The two most important men in my life have already stepped in, I am for certain.
peo⋅ple   /ˈpipəl/ [pee-puhl] noun, plural -ples for 4, verb, -pled, -pling. –noun
1. persons indefinitely or collectively; persons in general: to find it easy to talk to people; What will people think?
2. persons, whether men, women, or children, considered as numerable individuals forming a group: Twenty people volunteered to help.
3. human beings, as distinguished from animals or other beings.
4. the entire body of persons who constitute a community, tribe, nation, or other group by virtue of a common culture, history, religion, or the like: the people of Australia; the Jewish people.
5. the subjects, followers, or subordinates of a ruler, leader, employer, etc.: the king and his people.
6. the body of enfranchised citizens of a state: representatives chosen by the people.
7. (used in the possessive in Communist or left-wing countries to indicate that an institution operates under the control of or for the benefit of the people, esp. under Communist leadership): people's republic; people's army.
8. animals of a specified kind: the monkey people of the forest.