had sex with another guy that night, and when she saw Elliot drunk off his ass, she followed him upstairs. She saw him passed out in one of the rooms and took his clothes off and set the condom they used next to him to make it look like they slept together."

Christian shutters and I look at him disgusted. "She is insane."

He agrees. "How did she end up pregnant when they used a condom?" I frown.

"She planned it, so I bet she pocked a hole in the condom," He shrugs.

I shake my head and shudder in disgust. "That could have been you if she was out for you in the beginning."

Christian shakes his head, "No, way. Don't even go there, baby. I love you. I wouldn't even put myself in that situation in the first place."

"I know. It's just outrageous," I sigh.

He kisses me before saying, "Come on, Carrick wants to talk with you," Christian takes my hand and gestures towards the kitchen.

"For what?" I frown.

"He wouldn't say," he shakes my head.

We head into the kitchen where everyone is sitting at the table. We sit down beside Grayson and Priscilla.

"Well, that was an interesting afternoon," Carrick grumbles.

We all chuckle and Addison rub Elliot's back when he looks down in embarrassment.

"Ana," Carrick gets my attention.

"Yes?" I squirm in my seat wondering what Carrick wants to tell me.

"Were you aware that your mother had a brother?"

"Um, no. I thought she was an only child since she never mentioned siblings. Why?" I frown in confusion.

"Remember back when we were at your gender reveal appointment?" he sighs.

I try to rack my brain and think about my appointment, but I can't recall anything of them asking about Carla's siblings. "Vaguely. What about it?" I shake my head.

"When the nurse said Steele, Grace and I remembered that name from somewhere, then when we both got home, I remembered about a man who approached me one day a few years ago. He asked me to investigate his sister's daughter who went into the system when she was four years old. He said his last name was Steele," Carrick stares at me intently.

I sit there flabbergasted. I never knew my birth mother had a brother. She never spoke about her family to me. She only talked about how Ella was her one and only family. Thinking back to the first four years of my life suddenly brings tears to my eyes. Christian wraps me in his arms and Priscilla takes my hand in hers.

Carrick continues, "He told me that he has been trying to find you but was unsuccessful. He also revealed that he had a medical diagnosis and that he needed to track you down immediately."

"He presented a will that he had drawn up the month before. It turned out he didn't have a lot of time left and wanted to meet you before…," he hesitates.

"Before what?" I stutter.

"Before he passes away," He murmurs.

I gasp and cover my mouth with my hand. Carrick passes me a thick envelope that I didn't realize he had sitting next to him. I shakily grab it and open the envelope to reveal a paper that I am assuming is his will.

Living Willis the first thing I see. I start to read the first paragraph and absentmindedly begin to trace my uncle's name. Raymond Steele.

My lip quivers and I must blink back tears that threaten to fall. I sniff and continue to read. My breath hitches when I see the contents of the will.

"What is it, baby?" Christian asks in concern.

"He left me a house. His house," I whisper in shock.

I look up at Christian, and his eyes widen in shock. He takes the papers out of my hands and reads before I hear Carrick speak, "I asked him to give me some time to track you down, but before I can locate you, he passed away two weeks later," He says carefully.

I gasp and whimper. I close my eyes and a few tears escape. Christian puts the papers down and takes me into his arms. Priscilla rubs my back as I silently cry into his chest.

After a few minutes, I lean back and wipe my eyes with my hands. Christian hands me a tissue that Addison gives him. I see Addison crying and wiping her eyes with her own tissue while Priscilla does the same. Grayson looks at me sympathetically as well as Elliot.

"What did he die from?" I murmur as I stare at the will.

"Hodgkin lymphoma," Carrick murmurs.

I nod and sniffle. I can't believe I have an uncle. I had a family this whole time, and I didn't even know. I can't help but think what my life would have been like if he adopted me or took me in when my mother died.

"Why didn't he come for me when my mother died?" I ask Carrick.

He sighs and says, "He was in the Navy and had been deployed those first four years of your life. He told me that he never knew his sister had a baby, their parents never mentioned it to him."

"After being in the service for most of his early life, he got out and went back home to Texas. His mother, your grandmother, passed away a few days after that and revealed that he had a niece a few hours before she passed. He has been trying to find you ever since. When he found out about the lymphoma, he had a will drawn up when the doctors told him it was stage 4 which had lower chances of survival."

I nod and sniffle again. Carrick continues, "After finding out about the passing, I continued to look for you with no such luck. That's why I asked you about your appointment because when the nurse said your last name was Steele, I remembered hearing it, but I couldn't remember exactly where I heard it from. That was about two years before I met you."

He looks guilty for some reason. I frown when he continues. "I'm sorry, Ana. When I remembered, it took me awhile to get my hands on that will since it's been a few years. I didn't say anything because I didn't know you were his niece. Yes, you had a similar name, but I also didn't want to say anything when I didn't have all the facts. I finally received the will a few days ago, and I wanted to sit down with you earlier, but with all the Kate drama, it wasn't an appropriate time."

I give him a weak smile and shake my head. "It's okay. I'm not mad, just upset about the situation. I just wish my mother would have told me about my uncle. It's also overwhelming," I weakly giggle and wipe my nose.

"I understand," he murmurs and takes my hand into his.

I squeeze his hand and thank him. Christian presses me into his side and softly kisses my hair.

"What do you think?" Christian whispers to me while we are in bed that night.

We are laying side by side, staring into each other's eyes.

"I can't believe it. Fifty thousand dollars, Christian." I shake my head.

Ray also put in his will that I receive fifty thousand dollars and his house that he owns a few miles outside of Bloomfield Hills.

He also provided me a heartfelt letter about how sorry he was and that he wanted to make it up to me for everything his parents did to his sister. He told me that he loved me and sorry he didn't get a chance to meet me before he died. I cried into Christian's shoulder for a while after I read his letter. I wish I could have met him, but I am glad that I had an uncle who loved me.

"I want to set that money aside for Carson. I want him to go to college. I don't want him to worry about student loans," I murmur while playing with Christian's fingers.

"I agree. I don't want him to struggle as we did for so long," Christian runs his hand through my hair.

I nod and close my eyes. I sigh contently as Christian continues to run his hand through my hair.

"I'm glad, Jason is okay," I say after a few minutes of silence.

"Yeah, me too," he murmurs.

Jason called us a few hours ago. He told us that the managers at the shelter told him we were trying to look for him. He said that he was staying with an old buddy whose name was Sawyer who he met in the Military. I smiled when Christian said he found a job at a mechanics shop where his friend worked and that he was fine and trying to get his life together.

After a few minutes of conversation, Jason promised us that he would come visit with his godson soon before he hung up. Christian and I both shed a few tears over our beloved friend and how happy we were for him. Most of all that he was okay.

I look up at Christian and cup his face with one of my hands. "I love you," I whisper against his lips.

"I love you too. Forever and always," he whispers back before kissing me passionately.

AN: I am not a lawyer, so there will be mistakes about the information of the Will and process.

This is the last chapter before the epilogue. I was planning on writing a few more chapters, but as I was writing this chapter, I felt it was complete. I didn't have much time as I thought I would this week to write, so it might take a little bit before I have the epilogue posted. I will try my best to have it out soon.

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