Epilogue
Four year later-
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Chris felt tears well in the corners of her eyes as she watched Jason walk into his year one class on his first day of school, his little hand tightly clenching Miguels', stopping at the door he turned to give his guardian a warm smile. He would be fine.
Four years ago Miguel had convinced her to return home with him, afterwards Chris finished high school and now ran a backpackers hostel with Miguel right on the beach, so close that they could taste the salt on the cool breeze that swept the sea front every morning. Over the passing years the two had become so close that they now depended on one another completely but that was a problem because they were now very much in love. They had gotten married the previous year and were now expecting their first child in a matter of weeks.
Jason was thrilled at the idea that there was a little person growing inside his mothers' tummy and he couldn't wait to meet his new 'friend' as he put it and now here he was on his first day of school. To Chris the time had gone all too quickly she could still remember sitting across from Kai in that café when she turned up on his doorstep as if it was yesterday and also how he handled Jason when he was tired and grumpy. It was just a shame that he would never have the chance to be a father. Two years ago, once Kai and Jamie had finished collage the two had gotten married but that hadn't been a surprise to anyone, shortly after Jamie and Kai had tried to have a baby but again and again Jamie failed to fall pregnant and after a series of embarrassing tests Jamie was delivered the devastating news that she couldn't have children. The news had hit all of them hard but none as hard as Jamie, Kai had tried his best to console her even suggesting adoption but Jamie turned that idea down right away. She wanted her own family, it was that simple.
Miguel walked out of the classroom smiling, crossing the courtyard towards Chris he sat down beside her on the low forest green bench. "Are you alright?"
Chris summoned up a happy smile for Miguel. "Yeah, I know he has to grow up but it's just gone so fast." Miguel smiled back and pulled Chris into a hug. "Yeah but you will get to do it all over again."
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Jamie looked up at the block of New York apartments, this was it she had come all this way so there wasn't really any point in chickening out now. Walking through the lobby she took the elevator to the eighteenth floor. After a short ride the doors slid open to reveal a clean tiled floor and pristine white walls, walking down the hall she stopped infront of door 1806, taking a deep breath she knocked twice firmly on the white painted door. There was the sound of movement inside the apartment before the door was opened.
Tala looked at Jamie, complete shock written across his handsome face before he stepped back to let her in.
Tala had been invited to the wedding but he had never turned up. It was Jamie's way of offering an olive branch but it had been turned down. Ever since that day four years ago Jamie felt like a part of her was missing and now she couldn't take it anymore, apart from Kai her life had been one huge disappointment after another there wasn't a lot that Jamie could fix but her relationship with Tala was one of them so she would do her very best to mend the burnt bridge.
Not entering the apartment, Jamie gave Tala a once over. He looked good she decided. "Hey Tala how are you?" She wanted a sign that he wasn't angry or upset with her for turning up on his doorstep uninvited and unexpected.
"I don't know Jamie, you tell me. Are you going to come in or am I going to have to stand here all day?" This had been a mistake Jamie decided, Tala didn't want anything to do with her he had his own life and it didn't include her. Turning Jamie began to walk back towards the elevator her hands clenched to stop herself from crying, in her mind Tala could fix all her problems but he didn't want a bar of her.
A hand rested on her shoulder causing her to jump. "Just let me get my wallet and coat and we can go and get coffee or something. Jamie turned to look at Tala, he was smiling down at her and it was a genuine smile the kind that reached his eyes, Jamie burst into tears.
Tala pulled her into a hug and soothed away her sobs.
She meant too much to him to let her go a second time.
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Kai stood at the arrivals gate at the airport, Jamie was returning home from New York today and he couldn't wait to see her, the past couple of days had felt odd to him not having Jamie around was actually depressing. He had decided that last night as he lay in their bed on the cold sheets trying to get some rest. The night before that he had given up on the idea of actually sleeping, he couldn't do it not without Jamie wrapped snugly and safely in his arms.
Ten minutes late Jamie came through the gate all smiles. Kai felt his sprit soar at the very sight of her, she was back where she belonged, back with him.
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Well there is the Epilogue you were all asking for. Now you all know what happened in the end.
Kai never had anything to do with Tala when he could help it but he and Jamie kept in contact. When Jamie was 24 she agreed to adopt a child, they ended up adopting twins, a boy and a girl.
Chris and Miguel had another child a year after their first was born.
Tala ended up marring a bright bubbly woman called Ming-Ming, they met at one of those horrifically bad business parties and had a daughter three years later.
Okay that really is it for this one. I hope you enjoyed it.
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