After a trade from Boston to Los Angeles, Frank Adler would seem to have it all. Money, women, An amazing Niece, yes Frank should have it all,
Except for one thing.
One thing that left after a mistake five years ago.
Los Angeles should be the cha...
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Four Years Later...
The playoffs this year have been exhausting. Frank was used to it but now, he one more reason to be home. The world series would start next week for the Dodgers. It was their second bid in four years and Frank felt like this was their time. Johnny was pitching better than ever and the team that Dave and Todd had put together was golden.
As he drove home in his beloved Camero, he thought back on how he ended up here.
The trial for Mike Weiss was long and exhaustive. Mike faught to the bitter end, continuing to claim that he only kidnapped Mary to speak to her, get to know her, since Frank and Abby had forbade him from coming close to his family. The law was on their side, as Diane provided testimoney of Mike's obsession in destroying the Adlers from way back to when Frank and Abby first started their relationship. It had been a 20 year obsession that had catipulted him delusions.
Unfortunately, Mike never saw a day of his sentence. Frank was disappointed in how Mike ended up taking his own life from an accidental overdose after finding out the guilty verdict. They had given him one week to set up his affairs. Frank didn't want the man to die but Mike couldn't live with the idea of going in sober and clean. The "friend" that found him said he wanted one more party before he went inside. Was it accidental? No one will ever really know beside the man who had been Frank's best friend for 15 years.
Diane was a better story. After staying for for treatment for a year, Diane was sober and in her right mind. She had visited with Frank and Mary once, before moving to Maine with her boyfriend. She told Frank that she would never contest custody and hoped to maintain an "auntie" sort of relationship with Mary. Abby couldn't bring herself to face her again. She had gotten her answers and forgave her former friend. But she set down the law: her future children would not have a relationship with their aunt. Frank respected her decision.
Bobby Fuller was banned by the league after their investigation into him found his drug use and his collaboration in helping Mike. At the insistence of Frank, the district attorney did not press charges against him. Frank decided losing his passion, his career was punishment enough. they never spoke again.
A year after the loss of the world Series, Johnny decided to propose to Katie, at Christmas, on Dodger Field. Frank had been right that he would propose, all be it, a year later than he thought. But Katie had a surprise for him after she said yes. She was pregnant, with twins. Sam and David Storm joined the family at the beginning of June the following year.
Susie had made an honest man out of Marco in the summer after the first world series. They bought a house in the same neighborhood as Frank and Abby. Susie was honored after her discovery of a new star in the sky. Marco still worked as security for the Adlers, especialy after Abby decided to resign as medical director for the Dodgers. She went to take over as Chief of Staff at USC. The hours changed so security for the children had to be updated as well.
