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Everyone laughed but Adam nodded. “I can’t argue with that.” Next Tuck took a turn holding the baby before carefully handing him over to Adam.

Adam held Sam close, already feeling more comfortable, already in love with and feeling insanely protective of his son. This was by far the best day of his life, bar none.

Looking around at his teammates, he cleared his throat. “I appreciate you guys all coming down here.” They were no doubt all beat up and tired, probably dreaming of a hot shower and their beds, yet here they were, on their own time, to support him and Summer. “It means a lot.”

“Hey, we wouldn’t miss it,” Tuck said, slapping him on the back once. “We’re really happy for you guys.”

Adam nodded. “Thanks.” It had been a long, hard road for him and Summer to get here, but that only made him more appreciative for what he had. A loving wife and a beautiful newborn son. “Well. Guess I’d better get this little guy back to his mama.”

“Give Summer our best,” DeLuca told him. “We’ll see you back at work in a few days.”

“You know it.”

Heading back down the hall to Summer’s room with their son in his arms, Adam gazed down at little Sam and couldn’t help but smile.

Yeah. Best day of his life by a long shot.

—The End—