"We've done really well, cousin," Drew said, with a satisfied smile, as his focus ran from his children to his wife.
"Yes we have," Ryan agreed triumphantly.
"I can't believe how stupid we were to think life was complete without these women in it," Derek added. The three men all nodded together.
"I feel like the luckiest man alive. I have an amazing wife, beautiful daughter and though Nicole wanted to wait a couple more weeks to tell you, I can't stand not sharing. She's pregnant, again," he told them.
"That's wonderful," Drew said, slapping his back hard enough to send a lesser man to his knees.
"Congratulations," Derek added with enthusiasm.
"How is Patsy doing?" Drew asked.
"She's loving college but man do I miss her. I'm glad she decided to stay closer to home but still we don't see her enough with her living on campus. I've already had to scare the crap out of one guy who was getting far too amorous with her. She was mad at me for weeks because he won't even look at her now," Ryan said with satisfaction.
"I would've done the same thing. I can't even imagine what I'm going to go through when my kids begin to date," Derek said with a narrowing of his eyes.
"Yeah, I know. Patsy is technically my sister-in-law but I think of her like a daughter and I swear I'll destroy any guy who tries to hurt her," he told them.
"I almost feel sorry for the poor guys who try and over-step their bounds," Derek said but the look in his eyes contradicted his words. He would thoroughly enjoy terrorizing those men.
"At least we have a long time to prepare," Ryan said.
"Amen," both of his cousins agreed.
"Come eat, boys," Trinity called and the men eagerly headed towards their wives. Nothing gave any of them greater joy than time with family. They'd been wealthy but marriage and children made them richer than kings and they counted their blessings daily.