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Chapter 32– New Beginnings

"Mom? Dad?" Liam came into the family room in his uncle's basement that he and his family had basically taken over for the past month to find his parents cuddled on the couch there.

"Yes, Lee, what is it, Sweetheart?" Kayley asked as Liam settled himself on the coffee table facing his parents.

"I'm just wondering, when are we going to have to go back to Virginia?" Liam looked troubled as he asked this.

"Have to go back? So you don't want to, huh, Lee?" Joe asked sincerely.

"It's not that I don't like it there. It's wonderful and I really like my friends and all, but…"

"But?" Kayley probed gently, although she already knew the answer.

"But I really like it here better. We all do. Katie said so too and you can just tell how happy James is!"

"You can tell, huh!" Joe let out a soft chuckle.

"You know what I mean, Dad! I, I just don't want to leave everyone here. We just got to know them, and I really like being with them, Dad. Sam, well, Sam is my best friend. You like it too, don't you? Being here, I mean? Uncle Frank is so cool and you guys seem to have so much fun together and Aunt Callie is really nice, and I never had grandparents before, and"

"Easy, Lee! Easy! Breathe, Buddy!" Joe's chuckle turned into a full laugh now. "Yes, we like it here too. We feel the same way you do, Liam. All of us adults do. In fact, we have a surprise for you all we were planning to share at dinner tonight, but given your current state, perhaps we had better tell you now! Do you know that old building we have been visiting lately? The one across from Bayport High School?"

"Yes," Liam nodded eagerly.

"Well, we have made arrangements to open a division of EYN here in Bayport and we are going to use that building! Uncle Frank has agreed to come on board and help run things here!"

"Oh" Liam was suddenly deflated.

"What's the matter? We thought you'd be thrilled by that news!" Kayley soothed as she reached out to lift Liam's chin to make eye contact with him.

"I, well, I just thought for a minute there that you guys were going to say that we were going to be moving up here. I'm happy about EYN getting bigger, I really am. I'm happy that Uncle Frank is going to be a part of it, I just wish, well, I just wish we could all be together."

Joe and Kayley both quickly realised the misunderstanding. "Liam, no, Buddy, I guess I wasn't clear," Joe continued. "Our family is going to move up here! In fact, we are looking the house that is for sale just down the street from here! Uncle Frank and I are going to be partners again! We are going to run this division of EYN together! The guys in Virginia are terrific and they are more than capable of running that branch on their own."

"Oh my gosh! This, this is incredible!" To his parents' total amusement, Liam was now jumping up and down, unable to contain himself. "Can I tell the others! Please? Can I? Please, please, please?"

"Well, I guess we know when we're beat, huh, Kay?" Joe asked with a wink. "Go ahead, Liam, tell the other kids!"

Screams and squeals of delight could soon be heard on all three floors of the Hardy home as the news quickly spread.

Epilogue – Everything You Need

Three months later found Joe and Kayley and their family settled into Bayport in their new home just down the street from Frank and Callie. The kids were all intermingled in the houses so much it was hard to tell which kids belonged to which parents. Sam and Liam were inseparable and both were always happy to include Natalie. Liam soon discovered what a great confidante Natalie actually was. She was very compassionate and fun to be around.

As if two Hardys with the same birthdates wasn't enough for the school system, throwing a third Hardy in with the same birthdate really threw them for a loop!

The grand opening of the Bayport branch of EYN was quite an affair, indeed. The entire Virginia crew came up for the celebration and even Vanessa Bender, as well as her husband and children, flew in for the occasion.

Joe was asked to make a speech, and as he stood at the microphone and looked out at the crowd gathered there, he focused especially on his wife, his children, and his brother, Frank. Joe smiled and gave a wink in their direction and with suspiciously bright eyes, Joe explained that the real truth of "Everything You Need" is often just an arm's length away.

The End