"If your brother comes along, I would like to meet him.  Whether we get along or not only future will tell.  If he treats you as you have said about your past, I won't find him a friend.  That I can tell you now."

On the other grateful comment she made, Lorn waved his other hand.  "Your babies are to be mine and Heidi is to be yours.  I will take care of them as I do her."  He gave her a tilted look as if asking a question as he added, "and any other that might come along?"  He was okay either way, but he did hope this would become a his, hers, and their kind of situation one day. 

"I mean, it is too soon to even consider that, but is that something you would like to hope for or not?  Three is quite a lot."  He chuckled.