Gayle and Mr. Frond dated for two years. Before finally getting married. Mr. Frond had left education and Gayle could no longer rely on her parents or Linda for support. The couple opened a small yarn shop together after about six months of dating. They could not face Ocean Avenue, so it was clear across town from "Expressions." They ran the shop for twenty years before retiring and living a comfortable life together.
Regular Sized Rudy left for boarding school out west when he was just fourteen. His parents finally recognized that his depression over losing Louise. Was impacting his health as much as his asthma did. His mom moved with him, but Sylvester remained in the area. As a result, Rudy returned to Seymour's Bay exactly once for Sylvester's funeral. Rudy was twenty-five at the time and relieved that Samantha's nephew who had taken over Mort's place. Allowed him to arrange most of the service over the phone. Meaning he only had to spend three days in town and just two hours next to where his best friend had once lived. He adopted a baby girl from Japan when he was thirty-two. He named her after Louise. He would date fairly often. Usually, blind dates set up by well meaning friends, but he never felt anything real. He never loved anyone the way he did Louise. There was nobody else like her in the entire world.
Teddy and Kathleen enjoyed a long and happy marriage with their daughter Hope. Hope was a very bright and loving child. She did remind Teddy a lot of Louise. Although to his relief she was less mischievous than her. Though she definitely did have a wild side. Hope went on to be an engineer and name her first born after the cousin she never got to meet. Teddy died in his sleep just before his eightieth birthday. Kathleen lived only ten months without him.
Mort dropped dead of a heart attack at sixty-eight. He felt more tired than usual after cleaning the chapel after one service and resetting it for the next. He sat in a chair to close his eyes but never woke up. He was discovered by the family of the deceased when they arrived for the funeral. According to their report they thought he was just asleep at first and were angry with him. Until the son noticed how gray he looked. He had married Samantha just over a year after Louise died. She retired after losing her husband, but her nephew Jace took over.
Jimmy Pesto Senior died of complications from advanced testicular cancer after fifteen years in prison. Halfway through his sentence. As the Belcher's lawyer managed to get five extra years added on. When it was proven that Bob and Linda's deaths were a direct result of losing their daughter. She pushed for a manslaughter charge. Jimmy's behavior in prison made it easy for him to be convicted of the third charge and face the extra years. He was diagnosed with cancer at the fourteen-year mark and released to a specialized hospice when the cancer became to advanced to treat. There were very few people who felt sorry for the pain he felt. Even though the final year of his life was pure agony. He got what he deserved.
Jimmy Junior returned to Seymour's Bay just after Tina got sober. He tried to see her, but Zeke and Teddy ran him off. He became a full-fledged scumbag. Just like his dad. He tried to open a restaurant but failed quickly. He undercut so much. Even worse than his dad and the business suffered as a result. The final straw was when he punched a heavily pregnant waitress for making a mistake on an order. Even though he had taken the order himself. He ended up serving a year in jail for that one. After that he just bounced in and out of jail and couldn't hold down a job for more than a week. He blamed everybody but himself for his failures.
Andy and Ollie lived with their mother until her death. They both had a preexisting developmental disability that made it unlikely they would ever live on their own, but Millie's attack made everything worse. Ollie could preform basic tasks but still needed round the clock care as he often forgot to eat or use the bathroom. He ended up working in a specialized center for adults with disabilities. Andy had more capabilities than Ollie and became his caretaker. He worked part time in a grocery store. The boys moved in with Tina and Zeke after their mother died.
Millie died in a mental health facility when she was just thirty years old. She regressed to refusing to accept that Louise was dead. Every day in her head she went to school at Wagstaff and played with her best friend Louise for hours after that. In reality she just sat alone in her room doing the same fifth grade level workbooks that were provided to her and dancing around talking to herself. She left only for futile therapy sessions. One day she was at the water park with Louise. While in reality she was taking a bath. She dove headfirst into the bathtub thinking it was a slide and died of complex head trauma before help arrived.
Jessica attempted suicide in the school bathroom when she was just fifteen. Kaylee found her mere moments later and having been suicidal herself. Knew exactly what happened. She called 911 first and then the office. She monitored Jessica until help arrived. Jessica spent three weeks in a coma fighting for her life. Then another six months in a psychiatric hospital. Megan had moved away not long after Louise died. Completely unrelated her dad had already accepted the new job. Weeks before Louise's accident. She had graduated early and rushed back to town after hearing of her friend's attempt on her own life. They had been in love way back at Wagstaff. Even before the Wharfy incident. Jessica went on to law school and became a nightmare for reckless drivers. Megan and she married the day she graduated law school. They fostered over a hundred children. Adopting four Daisy, Kate, Jonas, and Parker. They had a set of twins born via IVF. It took seven years with each attempting to be the carrier numerous times. Before finally successfully implanting one embryo from Jessica and one from Megan, into Megan's uterus. Louise was Jessica's biological child and Luca was Megan's.