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Epilogue
Cameron looked down at the little person in the bassinet and tried to slow his heartbeat. Molly was sleeping and he didn't want to wake her. Especially not if he was going to have a panic attack. He was a dad. A dad to a beautiful baby girl. A baby girl that someday will go out with a guy who wanted to do all manner of things with her. All the things he wanted to do with Molly when they were sixteen. Things that they had been mature enough to keep from doing. How was he going to handle that? He barely kept from killing the boy that came to the house to pick up Lil for her very first date. He had to come home from college, but damn right he'd been there sitting next his dad staring that loser down. Now he had a daughter of his own to protect.
He thought he was ready. He had nine months to prepare for this moment. He was very good at preparation, yet here he was not remembering anything that he had read in all those books he bought. What if he did something stupid and scarred her for life? What if she grew up and hated him? What if he dropped her, she was so tiny and fragile? Why did he think that he was going to be able to do this? The thoughts were flying through his mind at a million miles a second. All the things that he could do wrong in the next eighteen years that would cause his daughter to announce she hated him as she walked out the door.
The knock on the door had him looking up. "Hi." Just seeing his mom there had him calming some. He had expert back up if he needed it.
"Hi." Elizabeth said quietly. She didn't want to wake up her daughter. Having a baby was hard work and Molly deserved the rest. "How is she?"
"Good." Cameron said smiling at his mom. "Where's dad?"
"Buying out half the toy store." Elizabeth said smiling. "He's pretty excited."
"Can you stay until Molly wakes up? She's hurting some." Cameron looked at his sleeping wife. Molly was missing her mom. Alexis had died from lung cancer just after he and Molly married. Today she had felt the loss of her mother in a whole new way.
"I certainly can." Elizabeth said putting her arms around her son. "She's beautiful." She said looking at her granddaughter.
"I know. It terrifies me." Cameron said smiling at his mom. "I don't know how dad did it with two girls."
"It helped that they are far apart in age." Elizabeth laughed. "I think if the order had been Lil and then Sarah instead of Jake, your father would be in prison."
"Sarah will be fifteen next year, I'll be home for her first date." Cameron said laughing softly.
"Oh lord, at least Lil's boyfriends only had you and your father. Sarah's will have to contend with all four of the Morgan men. She'll never date." Elizabeth rested her head on her son's shoulder. "You'll be fine."
"I'm sorry we interrupted your time away." Cameron told his mom. His parents had been at the lake house enjoying the weekend.
"A granddaughter is the best kind of interruption." Elizabeth declared. "What are we calling her?"
"Alexandra. Lexi for short." Cameron reached out and gently touched his fingers to his daughter's forehead.
"I think that's wonderful. I'm sure Alexis is smiling down on all three of you." Elizabeth gave Cameron another hug.
"Alexandra Elizabeth Morgan." Cameron watched his mom's eyes fill with tears.
"Cameron." She said placing a hand over her heart. She hadn't expected that.
"I don't think I've ever said thank you for everything you did for me." Cameron told his mom. "I've told you I love you, but I never said thank you. Thanks mom." He was tearing up too.
She simply had no words.
"Want to hold her?" Cameron asked his mom.
"You bet I do. Let me go wash my hands." And her face.
As his mom stepped into the bathroom, his dad walked into the room. "Come meet Lexi."
Jason smiled at his granddaughter. "She's beautiful. Want to come by the house and get a gun?" He said laughing.
"Yeah I do." Cameron laughed as well. "Mom's in the bathroom."
"I know." Jason had heard what Cameron said. He was so proud of his son, and the man he turned out to be.
"Okay, give me that baby." Elizabeth said taking a seat. Cameron placed the baby in her arms and she cooed at their newest angel. "We are going to spoil you so much. I can't wait."
"Can we take a walk?" Cameron asked his dad. His girls were in good hands with his mom.
"Sure thing." Jason said following his son out. They didn't go far, just up to the roof. "I haven't been up here in years." You could see all of Port Charles and the skyline had changed as the city grew.
"I remember him." Cameron said coming to stand beside his father. This was a topic they hadn't ever discussed. They only talked about lucky when Cam needed to, but he hadn't ever sheared this memory with his dad. "I remember the night he broke into the hotel we were staying at and hit mom. I was so small and not in any position to stop him. I remember feeling angry and scared."
Jason didn't say anything, but just let his son talk.
"I don't think about him much anymore. Aunt Diane was really good for me. She helped me deal with things no child should experience. I needed her." When Molly announced her pregnancy Diane had called to see how he was doing. Just wanting to make sure he was okay.
"She did an amazing job with you." Jason said nodding.
"I needed her." Cameron repeated. "But I needed you more." He didn't even bother trying to stop the tears. "You made me feel safe, and you made me feel loved. But mostly you taught me how to be a good person and a good man. The kind of man Molly and Lexi deserve." Cameron paused to take a breath. "Thank you for showing me what I could be."
Jason didn't know what to say. "It was always inside you Cameron."
"But it never would have grown if I didn't have you in my life. I'm a dad now." He said with a bright smile. "And I know what I need to do and how I need to be. Because of how you were with me, and my brothers and sisters. If I'm half the dad to my daughter that you were to me, she'll be just fine. I love you dad."
Jason couldn't even talk he just pulled his son into a hard hug. "I love you Cameron, and I'm so proud of you. You will be just what your girls need you to be."
"I'm terrified." Cameron admitted wiping his eyes.
"You should be." Jason wiped his eyes and laughed.
"When I assumed control of ELQ I thought that was the best day of my life." Cameron told his dad. "I had worked so hard to get there. I was twenty-three, and the youngest CEO in the company's history. I just knew Poppa was grinning in heaven holding Nana's hand. Then Molly accepted my marriage proposal and our wedding became the best day of my life. Then this morning Lexi came and now this is the best day of my life. How did you find balance between work and family?" Cameron had always gone to his dad for advice.
"I never did. Family always came first." Jason told his son. "Without family there is no point in having everything else."
"You never missed a soccer game, a recital, or a graduation. No matter what was going on we knew when we looked up you would be there. I'm going to do the same for my children. I want them to know that I'm going to be there if they need me. I should start by being downstairs when my wife wakes up." Cameron smiled over at his dad.
"That would be a good start. Your baby girl has a lot of family to love her. You may not want Sarah to babysit though. Her hair is pink now." Jason said grinning. His youngest child had no problem expressing herself.
"It was purple on Sunday when we were over for dinner." Cameron just shook his head. "She'll be bald if she keeps this up."
"She'll still be beautiful though." Jason said as they headed down the stairs.
They spent most of the day at the hospital with their son, daughter, and granddaughter before heading home. The house was quiet because Aiden and Sarah were spending the weekend with their grandparents at the mansion since Jason and Elizabeth were not supposed to be home until late tomorrow night. "It's so quiet." Jason remarked.
"Kind of like when you guys go fishing and I have the entire house to myself. For the first hour it's great, and then it starts to get to me." Elizabeth admitted.
"You can come fishing." Jason told her.
"No I can't. That's your thing to do with the kids. Like mine is the art center." Even now the kids liked going there. Cameron had given the center a philanthropic grant from ELQ last year when it was damaged during a huge storm. He wanted everyone to be able to enjoy it like he did growing up.
"You've gotten really good at pottery." Jason said putting a hand on her waist and pulling her closer. They had pieces around the house that she created. While nursing was her true passion, art was a love she indulged.
"I love the feel of the wet clay in my hands." She said snuggling close.
"Do you maybe love the feel of anything else in your hands?" Jason asked on a husky whisper. There weekend had gotten interrupted. In fact he was peeling clothing off his lovely bride when the phone call came about Molly heading to the hospital.
"Like what?" Elizabeth said smiling mischievously. She knew what he was talking about. Even if she didn't the fact that he was hard against her would give her a clue. All these years later, and they still made each other hot.
"How about if I show you?" Jason said playing along.
"That is the best idea I've heard in hours." Elizabeth purred as she nibbled on his ears. "Why don't we go upstairs so you can do that?"
Without another word Jason picked her up and headed for the stairs. Their kids wouldn't be home until tomorrow, which should give him enough time. Maybe.
We've wrapped another one! Thanks so much for coming along on this journey with me. It was a wonderful idea that Zainy18 had, and I am happy that I was able to bring it to life. Writing the forming of the Morgan family, and the blossoming of Cameron, was incredible for me. The fact that so many of you loved this story is humbling.
So what's next? Tomorrow I will start posting the next full length story We Belong. Its an early Liason Romance/Drama. For those who have asked yes I will be introducing two new pairings (at least new for me) The posting schedule will be the same as the one for this story. At 105 chapters its the longest story I've done, and I'm hoping some of you will stop by and check it out.
So I'll see you tomorrow!
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