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“He’s ours,” Dyson whispered. “He’s ours, and he’s perfect.”

Kayla sniffled. “Ours,” she said, tasting the word on her tongue. “Ours.”

“You hear that, buddy? You’re ours. And we are going to take such good care of you. Momma is going to feed you that good cooking, and I’m going to take you to the gym, and before you know it you will be whipping your old man…”

“Hey now,” Kayla teased. “Give him some time to be a kid!”

“This one? No!” Dyson said with mock sincerity. “He’s going to be America’s next top fighter! Once I’m done with the title, of course.”

Kayla punched him in the arm. Dyson acted as though he was gravely injured. They both grinned, then became more solemn as they looked at their beautiful baby.

“I will tell you one thing that we will always agree on,” she said.

“What’s that?”

“This one,” she said, touching the little nose again, “will always have a stable, comfortable and safe life with two devoted parents who love him more than anything else on earth.”

Dyson looked at his Kayla. She had been through so much today, bringing their boy into this world. But before today, she had been through hell and back, and the fact that they were together – and sometimes, the fact that she had survived such horrible things at all – seemed an impossible gift. Now that she was a mother, he knew that she would think often of her own mother, and the bittersweet memories would fade as she continued to build her life with Dyson, the man who loved and cherished both her and their son.

“He will never be alone,” Dyson said, and when he looked into Kayla’s eyes, he saw only happiness there.

“I love you,” she said.

“I love you too, Kayla.”

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