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Cora looked at her and raised her brows. "Ready?"

"Yeah." The phone in her pocket vibrated. "Oh, hang on."

She took out her cell. It was a text from Brooke with a picture attached. She laughed, handing the phone to Cora.

The picture showed Wire and Jagger standing beside each other, arms crossed, leaning against the wall. They both wore frowns of impatience on their faces.

"Should we go put them out of their misery?" Katrina laughed.

You would think that with age, both men would be calm and easygoing. But Katrina found out that Jagger worried every time she got sick in the morning or woke up in the middle of the night crying because she couldn't figure out how they would raise a baby in one bedroom.

Despite her assuring him that her crazy emotions were all over the place and she'd flip her worries around in a couple of hours to something else, she could see he worried about her.

Cora grabbed her arm, stopping her from opening the door. "Do you think they'll be happy?"

"Who?"

"The men, silly."

"Of course, they'll be amped."

Cora frowned. "I know you don't want to hear this, but I miss my mom and dad. I wish they were here to share the news and celebrate with me."

She swallowed hard. Despite Cora talking about Katrina's mysterious MIA grandparents, it was Mama Sue she missed. Thinking about how Jagger's mom would've been ecstatic knowing she and Baller had a grandchild to carry on Havlin made her feel the loss of her adopted mom even deeper.

"You, me, my dad, two babies, two ol' men..." She held her chin up. "Our family is growing."

Cora grabbed Katrina's hand. Together, they walked into the clubhouse. Knowing where Jagger stood, she zoned in on him against the wall.

He'd stepped forward and stopped. His gaze roamed over her, not for news but to see if she was okay. She smiled. She was better than okay.

Cora waved for Wire to come over. She motioned for Jagger. The men had no idea what gender reveal parties were, and to save them the trouble, they'd let them squirm in anticipation while witnessing the announcement.

Jagger kissed her. His hand went to her stomach. The baby bump was barely visible to others, but he constantly had his hand on the baby, no matter who was around or where they were.

"I love you," she mumbled against his lips.

The others in the room cheered. Most of the bikers were here, having stayed after their meeting. Ol' ladies had come to celebrate with them. The children were scattered around the room.

Skye whooped while sitting on Dio's shoulders, holding up two signs. A boy and a girl. That's when she noticed others were holding signs, taking bets on the sex of the babies.

She stood on her tiptoes. "Where's my dad?"

"Hallway," said Jagger.

She stepped to the side, seeing him. He raised his chin, letting her know he was there.

"Let's do this." Cora dragged Wire with her to Katrina's side.

She glanced at Jagger. "Ready?"

He patted her ass. "Been ready."

Daisy stepped forward and led the countdown.

Five.

Four.

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