“Take Mommy the fish. She loves it when you bring it inside the house.” I nudge Brody to the steps.

“I heard that. Don’t you dare bring that thing in here! And neither one of you are allowed inside this house until all the fish smell is off of you,” Reese says through the screen door.

“Put it in the bucket little man and I’ll clean him later.” He lets the fish plop in the bucket and then raises his arms in the air to be picked up. I wash him off in the outdoor shower as Reese sits on the steps watching us.

The woman still turns me on. I can’t keep my hands off her. We just found out we’re having another baby, and I couldn’t be happier. Brody turned two last week and I can’t wait for him to have a little brother or sister to play with. He is the spitting image of me and as much trouble as I was at that age, according to my dad.

I bought the house from them and fixed it up. They are living in a condo a few blocks away enjoying time with their grandchild. Never in a million years did I think this would be my life. There was never a thought of a wife or family for me. I thought I would work my life away and find sexual satisfaction with one-night stands. That all ended for me the moment I saw Reese outside that bar. Something about her drew me to her and I never wanted to be apart from her again. Her love for me has surprised me many times through the years.

The men I was chasing are all behind bars now. I know what I did was illegal, but it was worth the risk to take them down. All that is behind me now and I’m sworn off hacking. Thanks to Reese, I was never caught.

I sold my company and we moved out here away from the busy city. Kid Power is still going strong. Reese and I go there every couple of weeks to see some of the girls she has bonded with. She gets me back in the ring every time so she can practice her defensive moves. I started going easy on her, letting her think that she can take me down, but her abilities frequently surprise me. I have been flipped over her shoulder, fair and square, many more times than I like to admit. She and my sister have become good friends and they like to double team me.

“I think he’s nodding off, Connor,” she says, walking towards me with a towel. I look down and see his little head bobbing. “Let me take him while you wash off.” She wraps him in a towel and walks him inside. A few minutes later, she’s back outside on the porch handing me a beer as she sips on ice cold lemonade.

“Did you boys have fun?”

“I love teaching him to fish. I can hardly wait to teach him how to ride a bike.”

“You do know he’s only two, right?” she laughs.

I kiss her lips and sit down on the steps beside her. “I’ll wait until he’s eight to teach him how to pick up women,” I tease with her.

Her hand smacks me in the back of the head. “You will do no such thing. He’s going to be thirty before he’s even allowed to look at a woman.”

“Well, if that was the rule for you, you wouldn’t even be allowed to date for three more years, much less be married to the hottest guy in town.”

“Yeah, or have a toddler and be knocked up again,” she giggles. “I think it’s time for a little snip snip.” She makes scissor motions with her hands.

“Ouch, that’s not even nice. Besides, I want at least two more after this one.” I rub her belly even though she’s not showing yet.

Her lemonade spews out. “You want four kids?”

“Um, I don’t know. But I’d like to practice. A lot.” I raise my eyebrows at her.

“I swear you never get enough,” she laughs.

“I never get enough of you. I want an entire slew of kids so that I can tell them the story of how their mommy and daddy met. That Mommy picked me up and screwed my brains out thinking she’d never see me again.”

“You wouldn’t dare.” She squints her eyes at me.

In one move, I pick her up and throw her over my shoulder. “My mouth is sealed if you let me fuck you every day for the rest of our lives.” She swats me in the back as I haul her into the house up to our bedroom.

She’s wet and needy by the time I plant her feet on the ground. She wraps her arms around my neck and kisses me. “I think that is one deal I’m willing to make.”