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Kori woke up groggily as golden rays struck her eyes hazardously. Wincing as she struggled to get up, she opened her eyes and saw a body sleep soundly beside her. She smiled as she kissed Kurtis on his forehead. Throwing the sheets off her, she stood up and realized she was still in the tee shirt and capris she wore the day before. After tucking Kurtis in snuggled, she threw herself a robe on top. She checked the clock which blinked 6:05 and afterwards, she stepped out of her room which she shared with Kurtis. Looking in the twins' room, she noticed that the two were fast asleep. She dared to look in Richard's room, but acted otherwise.

She yawned as she stretched her arms the minute she was out of her room. As she was wide awake, she now could see what the suite had. It had a beautiful theme to it with the matching floor tiles, ceiling, and wall paint. The floor tiles were mainly white, with a tint of grey. Walls were in an ivory shade while the ceiling was a crème color with patches of white, resembling the sky only in crème color.

In one corner, there was a television set, at least a 50 inch with a DVD and VCR combined player. She noticed that there was the same television set and DVD/VCR player in each of the three bedrooms. In another corner, there was an old fashioned crème and brown colored telephone on top of an elegant horse stand with a glass as the top. The horse stand was a beauty itself. The horse was fondling her foal as the stand while a glass was the top.

Another corner contained a beautiful dresser of off white color, with a mirror. Kori stepped closer to it and examined her reflection in the mirror. Chuckling to herself, with her dishevelled hair and swollen eyes and wrinkled baby blue star tee and white capris with her green robe dangling on top, she concluded that she has had better days. Leaning on the counter, she looked right into the eye of her reflection.

She noticed there was something different. As if something was awoken or brought back to life. She then realized that it was herself. Her eyes were more bright and lively. She closed her eyes and opened them to see another reflection in the mirror. She widened her eyes once she knew who it was. She spun around and saw Richard with his toothbrush in his hand and only with a pair of boxers, no shirt.

Kori gawked at him while Richard widened his eyes and ran into the bathroom. Coming out with a muscle shirt on and without his toothbrush, he said, "Good morning."

Kori replied with a nod, "Good morning."

Silence had befallen them and Kori was instantly nervous and uncomfortable. She shuffled nervously before saying, "So…uh…why are you up so early? Last I checked, you weren't much of a morning person."

Richard smiled at her knowing that she wouldn't forget tiny things like those. "Well, uh, I was going to head out and get some business done before we head out with the kids today."

Kori nodded and then shook her head in disbelief, "Business?"

Richard looked puzzled, "Yes, why?"

Glaring at her ex, she ran to her room and picked up a luggage and started throwing piles of clothes in. Richard asked, "What are you doing?"

Kori didn't answer so Richard took grab of her shoulder and spun her face to face. "I asked what are you doing?"

Kori said, "You never think about your kids, don't you? This trip was a business one so you were planning to leave my kids alone so you could do your dirty work. Well, I'm not going to let that happen. So I'm going on the next flight to Jump with my kids." She picked up her bag and walked out.

Richard followed her and said reasonably, "Kori, listen, it's for Bruce. He told me to. If you weren't here, I would never leave the children by themselves. I love them too much to do that."

Muttering to herself utter nonsense, Kori looked at him challenging, "Really? Why don't I phone Bruce and ask him?"

Richard raised his voice as well, "Well, why don't you?"

Kori said, "Fine."

Richard replied, "Fine." With that, he strutted to his room to change and leave the room. When he went to the exit, he saw Kori on the floor with her face in her hands. Feeling unbelievably rude, he wanted to comfort her, but thought otherwise. He closed the door behind him with a tiny bang.

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Richard came back into the room at 9: 07 a.m. when he heard television noises and a person talking. He smiled and came in, only to have his heart wrenched.

Kori's last words on the phone were, "Thank you, Bruce." Richard walked slowly to her, hoping not to show his emotions too much. He thought so confidently that Kori would believe him, but it seemed that she didn't. He didn't blame her though. After what he made her go through, he would have had the same emotions.

Kori looked up at who cleared their throat when she instantly stood up and shuffled nervously. She looked at the children, "Everyone's ready and waiting for you."

Looking over at the twins and Kurtis, he smiled. Rory and Mar'i wore matching sundresses; Rory with a white one while Mar'i had a red one. Kurtis looked handsome in his Spiderman shirt and jeans. Richard looked at Kori who was still in her robe.

"Aren't you gonna get ready?" Kori looked at her outfit and shook her head.

"No, I'm fine. You four go ahead."

Richard looked at her dubiously. Was she really fine? "No, come on Kor. The kids would only be happy if you joined."

The children nodded in agreement. Looking at her kids, she sighed in defeat. "All right." She went into her room to get changed. Richard smiled at his accomplishment and sat down to watch what the kids were watching. After ten minutes, Kori came out and Richard's mouth dropped.

Kori was wearing her hair in a ponytail and she wore a black tank top with a silver, almost greyish crop top. She also wore white capris. On her feet were white flip flops. Other than that, she was simple.

Kori moved her hand over Richard's agape mouth, "Can we go?"

Richard broke out of his trance and nodded, "Let's go."

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Rory smiled as she looked over the city from the CN tower. "Wow!" she exclaimed. Richard smiled as he looked at the rest of the family. Kori was busy talking to Mar'i and Kurtis was gazing on his own. Noticing that he had a difficulty, without asking, Richard picked up Kurtis on his shoulders and asked, "Better?"

Kurtis was still recovering from the shock from getting picked up but nodded. Richard smiled. He looked at the sky as the Sun was at its peak. It was nearing noon and the heat from the Sun could be felt without a doubt.

Kori looked at Richard and gasped when she saw Kurtis on his shoulder. She wanted to interject, but when she saw how happy Kurtis was, she objected to. She didn't feel this way in such a long time. She felt happy knowing that her family would be happy for a week before the fairy tale ended. Sighing, she leaned over the railway and looked out at the sky.

It seemed to go by too quickly, but it was time to go. Rory, Mar'i and Kurtis had to go to the bathroom, so Kori and Richard waited outside the bathroom for them. It was awkward for both of them, considering the argument they had in the morning.

Kori was the first one to talk, "Why did you leave us?"

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Ooh, Kori asked the lottery question. What will be Richard's reaction? I hope you liked this chapter. Sorry it was so late. I had to focus on school work.

Anyway, please review!

Forgiveness is the scent that the rose leaves on the heel that crushes it.

-Rosefire