Growing Love

Epilogue

So much time has passed since that day in court. At times it still doesn't even seem real. Jenny and Marcus got married finally. It was an entertaining wedding to say the least. Jenny pulled Marcus in for the kiss in front of everyone in the church, screaming something about "he's all mine now Karen!" Karen being Marcus' mother, who laughed while wiping the tears from her eyes during the ceremony. They went to their honeymoon in the Bahamas, but rushed back when news about the baby's birth got to them.

They managed to make it back in time to witness it with us. We all welcomed little Tristan into the world. And hoped that Freddy's broken fingers would heal okay. Izzy broke them when he gave her his hand to hold through the birth. He passed out from the sight of his son being born, rather than the pain of having all his fingers broken. Nick took an instant liking to him, and those two became inseparable. As they got older, they got even more close, almost stuck to the hip even.

Ethan graduated from college, and took over the business, letting Alastor retire. James was next to graduate, taking over for my old man's half of the company. He almost passed out when he saw dad had named him his heir for his half. I was the one who told dad to go through with the idea. Mickey was so proud, and he started working at the company along with them. He has even been taking speech therapy for his stutter, and taking classes to makeup for all the years he couldn't attend school. He managed to get his G.E.D in less than a year. Freddy even said he was advanced when he was a kid, but he wasn't ever able to get the chance to attended any of the classes before his accident. But he didn't really seemed to mind anymore.

Me and Freddy opened up our own auto body shop.  We bought the old shop from Dave, who could not believe we had bought it for so much. He said he could afford to send his kids to college, and buy a new home for him and his wife. We even bought Marty's, our old boss' shop. We still had him run it, since he wasn't ready to stop working just yet. Even though he could retire in comfort with the money we gave him. But that old man is more stubborn than Dave is.

Andrew and Ethan still kick box, Andrew even opened up his own gym. He trains kids how to fight and defend himself. He especially trains little girls to be able to protect themselves, and trains the boys to protect others too. He also lets Ethan come and teach some classes when he has the free time. They have practice matches against one another to show the kids how two pros fight. I think they just like showing off.

Richard got married to a girl he meet in Miami, her name's Rosario. They got married, and are expecting their first child. She knows about Nick, and is perfectly okay with it. They even come from time to time to visit him. Currently Nick is six, and Tristan is five. Yuriana, Marcus and Jenny's adopted daughter is five too. They decided to adopt a kid, and fell in love with her the moment they saw her big green eyes. Her name means Graceful Lily, so Jenny had the bright idea to have her learn dancing. She's even more of a little beauty when she dances.

Around that time James proposed to Mickey, who looked like he would go back in a coma after he passed out. But when he woke up, he could not stop saying yes. We were all happy for those two. Who knows, there might be another little monster running around the mansion.

The Harrison still haven't given up, but they're not as forceful. We still don't know what they said to Katherina and Andrew, they never told us. But after that, no one has really asked. Katherina has even gotten better. She gave up drinking, and now works in a center for women, and has started her own clothing line. One thing I remember about her, is she was always drawing clothes. She used some of her old connections to help her do it. She seems happy now, but still refuses to touch Nick. He doesn't seem to notice, but right now I think that's for the best.

Me and Ethan are still going strong, and breaking furniture when we lose ourselves. What can I say? Some habits just won't die. But that's okay, it's what has helped us face our life together. Even now I think back to how things were before I meet the Kingmans, and how better my life was after. I am blessed to have them all in my life. I wonder what else we will have to experience. Because when it comes to understand this crazy life of our, it's all a matter of Knowing Love.