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March 24th, 2026
It's been five years, and many things changed, in a positive way! The most important, we had some newcomers in our family. Our two sweet daughters, Sally and Ally.
They are four now. Our girls are growing so quickly! It was a little after our wedding that we realized we wanted babies. Mina and I were pregnant at the same time, and by pure accident gave birth on the same day. I carried Sally and Wilhemina had Ally, but we never plan on telling them that.
They are happy and full of energy. Both of them are shy. Sally has blonde puffy hair and Ally's is brown and straight. She likes to comb it for hours. They constantly annoy our poor old cat.
At first, it was hard for Wilhemina and I to accept the changes of our bodies due to pregnancy, but we learned to love ourselves with the help of one another.
Wilhemina is often afraid of being a bad mother, but she treats the kids just perfectly. You could say she spoiled them.
Mina is scared of growing old before our children. She fears not ever being able to attend their graduations, to hug her grandkids... I try to make her feel better, but when I think about it, it worries me too. What will I do when she's gone? How will I bear that? I try not to think about that dark, hard side of our age gap.
The hardest thing we went through was Cordelia's death. When a new supreme rises, the old one fades away.-Elizabeth explained to us.
The toughest part was trying to explain to our confused girls why auntie Cordelia won't visit anymore.
Not long after, Elizabeth left the academy. It just wasn't the same she'd say. Now she earns money from being a medium.
Wilhemina quit her job at school. The kids found out she had a wife and at some point, she couldn't handle the homophobic boys anymore, so she quit. Not long after she got a job at Kineros Robotics, where I also work as her assistant.
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One Monday of 27'
Wilhemina and I were getting ready for work. We run downstairs in rush as we were late, just to see our daughters sitting by the table;
-"Sally Venable (y/l/n)!"-I yell when I realize what she was holding-"Out of my cigarettes! Ah, what's on your face?"
-"She took your lipstick and smudged it around her lips, mommy!"-Ally tells me while playing with Wilhemina's phone.
-"I thought it looked pretty!"-Sally fights back and Ally suddenly plays a strange video on Wilhemina's phone;
-"Don't you want to become a cult leader? Since the death of God, there's been a vacancy open. You could fill that void. Here is how-"-Wilhemina grasped her phone out of Ally's hand;
-"Jesus, Ally. I told you to stop logging into that app from my phone."-Wilhemina placed her glasses on the edge of her nose so she could look over, trying to deinstall the app by only clicking around with her index finger, making me and Ally laugh. Sally was still all feisty while I was trying to wipe the lipstick off her face.
The four of us hear the doorbell;
-"I'll get it!"-Ally yells and runs to the door, stumbling over the carpet.
-"Watch out baby!"-Wilhemina tells her.
Ally opens the door and sees Elizabeth;
-"Hi, sweetheart!"
-"Elizabeth! Hi!"-Ally says before hugging Liz.
-"I'm looking after you and your sister, honey. Mommies are busy today. I brought donuts!"
-"You are the best!"-Sally yells before running into Elizabeth's embrace.
-"Yes! Like our third mommy."-Ally says and Elizabeth, Wilhemina and I laugh.
-"So are we ready to go, honey?"-I whisper to Wilhemina.
-"Yes! We're already late, jesus... I'm never late! This is all because you kept me awake late at night..."
-"I'm sorry!"-I whisper-"Let's go!"
Wilhemina and I leave the house before Sally, Ally and Elizabeth start eating the donuts when they hear the news on the tv;
"The death of Michael Brown has officially been declared as the most mysterious unsolved murder after 6 years of searching for the culprit. The investigators never had any evidence from the start..."
Elizabeth stared at the television, when Sally suddenly says;
-"You did it, didn't you?"-Elizabeth looks at her and Ally then speaks up;
-"I knew it."
-"How come younger mommy never gets it?"-Sally asks her sister.
-"Hmm, I don't know. Older mommy is more smart I guess."-Ally replies and Sally smiles in response.
-"You are two little weirdos, aren't you girls?"
—The end—
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