"Valencia

"Valencia!" Angel pleaded. I glared at her.

"Angel, I swear to God. If you 'convince' her to say no, you are in trouble. Trust me. I know this stuff," I warned. She nodded.

"I won't," she promised.

"Guys, I've made my decision," she announced. We all looked at her. "The little kids make a point. You are needed here. But, you are also right. You all need your space. So, I've come up with a solution. You can move into that house, on the condition you come and help with things here too!" I smiled and looked at the other three. They all smiled and nodded.

"Of course!" I said eagerly. I smiled brightly and looked at Fang. He smiled his sweet smile, and put his hand on my knee.

"No!" Angel exclaimed. Nudge frowned, and Gazzy scowled. Jason sighed. They all stood up and left.

"Mom, thank you!" I said happily.

"You won't regret this," Ella promised.

"Do you guys want to come look at it?" Fang asked eagerly. We all looked at Mom and she nodded. We squealed and ran out the door.

"Don't you feel bad about Angel?" Ella asked as we were walking down the street. I sighed and nodded.

"Most definitely," I said sadly. "She knows this is a good thing, and it's what's best. She just doesn't want to admit it." Fang nodded.

"Yeah. I have a brilliant idea!" he said randomly. We all looked at him.

"What?" I asked putting my arm in his.

"Okay. This will make the walk from here to there quicker," he said glancing over at me. I motioned for him to go on. "We get a Polaris." Iggy grinned.

"I like it. Or a Gator. We could fix up the motor where it goes like seventy miles per hour or more!" he said eagerly. I shook my head.

"Okay. That's a good idea, except for Iggy getting a hold of the motor," I said looking at his disappointed face. Fang nodded.

"Now all we have to do is—"

"Go to the bank," I finished. He frowned.

"Huh?"
"Oh!" I exclaimed. "I never told you! Since Micah died, and he never signed the papers, I was still his wife. Meaning, everything, even his personal accounts goes to me, since he never made a will. And I never got anywhere near an eighth out of the joint checking one either." They all stared at me.

"So, how much are we talking in his account?" Ella asked. I grinned.

"Over sixty billion dollars," I said quickly. They all gaped at me.

"Sixty billion dollars!" Iggy screamed. I shushed him and nodded.

"He made the biggest breakthrough so far in science history six times! What do you expect? Oh yeah. He made the clone too. He also helped with the erasers. We were worth a lot of money," I said matter-of-factly.

"So we're using the money that convinced a man to make us?" he asked with a grin. I nodded.

"Yep. And there's tons of it," I said sweetly.

"Why didn't this come up before?" Ella asked excitedly. I shrugged.

"I don't like bragging about much money I have, and besides, I never thought about it," I said simply.

"Does your mom know?" Fang asked. I shook my head.

"Nope. Do you remember six months ago when I was talking on the phone to someone forever? And I was really excited once I got off the phone?" I asked Fang. He thought and then nodded.

"Yeah. That was the last night…yeah. I remember it." He glanced over at me.

"I had it all put into the same account, and I made a few calls Sunday that transferred it to a bank near here," I said going into more detail.

"So, all together, you have?" Fang asked. I smiled and stood on my tiptoes.

"No joke when I say this, but it's really close to a trillion dollars." He froze.

"A…w…huh?" he was stunned.
"He had more than just two accounts," I said quietly.

"Is Max richer than Bill Gates?" Iggy asked curiously. Fang shook his head.

"No." Iggy sighed.

"Fang, you do have the key, right?" he asked since we were by the door. Fang frowned.
"I thought you had it," he said pointing to Iggy.

"No," Iggy said shaking his head. "I'll be right back." He ran off for the house. Fang grinned and pulled the key out of his pocket. Iggy was already out of sight.

"You're horrible," Ella said with a grin. "Good job." Fang nodded and we shut the front door.

This house was huge! It was two stories, and it was long. It was really long too. The walls were like made of marble.

Fang grabbed my hand and walked me upstairs. He led me into a room, and he walked me over to the doors. They had blinds on them. When we walked out, you could see the ocean. It was a beautiful deck. It was made of marble. There was a fountain down below too. Fang put his arms around me.

"This will be our room," he whispered. I smiled and snuggled in his arms. He kissed my head.

"I love you," I said softly.

"I love you more," he said teasingly. "And I'm going to prove it to you." I started to ask how, but he kissed me. He tilted his head, and he put his hands on my hips. I knotted my fingers in his hair.

I pulled back gasping for air.

"I think you are trying to kill me!" I said breathlessly. He was breathing heavy too.

"No. I would never kill you." I smiled and pulled him inside. He shut and locked the door, and we explored the rest of the top floor. There was a bedroom right beside ours. That would be where our baby slept. Then there were more bedrooms. Every bedroom had a bathroom. Mine and Fang's was huge!

There were two sets of stairs, one on each end of the floor. They were both covered in carpet. That's what most of the house was covered in, except the kitchen, bathroom, and this one room that could be a study room. That study room had wood floors, and the kitchen and bathrooms were covered in tile. We went down to the first floor.

That's where the kitchen, dining room, and Iggy and Ella's room was. There were two bedrooms right beside each other. The living room had a huge chandelier in the middle.

"Wow," I said as I was spinning around. Fang nodded.

"Yeah. Beautiful."

"Yes. It is," I agreed.

"Oh. I was talking about you, but that is too," he said quickly. I smiled, and we walked on through the house.

It had a three-door garage. I walked out the back door, and I smiled. They were double doors, and they were basically glass. The marble fountain was beautiful. I looked around. There was a hot tub. Fang laughed when he saw that.

"This is going to be awesome," he said laughing. I nodded. Fang slapped his hand on his forehead.

"I almost forgot," he said pulling me inside. He pulled me out the front door.

"You see that little mini house over there?" he asked pointing to the building beside our house. I nodded.

"Yeah…"
"It's a pool house. There's an indoor pool in it," he informed me. I looked at him. He held up all the keys he had. There were a lot. Thank God he had them labeled.

"This is going to be awesome!" I squealed. He nodded and kissed me.

"Yes it is." I smiled and hugged him. He wrapped his arms around me.

"So, are your parents sure they don't mind? I mean, we obviously know, I can—" he put his finger on my mouth.

"Positive. They don't have to pay anything for it because it was my grandfather's and he built it. It's already been paid off, so it's okay," he promised. I nodded.

"If you say so," I said sweetly. He nodded.

"I do say so," he said kissing my nose. Iggy and Ella ran out.

"This is amazing!" Ella exclaimed. I nodded.

"It's got a hot tub, huge room where we can put anything like pool table, air hockey table, or something like that—"

"Indoor pool," Fang said pointing to the little building. They smiled.

"A garage for three cars," Ella said.

"Plenty of room," I added. They all nodded.

"Now, we just need to…" Fang trailed off in thought.

"Get a Gator, and a car," I finished. He nodded.

"Yep. And get everything moved in here," he said smiling.

"This is unreal!" Iggy said happily. We all nodded and started walking to Mom's house.

"So, was it going to be enough room?" she asked as we walked in the house. We all grinned and nodded.

"Most definitely," I said smiling. Angel ran up.
"Max, I'm sorry. We're going to show you how well you raised us!" she said happily.

"We want you guys to move out," Nudge said sweetly.

"And we want to be on our own in a way, like Max was when she was close to our age," Gazzy said enthusiastically.

"And most importantly," Jason said, finally talking.

"We want you to be happy!" they all said in unison. I smiled and hugged them all.

"Thanks guys," I said with a smile. I had raised them to be strong, and that's what they're doing. They can stand on their own.

"Max really needed that," Fang said behind me. I nodded.

"Do you want to see the house tomorrow after school?" I asked raising an eyebrow. They all nodded.

"You can come over whenever you want," Ella said happily. Ig, Fang, and I nodded.

"Anytime," I promised. "Bring your swimsuits." Angel squealed.

"You have a pool?" I nodded.

"Yep. We do," I said excitedly. They all nodded and walked off, leaving Fang, Ella, Iggy, and me alone.

"Oh yeah. I forgot," Fang said slapping his hand on his forehead again.
"What?" I asked turning to look at him.
"You see, my grandfather liked water, so he had an indoor hot tub put in the pool house too," he explained. We all stared at him.

"So, it's only noon," I observed. We had missed school due to the incident.

"You're saying?" Iggy asked. I smiled.

"I want to go car shopping," I said running into my room. Fang followed me.

"What kind of car are you looking at here?" he asked. I shrugged.
"I don't know," I said shrugging.

"Mom!" Ella yelled. "We need to borrow the car!" Mom walked in my room.

"Why?"
"Car shopping," I explained. She smiled and threw Fang the keys.

"Have fun," she whispered.

"She didn't even ask where I was getting the money from!" I said as we pulled out of the driveway. Fang was driving, and Iggy and Ella were in the back.

"Odd," Iggy muttered. I nodded.

"So, what kind of car are you looking for?" the man, Bill, asked. I smiled.

"Oh, we're just looking," I said sweetly. They nodded. He looked at us funny, but then walked off.

"Ella and Iggy, find one you like," I ordered. They stared at me.

"You are getting two cars?" they asked. I nodded.

"Yep." They stared at me, but then saw I was determined, so they nodded and walked off.

"What are we going to get?" Fang asked with a grin. He had an idea.

"I was thinking a truck," I teased. He rolled his eyes and walked me to the 2012 models of Mustangs.

"I was thinking one of these," he said with a smile. I nodded.

"Me too," I answered honestly. He looked up, and I know he saw the one that he wanted. "Where is it?" I looked at them, and I saw two black ones. One with black leather seats and one with a light tan, almost off white, but not quite.

"The one with the lighter seats," he answered. I nodded.

"Okay." He smiled and kissed my hand.

"Our first car," he said with a smile. I nodded and Iggy and Ella walked up.

"We know which one we want," Ella said happily. I took a breath and followed them. They led me to a dark navy blue car. I almost thought it was black, but in the sun, you could see it was blue. It was a 2012 Corolla. I smiled and nodded.

"We did too," I said pulling them to our car. They laughed.

"I should have known you two would pick something like that," Iggy said grinning. I nodded, and another car salesman walked up. His name was Joe.

"Hi, may I help you?"