Epilogue (2/2)

Christie always showed up like clockwork. She took them to the park and played with them. She made sure they were eating good and that they took their naps. Christie helped with their development and loved them like another Aunt. She was perfect and when she got a little older and was ready for her own, she would be a wonderful mother. She would video chat with us sometimes and the twins would get all excited.

We did have a couple nanny cams that she didn't know about and whenever we watched them there was nothing we didn't love to see. She walked around with them and sometimes crawled. She let them tackle her and climb on her, she fed them and made it fun for the kids. They were only a year and we hoped Christie would be with us for many more of them.

We were lucky to have her and lucky that she applied. We were going over pros and cons for others until she came into our lives. We loved what she had to say and when she came for a second interview and to meet the kids; we hired her on the spot. Brylee always teased me about how we shouldn't be hiring a hot nanny but she knew my eyes were only for her. Brylee was also confident in herself and knew that if we had the hottest or ugliest nanny imaginable; it wouldn't matter.

The kids knew who they were and made a distinct noise when they saw her but nothing that we could really make out yet.

”Hi baby.” Christie let herself in but the kids were being clingy today. It wasn't just me then, usuall one of them went to her but today, Maria buried her face in my neck and mumbled dada. We really should just leave them here and let them cry and get over it but we were going to be bad parents today.

Christie came with us to work and we got to spend time with the kids but Christie also helped us get some work done, watching them for our meeting in the office that was now empty. Our parent's previous business partner was with us for a full year and gave Brylee time to slowly start coming to work. At first it was a day in the office and now it was four.

The other change that becoming a parent brought was that we had great employees. When the kids came to work or Riley brought Miguel the staff loved to see them and take a few minutes to hold or play with them. After we all had kids we realized how many of our employees did and how many would love the chance to see theirs a few minutes during the day.

Now we had a daycare that was free for anyone to use here. We hired staff to accommodate for the range of ages and so they could have personalized care. We changed some policies; something Brylee was passionate about. We had previously offered leave for fathers but not many took it. They didn't want to be seen negatively but I knew from experience now how important it was. It took us a few months to work it out but we were blessed enough that we will never want for money. Our company was making more money every year and we didn't need all of that.

The daycare was the first priority for us and a lot of parents took advantage of it. After asking we knew the kid they took to their budget and how much free childcare would be able to help. We paid Christie generously and more than she needed but to us; our kids were the most important thing in the world and they were worth it.

No one's child should be worth less than ours because we had money. We've always known the laws on leave here and we were looking to expand on what my parents offered. Fathers now had fifteen weeks of paid leave and mothers had twenty. Ideally we wished we could tell parents to take a full year off but we just weren't staffed for that. There was chance for it to be longer and if they wanted more time then they would make eighty percent until the first year was up. We also decided that with each child they would get a pay increase depending on job and years they've been with us.

We loved our company and we appreciated our employees. We always wanted to make this a great place to work but now it was different. Now we wanted to make this a great place for families and give our employees children the best start that we could as a business who cared.

One day we would grow our family and Brylee and I talked about having at least two more and then adopting one day when all our children were older. Those were the moments I couldn't wait for. Christie was taking a break and Brylee worked at her desk. She divided her time between work and the two little ones wondering around the office. She would pick one up and type a bit with them on her lap before they wiggled down and the other one came over.

She split her time in ways that I never could.

”Shouldn't you be working?” Riley asked me and I nodded

”Yeah.” But I couldn't help myself.

”Every sit there and wonder how much life has changed and how fast it's passing you by?” He asked me and I nodded again. Brylee looked over at us and gave us a smile.

”Every single time I look at one of them. I knew I would love being a father but i never knew i would love it this much.”

”Me too; I can't believe in five months we're going to have another little girl.”

”A girl? Do I say I'm sorry or congratulations.” Three girls. Not only were they expensive but they were also more trouble. When Marie grows up Markus better punch any boy who looks at my baby wrong. She's going to give me a heart attack the first time she brings a boy home.

”You know what, I'll get back to you on that one.” He was so screwed and to be an asshole I hoped that they had five girls.

The next morning Brylee had Christie come over early and she was gone when I got up. She left me a note saying she would meet me at work and that she loved me. The kids were fussy because mommy wasn't there but she did leave a bottle for each of them that morning.

Christie offered to feed the kids and i still made the same amount of breakfast and left Christie with a plate to eat. When I got to the office she still wasn't there and she even showed up late.

”Where have you been?” She was an hour late to work and she grinned.

”Traffic.” Riley came out and looked at her suspicially.

”Why do you look so smug?” He asked and she pulled her hands from behind her back revealing the best muffins in the entire world.

”Ready to tell me how amazing I am?” She asked us. The devils sentence will never die. No matter how old we get, if we're six or sixty; Brylee will always torture us with these words. They were nothing overly bad but since we were five they became the bane of our existence. A feeling like that never went away.

Brylee's Pov to end it all.

”Ready to tell me how amazing I am?” They glared and my smirk grew.

”I'll tell you how perfect you are all night long, Angel.” Riley gagged and I smacked him in the chest.

”Come on.” Riley was not impressed and I just raised a brow at him and waited.

”No, not worth it.” Riley turned to walk back to his office.

”More for me.” He turned back around as I said it and huffed in frustration. These words haunted their childhood and well into their adult years. When they snuck out it was usually accompanied with money or anything else I wanted.

”Fine. Oh dearest and most beautiful princess Brylee. I love you so much and you are the greatest person who ever lived. Now give me my muffin.” For fun I made him say it again for his coffee. Chase would say anything I wanted to turn me off or get me off. But when it came to those words he looked at me like the bane of his existence like he did when we were kids, not his wife.

Because they both wanted to test me he had to say it twice too and when Riley went in for his meeting I made Chase work for his next treat and tell me just how fucking great I was all hour long. Only when I was satisfied in more ways than one did I drop to my knees and give him his own personal treat.

In five years I was going to teach Maria that sentence word for word so she could torment her cousins and brothers. Plus, could you imagine Chase's reaction the first time he heard Maria force one of the boys to say it or even better, for Chase to? She was daddy's princess after all.

There were millions of moments I could wait for and if the last four years could tell me anything it was that I was exactly where I needed to be and my parents would be proud of me and the person I've become because of the people I love that are still in my life. There were so many uncertainties that I would face but I knew that with Chase, Riley and Rochelle by my side there was nothing we couldn't do.

Twenty years ago It was the four of us which grew to five, seven and nine. Today, we have grown to thirteen and a half and we would be closer in twenty more years as we grew to sixteen, twenty and more.

Four year ago I started a new journey and I couldn't have asked for a better man to have started that with. One day when our kids ask I'll get to tell them a lifetime of stories of our life. They'll know that mommy and daddy truly married their best friend and my son will know how to respect women. Markus will look at a girl one day the way Chase looks at me and Maria will have a man in her life that can show her how she should be treated.

So here's to four years and two kids with the promise for a lifetime.

THE END

Yes, this is the real end!

It's crazy to be writing these words and i will have an authors note next... i really hope you will read and i know that my real DD/DL fans will read it <3