I'LL SMILE AGAIN

EPILOGUE

When we got back to the apartment that night on the beach, Jenny couldn't believe we got back so easily and she teased me for days about how strong headed I pretended to be, we had so much fun with Jenny and she left for NYC a week after and I can't say how grateful I am that she came and made things just right.

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Greg and I graduated and he proposed on our convocation day, of course I said yes to the love of my life and mama can't contain her joy. Her child is a woman now mama did this she is a Queen and all that I'm and all I ever hope to be I owe to mama. My father came to my engagement party and although I was angry at him and hurt  because he abandoned me all those years but I have to let go and forgive because letting go is a beautiful thing and life is short after all why not make the most of it by living freely and loving without holding back...

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I'm walking down the aisle towards the love of my life on the arms of my father and I can see my mummy shedding tears of joy and Greg is standing at the alter looking breath taking and Jenny is my maid of honor.
We both got good jobs in our respective fields and we have bought our first house close to our family of course. Now as I take a step towards forever I can't help but think of all we have been through and how long we have come before we got to this stage...

"Would you Gregory take Isabella as your lawfully wedded wife to love and to cherish in joy and happiness, in sickness and in health through all the ups and downs, high and low of life to keep and to love forever?" The priest voice echoed
"Yes I do" Greg's charming voice replied.
I took my vows too and the priest pronounced us husband and wife.
"Husband and wife" I said to Greg you are mine to keep forever,
"Freaking mine" he screamed excitedly as we both race out of the church and so we raced together to do life together and we did smile again through all of the tribulations and hardship life threw  our ways.
Later that night as we settled in our home I smiled and when Greg asked why I'm smiling I said remember when we first met and I said home is wherever you are.
He smiled and we sit close hugging each other without saying a word feeling grateful we get to do life together and so our happily ever after begins...

THE END

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APPRECIATION

Firstly I would appreciate God almighty for being my source of inspiration, I will also thank Greg and Bella for coming through for me for as long as I need them (they both in my head lol), I would also thank my mum for helping me   find my path early enough I remember she gave me this zeal to write, she would always buy me novels to keep me busy, I want to thank everyone of you that did this with me thank you all for your words of encouragement and for all of your support I wouldn't have come this far if not for y'all.

Special appreciate goes to a very dear friend, I don't Know anyone that doesn't like attention as much as he does, thank you for always letting me rant, blab and complain to you, thank you for all of those deep and insightful conversation I can't help but laugh at how months ago I telling him how useless I feel and how I'm falling into depression ( I didn't tell him I was depressed directly I told him I'm uninterested and I just want to sleep) thanks for all of your kind words after talking to you that day I said to myself, "Now get your silly ass up and stop deceiving yourself" as you all know the rest is history, thank you again for reading with all of your workload and having to study for your online class you still find time to "catch up". Thank you for all that you do I can't thank you enough.
Special appreciation also goes to my Toyin and Emma I love you both always, Emma got all his friends to read and Toyin is always the first person that gets to read my book and would always say it's time to write, God bless you both.

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   DEDICATION

This one is for me...
For my big 22, and I do hope as I take this trip to limelight I find my forever soon to celebrate little wins, to cry and scream for joy, to grow and build each other, to love and cherish and get to vacation while writing in  luxurious beach houses at Maldives or Malibu, watching the sunset with little versions of us and all of them being my inspiration, my muse and my strength...