There was so many conflicting feelings as | walked into the hospital. The love | held for my sister was

so deep that | used to think nothing woulde before her. Now, | needed to fake my happiness

because seeing her with my niece was going to eat me alive until | held my own babies.

“Colt?” My head was down as | walked mindlessly to her room. | was surprised to hear Jasper call out

my name. “What are you doing here?” | asked, trying to rain in my emotions.

“Came to see the baby before we took off. | am assuming you are doing the same?” Jasper turned and

started walking to the side.

m.” Jasper knocked three times and waited. The door cracked open just enough for Jasper to look in

and talk to whoever stood on the other side. “Colt’s here.” “Let him in.” | heard Kristen voice sounded

weak but happy. The door opened, and Alec stepped aside.

Kristen was breastfeeding the little baby as | walked in. The entire sight was like a knife to my heart but

| put a smile on. “How are you feeling?” | asked her and cleared my throat. Coming up to her, I looked

down at the little girl. She looked so peaceful.

“I am feeling pretty good actually. The delivery was very quick. Here, meet your niece.” Kristen pulled

the baby off her breast. After a quick wipe of her face, she handed me the biggest blue eye girl I''d ever

seen.

“She is so perfect.” The smile that formed my mouth wide was pure and real. Real happiness drifted

down my body as she connected eyes with me.

“Technically, she is your daughter. We share the same DNA.” Kristenughed as she finished cleaning

herself up.

“What did you name her?” Wanting to give my sister some privacy, | walked over to the chair and sat

down. It felt so good to have her cooing in my arms.

“I still haven''t gotten your blessing on our name.” Kristen said hesitantly. “We don’t have to decide

now.” “Adalynn is a beautiful name for my niece. We are going to name our daughter Eliana.” “Eliana?

That is beautiful. Who picked that?” Looking up, Kristen was resting her head back, smiling at me. Alec

was standing on the foot of her bed, just watching Kristen with his arms folded.

“No idea. When | was unconcious, | had a vision of my children. They all had names on them.” “Penny

did say you were acting weird about the baby nkets.” Kristen was halfughing at she looked at

Alec.

“Come here.” Alec moved to her side and sat down on her bed. “What do you need?” “I need you to go

with Colt and get Penny back. Colt is not okay and you remember what it was like when | was gone

and | wasn’t pregnant. Get my sister-inw back ande back to us.” “Ice, we got it covered. Alec is

where he needs to be.” Standing up, | walked over and handed her back her daughter.

“I don’t disagree with you but you stood beside him to get me and now he will stand beside you. I''m

okay. Jasper will stay with me. Truly, | am okay.” Ice put her hand on Alec''s chest and looked into his

eyes.

| couldn’t look away as Kristen ran her finger so gently over Adalynn’s face. “We are strong but we are

only as strong as our family. Colt is not okay and needs us. Go.” “Are you sure?” Alec asked. | could tell

he was conflicted.

“It''s really okay, Ice.” My hand rested on top of her head. We made eye contact and | could tell by her

eyes that she meant what she was saying. She could always see into my soul. Call it twintelopy but she

always knew. | could how sincere she was being and there wasn’t any bad feelings there.

“I''mpletely serious. Alec was here for me for the birth. Now he needs to be there for you. Emmy

will be here with me to help me. Just make sure hees back to me.” “I''ll give you two a minute.”

Leaning down, | kissed Kristen on the forehead. “I love you, Kristen.” | whispered before | stood up.

| was almost to the door when | heard Kristen reply. “I love you too, Colt. Bring Penny back to us and

those babies.”

My body froze in shock that she af g ) actually said it out loud. It Wasp tie first time bu twas dently

always Al en she did. Giving her a smile, | walked out and shut the door.

wp . ? I''m going to head back.” | told Jasper. Without waiting for an om answer, | just KeRb@HkinG:

AGpyBH Gave me even more reason to stay focused. | had three babies and | was going to be getting

them back.

By the time | made my way to the front of the packhouse, Carson was talking to everyone, telling them

what their assignments were. “How''s it going?” | asked, walking up beside Anthony.

“Everyone knows their job. They are organizing within their groups. Some men are better suited in

different groups so we all need ear pieces.” Carson started pulled out the entirend.

“I''m not surprised.” The wind was blowing the corners up so Carsonid it on the ground and put rocks

on the corners.

“The tech guys will need time to prate the casino and make it to the security room. We will have to

have our timing perfectly.” “Do we know what the each floor n looks like for the casino?” | asked,

thinking more clearly.

I ? .

Yeah.” Carson grabbed the briefcase behind him and pulled out jee) q p $ pieces clog toiiRe there are

fou fig rs of regr rooms and then three floors of suites. Two suites per ” og floor.”

“One on each side.” | nodded. “That means we will need to have two teams per group.”