"This is incredible!" Selena gasped. Her and Addison stood in the doorway of Addison's now finished home. It had come a long way since they had visited it a month ago. The newly laid hardwood floor shined as light flowed into the windows. The walls had been painted a light gray that softened the rooms, Addison had plans to incorporate some darker browns and blues in the curtain and furniture so the room didn't end up looking dreary. The kitchen was brighter with white marble floors and countertops. The cabinets had been done in a lighter wood and an island had been added for extra prep room. The appliances were all new, gleaming stainless steel. Per Addison's wishes the wall dividing the living room with the downstairs bedroom had been knocked down and once the furniture came in would be divided into living and dining areas. The stairs and upstairs area had clean white carpet that filled the home with the smell of new carpet.

"You're telling me, I still can't believe this is actually mine, I feel like I don't deserve this at all." Addison agreed as she took in all the changes to the home. She had been a bit anxious to trust someone so young with her home but to her surprise Luke had done an amazing job. Outside the wrap around porch had been torn out and redone in new lighter wood that complimented the bluish gray paint the outside had been done in. A cobblestone path had been put in to the mailbox and a new fence was partially completed outside. The rest of the fence, the barn, and the chicken coop still needed work but the house was livable new. The lights and gas had been hooked up but it would still be a couple days until the phone lines and internet could be hooked up to the home.

"With everything you've told me about growing up I'd say you deserve every bit of this," Selena responded warmly. Selena and Addison had grown increasingly closer working and living together. Addison had filled Selena in on her history before coming to Castanet even though Selena had been oddly quiet about her own life before coming to the island. They had spent quite a few days off together, Selena had been teaching Addison how to fish and how to identify the fish she caught. Chase had been showing her how to season and cook the fish she caught which she was enjoying a lot. Slowly Addison was starting to feel like she belonged and had good friends here. She had tried to make friends with Candice but it was difficult because her sister Luna was very openly bitter towards Addison. Addison suspected that was due to her growing relationship with Gill which she still resisted putting any labels on. But he had been a wonderful support system for the settlement meetings they had to attend and Addison was very grateful for that. She had hoped to see the Wizard again to ask him some questions but he remained hidden, Addison had gone to his house a few times but gotten no answer – and found the door locked. She had not been able to make much sense of the books or the papers she had taken and was starting to feel silly for believing any of it.

"So you've going to move in with me right?" Addison asked casually as she walked through the kitchen opening cabinets and drawers to make sure they all worked correctly.

"What, right?" Selena asked, taken off guard by the question. She had assumed once Addison left the inn she would just take the room, never had she imagined Addison would want her in her home.

"Do you see how big this place is? I can't spend all my time here alone. Plus you would have way more space and privacy here than in the inn. It is always crowded and noisy there."

"Addison, I'm flattered but I don't know that I could just accept you letting me live here and I don't have much money to pay rent," Selena protested.

"Oh don't worry, I will need plenty of help once I get some plants growing and some animals in here. If I were by myself I'd end up spending half my day just doing chores. But if you're willing to help I have no problem giving you a room."

Selena hesitated for a moment, thinking it over, "I suppose that could work. I really would like some of my own space, you sure you don't want to ask Gill to move in with you first?" Selena teased.

Addison rolled her eyes, "Don't even joke about that, I'm somewhat surprised he hasn't asked already himself."

"So things are going well then?" Selena asked, grinning.

"Fine enough, we're going to this Gala this weekend for the board candidates. I hope it is a good time, it is in a hotel at a place called Toucan Island."

Selena made a face, "Why would they hold the Gala there? That place is awful!"

"You've been there? Why is it awful? I thought it sounded exotic and exciting," Addison asked disappointedly.

"Oh, it was exciting," Selena replied with an emphasis on the was, "It used to be a hidden tropical paradise with just one small bed and breakfast on the island. People from Castanet would often take weekend vacations and honeymoons there. But then the Castanet economy took a dip and people stopped coming. The couple running the bed and breakfast couldn't afford it anymore so they ended up selling it. The deal was great for them, put them in a really good financial position. But it was awful for the island; they tore down the bed and breakfast and build this fancy, high-rise hotel. Most people of Castanet couldn't afford the hotel anymore, now it is mostly snobby rich people from the mainland taking vacations or meeting for business meetings. Because of all the construction a lot of native trees and plants were cut down and a lot of the animals have dwindled in numbers. So yes, it was exciting and exotic but now it is nothing special. But money always wins out in the end I guess, the couple who sold it live in one of the suites at the top of the hotel and don't seem to care much about what happened to the island."

"That is unfortunate," Addison said once Selena finished her story, "But I wouldn't judge that couple too harshly. I know all too well what it feels like to struggle financially, they probably did what they had to do to make it."

Selena sat in silence for a moment with a dark look on her face, "Maybe, all I know is I hate it there," she finally responded.

"Well that is just as well, I felt bad going without you."

"I wouldn't want to miss a weekend of work anyway, the visitors and sailors who stay for the weekend usually tip more than locals," Selena replied, attempting to sound indifferent.

"Will you still come with me for my dress fitting? I trust you to tell me if I look ridiculous."

Selena chuckled and smiled, "I think I can manage that."

Addison sat on the floor with a pile of catalogues, "Good, before we go help me pick out some furniture. The sooner we get some in here the sooner we can move out."

The two spent the next hour shuffling through the catalogues Addison had gotten from Dale and Barbara. It was surprising to Addison how much stuff a home needed – just the kitchen supplies were a lengthy list. Once they had narrowed down their lists they made their way out, first up to Dale's shop in the Garmon Mine district and then back to the main town to drop off the order lists. After the lists had been dropped off and paid for they went to the tailor shop to check on Addison's dress.

Inside the tailor shop they ran into Maya who was chatting cheerfully with Candice.

"Oh, hi Addison, Selena," Maya said cheerfully as she noticed the two.

"Hi Maya, how have you been?" Addison asked warmly.

"I'm fine, tired most days but fine. Although none of my clothes fit anymore!" Maya answered, placing her hand on her now larger, more obvious growing stomach.

"Do you know if it is a boy or girl yet? How far along are you?" Selena asked excitedly.

"Five months, and I chose not to know, I want a surprise. Chase wanted to know but since I have to carry it around for the next four months I got the final say."

"Addison, I have your dress ready if you'd like to come get it on," Candice called out. Addison went to get into the dress as Selena and Maya chatted about potential baby names.

"I'm surprised to see you today and not your Grandmother," Addison commented as Candice helped her into the dress.

"My Grandmother isn't well right now so I'm having to run the shop. It couldn't be worse timing either with all the Gala orders," Candice replied as she zipped up Addison's dress.

"Isn't Luna helping you any?"

Candice gave a dry, sarcastic laugh, "Luna hardly ever helps as it is and lately she helps even less. I don't know what is going on with her but she is being a bit of a brat lately." Addison was surprised by Candice's answer, she had only ever seen Candice be quiet and sweet but never bitter.

Addison and Candice walked out into the main salon of the shop again to show Selena the dress. As Addison stepped up onto the platform and caught her reflection in the mirror she was surprised by how nice she looked. The dress was crimson red and fitted to hug the curves of Addison's body down to her ankles. The dress had a single thick strap that went over her right shoulder that was accented with small rhinestones that matched the gemmed broach resting on her left hip that pulled the dress tight.

"Whoa, be careful. Gill might propose to you if you show up in that," Selena commented as Addison showed them the dress. Candice circled her, checking the dress in different places to make sure it was tight and loose in all the right places.

"Oh that would be wonderful!" Maya exclaimed.

"Eh, wonderful maybe in a couple years if things go well. Kind of terrible if he did that now. Honestly as it is he is already being a bit forward from my taste."

"Well either way you look stunning Addison," Maya replied, trying to salvage the mood.

"I think I need to take out the chest just a tad," Candice observed, tugging at the top of the dress in a way that made Addison slightly uncomfortable, "Nothing too hard to handle, it will still be ready by the weekend."

"Wish I had that problem," Selena mumbled.

Maya laughed, "I used to think that before I got pregnant– believe me you don't want that problem, it is a pain. Literally."

"Could you guys not," Addison grumbled, her cheeks flushed with embarrassment.

"Ok, let's get you back out of this," Candice ushered Addison back to the changing room and got her back into her regular clothes. Candice instructed her to come back in two days and sent her on her way. Selena had invited Maya to join them for lunch so the group set out together.

"Shoot, I forgot to ask Candice something, I'll be right back," Addison said as they were a little ways down the road and headed back into the shop. Nobody was in the main salon as she entered so she stuck her head down the hallway in search of Candice. Seeing the hallway empty she started walking down and peered into the family's living area. There she saw Candice browsing through some books on a bookshelf. Julius came up behind her and placed a hand on her hip which caused her to jump and turn around.

"Can I help you?" she asked, eyes wide.

"I've finished the sewing you gave me to do, would you like to come check my stitching?" he asked, reaching up and brushing a stray hair from her face.

"Yes, I'll be right there," she said in a flustered manner, stepping back to create some distance between them. Despite her attempt to be professional Addison noticed the flush in her cheeks and got the feeling Candice was only putting distance between them for the sake of professionalism, not personal desire.

Addison turned around and headed out of the shop, deciding she would talk to Candice in a couple days. "I guess I was wrong about his preferences," she said to herself with a laugh as she started off down the road after her friends.

The group was eating at a small new seafood restaurant that had opened up on the docks. They sat outside at a small table under a big green umbrella, taking advantage of the warm day since they had been so scarce lately. Addison decided to keep what she had seen at the tailor shop to herself, she was pretty sure if she said anything it would be all over the island by nightfall. Instead Selena and Addison filled Maya in on Addison's home which she offered to host Maya's baby shower in if she would like that. Maya loved the idea and told them all about the monkey theme she wanted for the party.

Looking over across the small dining area she noticed Toby sitting at a table with a slender, blue-eyed red haired woman. The two were chatting animatedly and his hand was resting on hers. Addison looked around but to her relief didn't see Renee anywhere around. She made a mental note to look around for her and check on her, even though her and Renee weren't close she was sure Renee would be crushed if she knew Toby had gone on a date with someone. And even though Renee wasn't here she was pretty sure Renee would find out eventually.

Later that night Addison and Selena were sitting on the floor of their room. Before remodeling the home Addison and Luke had packed up everything that had been left in the home. Now before moving back in Addison had wanted to go through it and decide what to keep. She had put it off thinking it would be an easy task but it was proving difficult and time consuming.

"Your father really liked to read," Selena commented as she opened the third box full of books she had found.

"I guess so, I don't remember him reading much but he sure had a lot of books."

"Some of these look really old. There are a lot about the island's history."

"I think for now we will keep all the books," Addison remarked.

"Hey Addison, look at this one!" Selena said excitedly, pulling out a worn book with half the cover torn off. "Isn't this the same book we took from the wizard's house?"

Addison looked up from the box she was sorting and took the book from Selena, flipping through it, "Even better, this one is actually in English. But it is so worn I can barely read most of it. It looks like somebody took notes in this one too."

"Well maybe using the two we can figure it out. Maybe figure out certain words or something. Figure out what this is all about," Selena suggested.

"It is possible, especially with the notes," Addison agreed, flipping through the pages to see how many were clear enough to read. The pages were faded and tore easily as she turned the pages so she had to handle it gently. The notes were written in pen and looked much more recent.

"Why would your father have a book like this? Was your father involved in magic like the wizard?"

"I doubt it," Addison answered, "But he did really love this island. Maybe this book was important to the island in some way." She closed the book again to examine the cover since it was torn the only word that remained was the word Legacy in large, gold letters.

Addison laid that book carefully aside and sealed the rest up, determined to look through them later in hopes of finding a connection.

"Were these your mother's?" Selena asked, holding up a pair of purple gloves that she had found on the top of one of the boxes that were clearly too large to have belonged to a young Addison.

Addison took one of the gloves from Selena, turning it over in her hands with a puzzled look, "I wouldn't think so, my mother hated purple. Though I'm not sure who else they would have belonged to."

"There is a whole punch of stuff in here, look at this," Selena said as she pulled over a woolen purple scarf with silver frays on the end.

"I doubt my mother would ever wear that either, but I like it," Addison threw the scarf around her neck, examining the ends.

"Look at this one, it is a bunch of your toys!" Selena said excitedly, pulling out a pink rattle and a stuffed elephant.

"Huh, I don't remember these," Addison said as she shuffled through the box.

"Well duh, you were a baby," Selena teased. As much as it was a logical answer, something about it still felt weird to Addison. But she had a lot of toys being an only child at the time so it was unusual that she didn't remember every one.

As they were examining the contents and stopping every now and then for Addison to tell stories about what they found Addison heard her phone go off. She got up to check it and saw a text from her brother which read 'Things aren't going well here. Can I spend Thanksgiving break with you?'

Addison's heart sunk. The hardest part of being here was being away from Tyler and knowing he was still at home with their mother. She would have loved to bring Tyler here with her, but unfortunately it wasn't possible right now. The island's population had grown faster than their school system could handle. Because of it a lot of kids were homeschooled or were away at school during the semester. Tyler was in a good school back home and Addison wanted him to have college opportunities so she had made the painful decision to leave him behind. It was something that still made her feel guilty. For so long she had lived her life in a way to give Tyler the best as much as logically it was right to be apart from him now it hurt her.

But she also knew she needed it. The island was a part of her and her family and something Addison wanted in her life. In the last couple months she had made more friendships and connections than she had the whole rest of her life. 'Of course, I'll buy tickets tomorrow and mail them out. I'll have Internet soon so we can Skype then. Love you,' she texted back.

"Are you alright?" Selena asked, noticing the pained look on Addison's face.

"I think I'm just going to take a walk, I'll be back in a bit."

Addison left the room and hurried through the bustling bar. Kathy and Jordan, one of the new waitresses, were working tonight since Addison was off. A gust of cool air blasted her face as she opened the door and walked out in the night. She realized a jacket would have been a good idea but didn't feel like going back inside so she wrapped her arms around herself and headed towards the quiet docks. She sat on the edge of one of the docks, listening to the boats creek as the drifted up and down with the waves. A million thoughts shuffled through her head and jerked her feelings in every which direction.

"Don't you ever learn? Last time you came out here at night I had to save you and that little dancer from imminent doom."

Addison grimaced and turned to Owen, "If you dislike me so much why do you always bother me?"

Owen opened his mouth to sling another retort Addison's way but paused when he saw the pained look on her face and single tear that had escaped, "Whoa there, what is eating at you?"

"A million different things, not like you care," Addison shivered, holding herself tighter.

"Would I have asked if I didn't care?"

Owen took off his jacket and placed it on Addison's shoulders. Her pride wanted to reject it but it was warm from his body and she was grateful to have it. He took a seat beside her, "A million things is a lot to handle. Let's just start with the first thing and work from there."

"You don't have to pretend to be nice to me." Addison responded bitterly, "I know you don't like me."

"Hey now, I never said I didn't like you. I'm not saying I like you either, I'm rather indifferent to you really. But I don't dislike you."

"It's just my brother," Addison stated.

"I didn't know you had a brother, I thought you came here alone."

"That is just it, I did come along. I left him back home because I thought it was best but nights like tonight I just don't know. I keep saying it was best for him but part of me really just wanted some time alone. Which makes me feel like the worst person alive."

Owen let out a slight laugh which earned him a giant glare from Addison, "You really enjoy this?" she asked, astonished.

"No, it is just you and I are more alike than you realize."

"How do you figure that?"

"Like I said before, I lost my parents – both of them, not just one I might add. My biggest responsibility is my little sister. Sure my Grandpa helps out but he has his shop to run and isn't getting any younger. In the end the only one I trust to look out for her is me."

"So what do you do when you want to do something for yourself? How do you deal with the guilt?"

"I don't. I thought I could handle it, but I caved. That is why I broke off my engagement, the only thing that meant anywhere as near as much to me as my sister did."

"I always just assumed you and Kathy had a fight or something."

Owen shook his head, "Nope. I just can't leave my family right now. It doesn't feel right. And I'm not sure I want to leave one family just to jump right into another. I've never been alone."

"That is exactly how I feel! That is why I came here, I needed to be alone."

"Does Gill know that?" Owen asked snidely.

"I've told him, but I'm not sure he listened. I mean I like him but I think he wants a lot more than I want – no, not more than what I want but what I'm ready for. How did Kathy handle it?"

"I don't think she understood either. But it was my fault. I'm the one who proposed and then took it all away. I'm surprise she even talks to me most days."

"Do you still love her?"

Owen stared at the water, taking in the moon's light reflecting off the ripples, "I don't think about that. That just brings a whole new kind of guilt."

"There is no right answer is there," Addison's voice cracked, "I can never just make everybody be okay."

Owen placed a friendly hand on her shoulder, "Let everybody else sort it out on their own for a little bit. You need to make you okay, you aren't any good to anybody if you are in pieces."

"I'm not sure I knew how to do that," Addison admitted.

"You'll learn," Owen assured her.

"Did you learn?"

Owen laughed quietly, "Don't use me as an example Jensen, I've made more mistakes than I hope you do."

Addison stood up and pulled Owen's coat off of her, "I think I should be getting back now."

"You sure you are okay?" Owen asked, Addison noting his tone of genuine concern.

"If Kathy comes out here and sees me with your coat around me I won't be okay."

Owen chuckled, "Fair enough, take care Jensen."

"You too," she smiled before turning away and walking bar towards the bar. Owen watched her walk away, a puzzled smile creeping across his face.