Consequences
Part 9: Epilogue
"All right, I'll say Colonel Mustard, with the rope, in the conservatory."
"Aw man!" groaned Ken, "I've been trying to get to the kitchen like forever!"
Weeks later, Ben, Devlin, Ken, and Gwen were spread out on the living room floor, the game board between them. Kai was longing on the couch, reading a magazine. Rocky, Ken's pet, was curled up next to her. It was a nice, quiet day in, just the six of them. Even Max and Gwendolyn had cleared out of the day, fishing and shopping, respectively.
"Sorry Ken," Ben smirked, "Gwen?"
"Nada, Dad. "
"Devlin?"
Devlin pulled the rope card out of his hand and slid it over to his dad. He was pretty sure Mustard did it; that's why Ken kept getting pulled everywhere. "Here you go. Gwen's turn."
She rolled the dice and took four spaces toward the study. "And no fair using your powers to figure it out, that's cheating," Ken told her.
"Yeah, and using XLR8 to win at soccer isn't? Pass the Oreos," she easily responded.
"Well, don't think I'm buying that 'involuntary reaction' B.S. anymore; I think you can control it." She smirked back, popping a cookie in her mouth.
"Kenny! Language!"
"Sorry, Dad."
As Ken took his turn, Ben turned to Devlin. "Everything ok, son?"
He offered him a big smile. "Yeah Dad, everything's good. Promise."
And as he watched his family play, he knew it was. He hadn't gotten it before. His first year of life with the Tennysons had been easy. He had thought his whole life that if he had a family that loved him, everything would be ok, and the past year had seemed to prove that.
But then things had gotten hard. His perfect life hadn't been as perfect as he thought it was, and he couldn't handle it.
Now he knew the truth. Nothing in life was perfect, not even the Tennysons.
But it was totally worth it.
Author's Notes:
Whew! That'd be the end, folks. I hope you enjoyed reading it half as much as I did writing it!
Thanks, as always, to the wonderful AFigureofSpeech for her beta work! Thanks to all who reviewed; your advice and comments have been very much appreciated. Lastly, thanks to all who read. Hopefully I produced something worth reading.