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“Logan, we have to talk about what we are going to tell everyone else,” Serena said. Logan looked over at her. She wasn’t
looking at him, but he could see on her face how hard it was for her to open up the topic of discussion with him. He knew she
had problems letting others help with the kids. She’d been independent for so long!
It was hard watching her and not grabbing her and kissing her again. His whole body had felt on fire, and he had just wanted to
feel her against him and all around him again. If she hadn’t stopped them, he knew they would have ended up making another
impulsive memory in that tree house. For some reason, he was more bothered by the fact it was interrupted than by the fact that
it actually happened. Serena was beautiful, he couldn’t deny that. He’d always seen the most amazing qualities in her. Now they
were even more amplified. He hungered for her in a way he had never hungered for anyone! “What do you want to tell them?” he
asked. Serena shrugged. “I think we should decide together, right?” she asked. Logan arched an eyebrow at her.
“You still haven’t told your parents?” he asked. Serena shook her head. “I told them I knew who the father was, but I didn’t give a
name or anything,” she explained. Logan felt a little better, knowing she hadn’t told anyone else. At least he wasn’t the only one
in the dark while other people knew the secret. “It would be too complicated to have our families involved,” Logan said. He knew
his mother, she would want to be involved with the kids, even if he couldn’t be. Flo wouldn’t be able to keep the secret to herself.
“Maybe,” Serena said. “I think they have the right to know, though. At least our immediate families.”
“Maybe you’re right,” Logan muttered with a sigh. If Serena was going to tell her parents and brother, he would tell his mother.
“I’ll leave it up to you on whether you want to tell Holly or not,” she added. Logan scoffed. “Right, I see her accepting this with
great dignity,” he said. Serena chuckled.
“Like you?” she asked. Logan’s smile faded instantly.
He wondered suddenly if that was why he had always been drawn to Holly. Did he recognize in her traits he had in himself?
Serena was able to see those traits and understand him better than he wanted to admit. He had always taken that for granted.
Now, he wished he could explore it more. Suddenly, knowing he would never haveze
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to restrain himself from closing the distance between them again and kissing her. Her lips were pouted just perfectly, like an open
invitation. If he kissed her again, he knew that it would go much farther than before. She had refused to tell him what she felt
when he kissed her, but he didn’t need her to tell him. He could guess based on how she had panted and taken so much time to
recover.
“I’ll tell my mom,” he said, “but you might have to get used to her wanting to be involved.”
Serena shrugged. “I already keep in touch with her regularly. She’s requested being updated on the kids,” she told him. “Yea, I
know,” Logan said with a smirk. “And I’ll tell my parents and brother,” she said. “After today, I doubt they will be all that surprised.”
“We did kind of make a scene, didn’t we?” Logan asked. “We?” Serena asked, raising an eyebrow at him. Logan grinned at her.
“Okay, I made a scene,” he said. Serena rolled her eyes. Logan watched as Serena looked back out the window. The treehouse
was becoming a little unstable, creaking when the wind blew. “Maybe we should get out of here,” he suggested. Serena nodded.
She descended the ladder without looking at him. Logan waited until she hit the ground and then he climbed down after her. He
looked back up at the treehouse. “Lots of memories in this place,” Serena said, her eyes on the treehouse too. “And now, we can
leave it behind, right?” he asked. Serena sighed, nodded. “What about Olivia and Oliver?” she asked. “What are we going to tell
them?” Again, Logan was surprised that she asked him. It helped him a little, to be less angry at her. He liked having a voice in
what was going on with the twins going forward. “I don’t know,” Logan said. He headed back to where he’d parked his car.
Serena followed without any protest this time. “I mean, the families knowing are one thing. They won’t be seeing us or the kids
often enough,” she said.
“You trust them not to slip up?” Logan asked. He wasn’t so sure his mother could keep the secret. She would want to treat them
like grandkids. When thinking about it, though, she already did. It wouldn’t be much of a change. He wondered how that would
change once his baby with Holly was born.
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Knowing the truth would mean his mother would carve out equal time for the twins and his new baby. That was important to him,
so in the long run, it was better to tell his mother the truth. “I trust my family, yes,” Serena said. “They already know the kids
adore you, it isn’t like they will switch from calling you ‘Uncle Logan,’ to ‘Daddy Logan.” Logan chuckled, unlocking his car and
Serena seemed hesitant to join him in the car again. “Alright, so we tell our families. I want the twins to know the truth too.”
Logan said, starting his car. He drove much slower this time, making sure to adhere to the speed limit sings. The way Serena
tensed at every turn he could tell he had really scared her the last time he’d driven. He felt bad about that.
“I’m sorry for before,” he offered. “I’d never do anything to endanger you. No matter what, I’ll always get you home to your kids.”
Serena nodded, smiling weakly. “I’d like the kids to know who their father is too, but I don’t know if now is the best time,” she said
“When is the best time?” Logan asked, glancing over at her. She shrugged. “Is there a right time?” she asked. “Maybe it would
be better to just get it over with now. Then again, maybe it would be better to wait. It isn’t like you can actively be their father now.
It might hurt them to know and see you with another kid all the time.” “Yea, I worried about that too,” Logan admitted. As much as
he wanted to be a father to the twins, everything Serena had said about the pack and Holly and his new child, it was all true! “So,
what if we wait?” she asked. “I mean, our families can know, because it is better that way. They won’t bug me about it anymore,
and your family will know why you are so connected to them. But they don’t need to know yet.” “Yes,” Logan said softly. He
focused on his driving. He agreed with her, but he was still so torn because he wanted the kids to know him as their dad. He
wanted to get to know them as their dad! It wasn’t the right time, though. “When the time does feel right, I want us to figure it out
together,” he said. Serena sighed. “I know,” she said. “It will be hard, and we probably will never agree, but I know that we have
to make these decisions together now.” “Yea, we do,” Logan said with a nod. “I’m not used to that,” Serena admitted. “Even with
my parents being involved, I’ve been their only parent. I’m not used to sharing the responsibility.” “I get it,” Logan said. “I’ll try not
to overstep my bounds.”
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Serena nodded. Logan looked back out at the road. He slowed down even a little more. He wanted to prolong the time he had
with Serena. She was finally being open with him, accepting him as the twins’ father and giving him permission to have an
authoritative hand.
“I’ll get better at telling you when decisions need to be made that involve the twins,” she said. “Are you going to tell Holly?”
“Honestly, I haven’t figured that one out yet,” Logan admitted. “Can you tell me...what was it about her bloodwork that was off?”
“Her lab results came back the exact mirror of another pack members. That pack member came back in for a follow up, and we
were able to confirm the results were hers. She had just found out she was pregnant,” Serena explained. “Holly refused to come
in for a follow up, but I know the results we got weren’t from testing her blood. The samples were switched or mixed up or
something.” Logan hummed, thinking about what Serena said. Holly’s refusal in getting tested again was suspicious.
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