Ray excused himself to take the call upstairs so he could have some privacy.
Once he made it to the second level, Ray told Jeanie to hang up as he had taken the phone in the kitchen.
While Ray did that, all the rest of them can do was what and see what was going to happen.
About an hour or so later, Ray came back down to the main level of the firehouse.
"Well, what was that all about?" asked Peter.
"Peter," Dana whispered to her husband.
"Ray, if it's too personal to say anything, we'll understand," said Jenny.
"Actually the reason why Charlie called was that he had health scare," Ray answered.
"Ray, I know this may not be any of our business, but what do you mean by that?" asked Winston.
"Charlie went to the doctor complaining about back aches at the suggestion of his wife.
As it turns out, he had two cysts on his prostate."
Everyone went into shock.
"Oh dear," spoke Grace.
Ray went on saying, "Luckily, the doctor was able to remove the cysts and they were benign."
"Despite the way your brother treated you in the past, I'm glad to hear that his health scare situation was taken care of," said Egon.
However, one of Charlie's good friends, Benny that he knew since grade school, had the same situation as him, though it was indeed cancer of the prostate.
Unfortuntley, it was in the later stages, by the time it was discovered.
The doctors were unable to operate, and Benny didn't want to under go any chemo or radiation, he wanted to enjoy whatever time he had left.
Benny passed away two weeks ago."
"I'm sorry to hear about your brother's friend Ray," said Jenny.
"So, what does all this have to do with your brother calling?" Peter asked.
Ignoring Peter's comment, Ray gave a thoughtful answer, "The reason why Charlie called was that shortly before Benny passed away, he told my brother that life is too short to hold grudges and ignore family.
Not to mention the health scare was a wake-up call that it's not too late."
"Raymond, as someone who recently been through this situation, it sounds like your brother is extending an olive branch of peace," Egon pointed out, as he reffered to the recent reconsiling with his family before his Father's death a few months back.
"Charlie spoke to Thomas, my other brother as well and they both want to see me."
"When do they want to see you and where?" asked Dana.
"They're coming to the city in two weeks.
And since their kids are on break from school, they're bringing their families," Ray replied.
"How do you feel about all this?" Winston asked.
"All different kinds of feelings.
While I'm glad my brothers are trying to make amends, it has been years since we've seen each other, and I don't know how that's going to be."
Jenny took Ray's hand and said, "Don't worry Ray, I'm here for you."
"So are we," Jeanie added.
Hearing that made Ray feel slightly better.
The two weeks passed by fast and soon Ray's brothers came.
Jenny had came along with Ray for support to visit the two older Stantz brothers and their families at the hotel they were staying at on their trip.
While he was worried about how Charlie and Thomas were going to be, much to his surprise, Ray and Jenny were greeted warmly by everyone.
Not just Thomas and Charlie but by their spouces and children who were excited to finally meet their "famous" uncle Ray.
The Stantzs and Jenny spent the entire day visiting various parts of the city, with Ray playing tour guide.
During dinner at a Pizza Parlor that Ray had recommended, everyone enjoyed themselves eating, talking and laughing.
As the day came to an end, Ray and Jenny took Charlie, Thomas and their families back to the hotel, Charlie said, "Ray, I want to apologize for what I did to you when you were a kid."
"Same here," Thomas added.
"I guess you know the reason why we picked on you so much was because of believing in ghosts and always doing well in school."
"Not to mention Mom and Dad always doting on you because of your health problems."
"Yeah, I kind of figured that out," said Ray.
"I guess you wanted to do something incredible with your life," said Charlie.
"And from reading all those articles in the papers and seeing you on TV, it looks like you did," Thomas added.
"Not all the time," Ray pointed at, reffering to when the team broke up after the battle with gozer along with dealing with lawsuits and restrainment orders from every group in the city and state of New York.
"But you bounced backed," spoke Thomas.
"At first when we heard about your failure, we had a little celebration of our own," said Charlie.
"I see," said Ray, feeling slightly hurt.
"To tell you the truth though after what happened, we figured you come back home, said Thomas Maybe work on the farm.
Make a new life for yourself and forget about the ghostbusters."
"But you still found other ways in connecting to your passion and we realized, you're never going to change.
It's a shame it took my health scare to know just how decicated you are to this," said Charlie.
"The one thing we knew was that if Mom and Dad were here, they would be proud, we have what happened before hand."
A small smile came onto Ray's face.
He then extend his arm to Charlie and Thomas for a handshake.
But to his surprise, Ray got a hug from both his brothers.
Two month later, Charlie, Thomas and their families were back in New York as they along with the other three ghostbusters and their families and Jenny's family as they witnessed her and Ray becoming Dr. and Mrs. Stantz on their wedding day.
It really was a wonderful day for the happy couple.
And while most newly weds head to some place tropical or even out of the country for a honeymoon, Ray and Jenny spent their in up-state New York with the entire Stantz family for a much long awaited gathering of relatives and loved ones who had welcomed Ray and his new bride Jenny with opened arms.
Another month later, while at a party, celebrating the first birthdays of Peter Jr, Tabitha and Lila, Ray and Jenny announced that they were expecting a baby.
The happy news increased when Winston and Grace announced that they to were having a baby themselves adding new members to the ghostbusters family.
Ray had never been so happy in all of his life, not just to have his biological family back into his life, and knowing that his ghostbusters family was always there for him, but was now excited that he and Jenny were soon to have a family of their own.
The End