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Before we’d done anything, I pulled Timber aside a few hours ago to make sure he was okay with my idea. He agreed and judging by the bag that he’d brought back, he got the clearance to go into the clubhouse to get the rest of the things for the games the ladies had wanted to do.

We head out to the back deck, purposefully trying to block Lil’ Bit’s view for a little bit, but when she finally sees our plan she laughs and bounces on her toes in excitement before leaning up to kiss Timber.

I shiver as I step to the side. It’s cold and there’s a bit of a breeze, but we aren’t going to be out here for long. I pull Lark close to me, protecting her from the breeze as much as I can while we wait.

Axe, Erik, and Dom are standing beside three dirt bikes that we’d warmed up in their garage earlier so that we hopefully won’t have problems starting them. Lil’ Bit had said she wanted to keep Half-pint’s tradition going with using the dirt bikes to reveal the babies’ genders.

A stampede of little feet comes racing through the kitchen and we all grin as the kids search for their parents in the group, all of them just as eager as us to find out what Lil’ Bit’s having.

“Alright, is everyone ready to find out the genders of Lil’ Bit and Timber’s babies?” Punisher calls out to the crowd and we all loudly cheer ‘yes’, which has Lil’ Bit smiling her first real smile since the attack. The kids all jump up and down in excitement and I know Punisher’s being a bit more dramatic in an attempt to cheer both Lil’ Bit and the kids up.

Lark pulls out her phone, ready to snap a few pictures, and I hastily grab for my phone, ready to do the same.

“Axe, show us the gender for baby A!”

He grins as he starts up the dirt bike and a plume of blue smoke appears as everyone cheers again.

“Boy, boy, boy,” Lark chants softly, and I chuckle as I realize she’s been brought up to speed about the bet.

Like with the dirt bikes, we kept the betting on the genders going as well. Only Timber and Mae know the genders of the babies, but that’s because of the shit Carter Johnson and Bruce Martin injected her with when she was kidnapped. Both of them have been watching each sonogram like a hawk to see if the babies were developing normally or if there was something in those injections that might harm or stunt their growth.

As for the betting, like Lark, my money’s on team boy, all the way.

“Erik, show us the gender for baby B!”

We all cheer as another plume of blue smoke appears.

Punisher rubs his hands together and faces the crowd. “Alright, let’s mix this up a bit before the last reveal and do a show of hands. Who thinks baby C will be a girl?”

About ten hands go up, Thor and Dragon’s included, and I know that they, along with a few others, hope that Timber has a girl so that he’ll also have to deal with a bunch of rowdy teenage boys chasing after his little girl when she gets older.

“Okay, who thinks baby C will be a boy?”

The rest of us put up our hands and I can’t stop my grin as I watch Lil’ Bit soaking up the moment.

“Well, let’s see who’s right. Dom, show us the gender for baby C!”

We cheer even louder as the third plume of smoke reveals the gender.

Boy.

Lil’ Bit and Timber are having three little boys.

“More boys!” Ash and Jordan cheer in unison which has the rest of us laughing along with them.

Smithy steps forward along with Tripp. Normally, Timber would have been the one to handle the Forest Creek winningssince he’s their treasurer, but as he’s the soon-to-be dad, Tripp stepped up to handle it for him. They dole out the winnings, though I know that most, if not all, of us are just getting a slip of paper in the envelope telling us the amount we would have won, when really, the money is in a different envelope. Everything that we donated from our winnings went into a manilla envelope that’s going to be presented to Lil’ Bit and Timber as a gift from the clubs so they won’t know how much came from which person.

“And for our momma- and dad-to-be, this is a gift from the club,” Smithy tells them as he hands them the manilla envelope from our club.

“And this is from our club,” Tripp says as he does the same for their club.

Both Timber and Lil’ Bit choke up a bit at the gesture.

“Thank you, everyone, for making this day special for us, and especially for rallying together to keep everything going after the attack. I know it’s not enough, but thank you from the bottom of my heart,” Lil’ Bit says as she wipes away a few more tears.

“Agreed. Thank you doesn’t even begin to describe how grateful we are for your help ever since we found out Sunshine was pregnant. I also want to thank all of you for protecting Mae and helping her after we got her out of those assholes’ clutches.”

As expected, most wave off his thanks for protecting Mae. She’s family and that’s what we do for family.