This takes place fourteen years from now.
Here's what is up with the characters:
NOTE: I DON'T KNOW CARLOS' LAST NAME, SO I'M USING COMPANEDO.
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MATT AND SARAH:
Matt is an emergency room doctor in Sacramento, while Sarah
works at a doctor's practice in Santa Barbara. They live in a
home in Glenoak's upscale suburb of Lacosta Hills. They have a
son, Joel, who is five and a daughter, Liz, who is 7. MARY AND CARLOS
Carlos and Mary live in Colorado in a small town called Lohan,
on the outskirts of Denver. Mary is still a flight attendant for
Jet Blue Airlines, and Carlos is now the president of a large
grocery store chain called Mainland Foods, Inc. They have two
kids named Brie and Brian, who are thirteen year old twins. LUCY AND KEVIN:
Kevin and Lucy live in San Diego, where he is a cop and she is
the minister of a church. She is not a Protestant Minister, but
a Unitarian minister. This caused animosity between her and Eric
at first, but soon they made up. Kevin and Lucy have a son named
Ben, after Ben, Kevin's brother, who died in a fire, in 2009,
while fighting the fire. Ben is six.
RUTHIE AND PETER:
Peter and Ruthie have been married for five years and live in
the lower end of town, called Jennesey. They are running low on
money since Peter was fired from his job for harassing a fellow
employee, which he didn't do in actuality, a few months earlier.
Ruthie has six kids: Kerien, Lauren, Chase, Brad, Cory and
Susie. They are five, four, three, two and six months. Ruthie
stays home and cares for the kids and she dropped out of
Crawford College to care for her and Peter and their family.
PARIS AND CHANDLER:
Paris and Chandler are married. They got married eight years ago
in a double wedding with Peter and Ruthie. They have a seven
year old daughter named Kennedy, and a four year old son, Nick.
Paris is pregnant with their third child. She is forty, and he
is thirty five. They have the baby during the story. They live
in Glenoak.
ANNIE and ERIC:
Annie is a special education teacher living in Glenoak with
Eric, who is retiring from the church soon, and going to be
succeeded by Chandler. Paris and Chandler are going to move into
the Camden home, which belongs to the church, and Annie is going
to move with Eric to a condo on the beach. She is 64. Eric is
67.
SAM AND DAVID:
Sam and David are 17 and living at home still. They were held
back a year, so they are going to start twelfth grade next year.
Sam is dating Shana (Matt's ex)'s daughter, Sheye, with Brett,
her old roommate that Matt hated, and David is single after
being ditched by a girl named Joanne.
SIMON AND DEENA:
Deena and Simon married last year after they both had failed
marriages. Simon was married to Cecilia, but that was failed,
and two kids came out of that, named Charlie (4) and Nick (8).
Deena was married to a guy named John, but he was abusive, and
they had a son, Jordan (9). They met again in 2013 at a party.
Deena doesn't talk to John and has custody of Jordan, while
Cecilia and Simon still talk and she and Deena talk a lot and
have each other over. They live in Glenoak.
GEORGE AND KARLA:
George, the adopted son of the late Colonel and Ruth Camden, is
married to a woman named Karla Copeckenie. They have a daughter
Bella May. They have been married four years. Bella is 3. They
live in Glenoak.
HANK AND JULIE:
They died in a car crash three months ago. Gerald (their son)
and Erica now live with Eric and Annie.
MATT AND SARAH:
Matt is an emergency room doctor in Sacramento, while Sarah
works at a doctor's practice in Santa Barbara. They live in a
home in Glenoak's upscale suburb of Lacosta Hills. They have a
son, Joel, who is five and a daughter, Liz, who is 7. MARY AND CARLOS
Carlos and Mary live in Colorado in a small town called Lohan,
on the outskirts of Denver. Mary is still a flight attendant for
Jet Blue Airlines, and Carlos is now the president of a large
grocery store chain called Mainland Foods, Inc. They have two
kids named Brie and Brian, who are thirteen year old twins. LUCY AND KEVIN:
Kevin and Lucy live in San Diego, where he is a cop and she is
the minister of a church. She is not a Protestant Minister, but
a Unitarian minister. This caused animosity between her and Eric
at first, but soon they made up. Kevin and Lucy have a son named
Ben, after Ben, Kevin's brother, who died in a fire, in 2009,
while fighting the fire. Ben is six.
RUTHIE AND PETER:
Peter and Ruthie have been married for five years and live in
the lower end of town, called Jennesey. They are running low on
money since Peter was fired from his job for harassing a fellow
employee, which he didn't do in actuality, a few months earlier.
Ruthie has six kids: Kerien, Lauren, Chase, Brad, Cory and
Susie. They are five, four, three, two and six months. Ruthie
stays home and cares for the kids and she dropped out of
Crawford College to care for her and Peter and their family.
PARIS AND CHANDLER:
Paris and Chandler are married. They got married eight years ago
in a double wedding with Peter and Ruthie. They have a seven
year old daughter named Kennedy, and a four year old son, Nick.
Paris is pregnant with their third child. She is forty, and he
is thirty five. They have the baby during the story. They live
in Glenoak.
ANNIE and ERIC:
Annie is a special education teacher living in Glenoak with
Eric, who is retiring from the church soon, and going to be
succeeded by Chandler. Paris and Chandler are going to move into
the Camden home, which belongs to the church, and Annie is going
to move with Eric to a condo on the beach. She is 64. Eric is
67.
SAM AND DAVID:
Sam and David are 17 and living at home still. They were held
back a year, so they are going to start twelfth grade next year.
Sam is dating Shana (Matt's ex)'s daughter, Sheye, with Brett,
her old roommate that Matt hated, and David is single after
being ditched by a girl named Joanne.
SIMON AND DEENA:
Deena and Simon married last year after they both had failed
marriages. Simon was married to Cecilia, but that was failed,
and two kids came out of that, named Charlie (4) and Nick (8).
Deena was married to a guy named John, but he was abusive, and
they had a son, Jordan (9). They met again in 2013 at a party.
Deena doesn't talk to John and has custody of Jordan, while
Cecilia and Simon still talk and she and Deena talk a lot and
have each other over. They live in Glenoak.
GEORGE AND KARLA:
George, the adopted son of the late Colonel and Ruth Camden, is
married to a woman named Karla Copeckenie. They have a daughter
Bella May. They have been married four years. Bella is 3. They
live in Glenoak.
HANK AND JULIE:
They died in a car crash three months ago. Gerald (their son)
and Erica now live with Eric and Annie.