Adrian sat at her desk looking at the mound of work that she had in front of her. She sighed softly, she knew it would be another long night at the office for her. She looked over at the corner of her desk where two photos made her smile. One was of Adrian and Bryan on their wedding day. The other was of the whole family. They were all in blue jeans and a white shirt sitting on the grass against a backdrop of a beautiful meadow. It made Adrian a little sad though to look at them too. She was missing more and more of her kids and her husbands lives. She wanted to be apart of them so badly. She had put her own life and career on hold for Bryan to raise the kids and be a single parent to them while Bryan was chasing his own career. While she never resented any of her decisions, she knew she wanted to get her own career on who was on leave from his last tour had been home the last six months taking care of the kids and Adrian knew he would be going back sooner rather than later. And she knew she would only have so much time to work seventy hours at her job before she cut back and was more available to be in her childrens' lives more. It would be a hard ajustment as had several over the last few months.

Adrian thought back to all the changes in the last six months time. First Ricky had been offered a great job at opening a new business in Chicago. It was a great increase of revenue so he took it. So Amy, John, Anna, Lucy, Henry, and their new baby Emma all moved to Chicago with their dad. They didn't sell their house they merely leased it out to a couple for a years time. The job was only for a year so they would be coming back to their home.

Grace had graduated from medical school. She was now working as a medical student at a prestigous hospital in New York. She loved every moment of it. She was working hard and was happy to be that much closer to her dream of being a doctor. Jack was still counceling and teaching football at the high school. He loved it more each year it seemed. He was caring the most for Shawn and the twins but he loved it so much.

Ashley and Toby had moved to Florida to be with Toby's grandmother who was battling from a bad stroke. Ashley was also taking classes again to get another major to teach english and journalism at the local schools. Meanwhile Hunter was any of the craziness surrounding the events before and after his birth. They were all doing their best to put it all behind them.

George and Anne were permanetly living up by Mimzy now who's health had taken a turn for the worst. The doctors gave her until the end of the year no longer. All of the Juergens were very sad at this loss and were doing their best to stay updated and as much in contact through email and phone with her. Although they all knew it would be the end for her very soon.

Nora and Ollie were in Texas finishing up a hush hush deal for Leo and Camille and their business. Still no word had been established on what is was but everyone knew it must be something big to take almost a year to finish. Although they were both missed by their family and friends they knew one day in the near future they would be coming home.

Adrian's own parents were doing well. They both worked alot and spent as much time together as they could. But they both loved their life together so much. They had even hosted Adrian half younger brother Alejandro or Alex as he is called for the summer. Adrian was doing her best to spent time with him and she was suppose to meet him in an hour for lunch. She knew she would have to stay late and she knew it was worth it.

Although life seemed good Adrian had her own set of troubles. First of all her and Bryan were arguing about a few different things. One was that he hadn't retired from the army after his second enlistment but had actually reenlisted again for a third time. Second was that he wanted more children and Adrian wasn't sure on anything at all. And thirdly when he went back he wanted Adrian to go way down on her hours or stay home with the kids and she could work on her career after he got back from his last tour. Adrian getting frustrated decided to concentrate on some work instead of her personal life.

Before she knew it time was up. Alex arrived and honked the horn of the red mustang convertable that Adrian had given him recently. He loved his sister and he loved the machine she had given him. He honked the horn. And about two minutes later Adrian came out and got into the passenger seat.

"Alright where to you want to eat lunch sis?" Alex asked her as he backed out of the parking lot and started to drive away from the law firm where Adrian worked.

"How about Sergios?" Adrian suggested.

And with that Alex turned the car to downtown. Sooner they were driving through a rough looking neighborhood. Adrian knew they were lost only Alex didn't seem to want to admit it. Finally Alex saw three guys on the side of the road and he pulled up next to them.

"Excuse me we are lost. Looking for the restaurant Sergios. Can any of you help us find it?" Alex asked.

The three men looked at each other and all of a sudden Adrian and Alex were both looking down at two gun barrels. All of sudden shots rang out and Alex was covered in his own blood. And soon Adrian felt the searing pain after being shot. Adrian held onto Alex's hand and tried to comfort them as they lay there probably dying never to see any of their family or friends again. And Adrian could only try to keep Alex conscious to stay alive. Adrian only hoped that help was on their way.