Chapter248

#Chapter248

EPILOGUE 6

"God, I sure hope not," Zara whispered in my ear, and I caress her knee and she squeals and tries to get off me but I stop her by holding her tightly against me. She makes a show of it but settles again beside me. "When are Nat and Addison coming back?"

Natalie and Addison had left three days ago with Natale's family for a vacation. They had left Mason and Emily, their four-year-old little girl, with us. Addison had given birth to Emily after thoroughly going through scores of sperm donors. Zara had patched up with Natalie through the years and I couldn't have been prouder of the progress of their relationship because, at one point in time, I had thought that there was no scope for reconciliation. They had come together slowly and built their relationship back step by step. Zara being friends with Addison and me and Addison accepting each other as siblings had definitely helped.

Even though many of us had worked on our relationships, some issues were