Under pressure

Epilogue

1st July, 2026 (8 years later)

Avery/Ava- 5
Ashlyn/Ashy - 4
Isabella/Bella- 2

Betty's POV

My phone rings. I kiss Bella's head and place her on the grass, off from my lap now and get up. I walk to the back porch and take my phone from the table.

"Hello," I say.

"Hi, I'm Kate Cooper is this Elizabeth Jones?"

"This is her, I was waiting for the call."

"That's great, I read your book, 'Gangs and Roses'?"

I start smiling, "Yeah?" I ask.

"We would like to publish it."

My smile grows so big and I look at Jug who is playing with the girls. He is looking at me and he raises his eyebrows. I nod with a big smile. He starts smiling so big and comes to me.

"This is incredible," I say to the woman.

I hear her chuckle, "Your book is incredible. But we would like the ending to be how you even got the idea to write it."

"Okay," I say.

"Is it possible for you to write it for Friday?"

"Yeah, sure," I say.

"That's great. You know our e-mail."

"Yes, thank you so much."

"No problem," she chuckles, "We'll be waiting and see you soon."

"Yes, thank you. Bye." I put the phone down and jump on Jug, my arms going around his neck.

He chuckles and hugs me back, raising me up from the ground. "I'm so happy for you," he says and kisses my cheek many times.

I giggle, "Look who's talking, you've published 3."

He shrugs, "Your's better."

I shake my head, my nose against his, "It's about our life, baby."

"I know, that what makes it so good," he whispers.

I smile and kiss him again. "I have a week to write the ending about how I got the idea," I say.

"That's easy, just write the sentence 'Based on my life'."

I chuckle and we kiss again. After that, we go back to the backyard to the girls. We're living in my childhood home and it's just the best feeling ever to see our girls grow up here.

"No," Bella giggles.

"Why not?" Ava asks.

"Fine," she says like she's annoyed, but I don't seem it from her giggly face.

Eva runs towards the house, giggling. "What is she doing?" I ask Ashy, squatting down next to her.

"I don't know," she says and shrugs. She's the most like me. She has blonde hair, the other two have dark like Jug. They all have my eyes though and Jug's smile.

But she acts the most like me and Bella acts like Jug. Ava is just her own person, probably most like my mom when she was young. Likes black and stuff like that. Though she's still really really girly. She's the troublemaker even though she's the oldest.

"Ava, whatever you're planning, it won't work!" Jug shouts, sitting down on the grass next to us.

And then suddenly, we're wet. All of our heads look back and ava is standing there with a waterhose.