“How are you feeling?” Dominion asked, coming closer to the bed.
“Tired, but good,” she whispered, and he leaned down to give her a kiss on the cheek.
“You look beautiful, Nina. I’m so proud of you and honored that you let me be part of this.”
She saw the emotion in his eyes, and she smiled. “I want to share the rest of my life with you, and I want you to know your grandson and for him to know you.”
“That means a lot to me. I plan on being there for him and all the other grandchildren you and your men plan on having.” He winked, and Corona chuckled.
“Have you gotten to hold him yet?” Nina asked, sitting up. Just then Atlanta, Jessup, and Freeman stood up and walked closer.
“Not yet. I just got here,” he said to her.
Corona walked closer to Dominion. “Here you go.”
Dominion took the baby from Corona and smiled down at him. She could see the tears in Dominion’s eyes, and she winked at Corona.
“Well, meet your grandpa, baby Dominion. He’s going to be spoiling you rotten,” Nina said, and her father shot his head up and looked at Nina.
“Dominion? After me?” he asked.
She nodded. “You’re his grandfather, and we all agreed he needed a nice, strong name. A name that was in the family.”
“A family that will continue to grow and expand,” Jessup added.
Dominion stared down at the baby in his arms and kissed his forehead. “Baby Dominion, you will, indeed, be getting spoiled rotten.”
They all chuckled, and Nina wiped the tears from her eyes as Atlanta leaned down and kissed her cheek. He then took her hand and held it as they all enjoyed the moment, the beginning of a life and a future none of them had ever expected.
She had almost missed out on the opportunity to have the men she loved and to start a family the way she’d always dreamed about but thought could never happen to poor, young girl from Chicago with no family and no one to ever love her. She had been so wrong, for it was, when she least expected it, and when she’d taken a chance, that love had entered her heart and filled that empty hole. She was finally home. She finally had her family, a baby of her own she would always love and adore, and a future filled with happiness and the love of her four American soldiers.
THE END