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It had only been a few days but Thursday felt like an eternity to Nadine. She woke up tired from her sleepless nights. She got out of bed and took a long hot shower which felt good; it was something she hadn't done in days. She stepped out of the shower and sat to put on some makeup. Then, she went to her closet to pick out something to wear. She moved her fingers over her clothing moving past her casual jeans and t-shirts to her dresses. She didn't have many and fingered one by one. She came across the dress she wore to her aunt's funeral, the dress she wore to the reopening of the haunted star, the dress she wore on the first and last new years she spent with Nikolas, and the suit she wore when she went in front of the senate fighting for her aunt's patent. She decided on the suit; it was the only thing Nikolas had ever bought her. Somehow wearing that suit made her feel close to him. She could picture him at the store carefully picking a suit for her. It was probably something he has done for many of the women he had been involved with but he picked it for her. Meticulously and carefully picking something for her like he did with every decision in his life. She got dressed and did her hair and looked at her watch and knew she needed to leave to get to Wyndamere on time.

Nadine arrived at Wyndamere and Alfred showed her into the room where all his family and friends was sitting. She saw Alexis, Lucky, Liz, and Lulu. Liz spots Nadine and comes over and they embrace each other.

"Nadine, how are you doing?"

"Okay I guess. Little surprised I'm her though."

"Are you?"

"Aren't you?"

"No. Not really."

Alexis interrupts.

"Okay I think everyone is here. So let's get started. Unfortunately we are all here under unhappy circumstances. My nephew expressed hi wishes to do this as soon as possible even before his funeral. He wanted everyone that he cared about to be here. So everyone in this room is someone that he loved and cared about. Nikolas made a video to express his wishes as far as his estate and possessions."

Alexis puts the video on and Nadine breaths in when she sees his beautiful face.

"Hi. I appreciate everyone for coming. To say this is weird is an understatement. Anyway, let me start. To Spencer I leave 65% of my estate and Wyndamere and this estate is to be split if I happen to have any other children. The inheritance is to be distributed when Spencer turns the age of 25. I don't expect Spencer to be raised at Wyndamere but when he turns of age he can do whatever he wants with it. To my brother and Sister I give them 5% each for them and their children. To my Aunt Alexis I give her 15% for her and her children. I also give Liz 1% for her and her children. And lastly, Nadine. There will never be anything in the world that I could give you to pay you back for everything you have done for me. I am leaving everyone letters including you. I hope that in some way it will explain my actions and how I really feel about you. I just wish I could have told you in person face to face how much I love and adore you.

Tears started streaming down Nadine's face hearing those words coming from his lips.

"Alfred, can you please get her a napkin and not a tissue?"

They both started laughing.

Everyone started looking at Nadine in confusion.

Nikolas continued.

"Nadine, sweetheart, I leave you $10 million to do as you please."

Nadine was in shock at him leaving her that much money.

"Nadine, now I say you can do as you please but before you give all of it away to charity. I just ask you not to give it all away. Buy yourself something anything. You were never a person who cared about money and that is probably the quality that I loved most about you. I want you to do something with the money for me please. Go on a shopping spree; buy yourself a house, or a car. Anyway, the last thing is custody of Spencer. I know whoever raises him will do a great job but I have one person in mind who I think will do an exceptional job. I know people will be surprised by my decision but I think this woman is perfect for the job. My wish is to have Nadine raise Spencer. Nadine, this is only if you want to. If you decide not to I would totally understand. The money is not under the obligation of taking Spencer. I just think you were born to be a mother and you would show my son that he is the most loved little boy in the world. If you choose not to take Spencer then custody would go to my Aunt Alexis. Okay that's about it. The rest of my estate would go to charity and my Aunt Alexis will give you all my letters. Oh, I have one letter for Spencer to be given to him when he's older and more able to understand. Okay thanks for staying and listening. I love you all. Good Bye."

Alexis goes to turn off the tape. Liz goes to Nadine. Nadine was sobbing and Liz put her arms around her.

"It's okay. See he did love you back."

"Why didn't he tell me? We could have been together. We could have been happy."

"Nadine, I don't know but maybe the letter will explain it."

Nadine lets Liz go.

"Yeah" and shakes her head yes.

"Are you going to be okay?"

"Yeah."

"Have you eaten anything?"

"No. I'm not hungry."

"You're coming with us for some lunch."

"No. Really I'm not hungry."

"No arguments."

"Okay. But can you give me a few minutes. I need to speak to Alexis."

"No problem."

Nadine made an attempt of wiping her tears from her eyes and walked over to Alexis.

"Alexis'

"Yes, Nadine."

"I don't know how this works."

"Oh, well we will do some paperwork and the money will be wired to your account."

"No, I wasn't referring to the money. I meant Spencer."

"So you were interested in having custody of Spencer?"

"Yes, it was Nikolas' last wish and I've always loved Spencer. What has Spencer been told?"

"I haven't told him anything yet. I'm not sure exactly what I should tell him. Would you prefer to do it?"

"Alexis I think I should be there. We could tell him together."

"Okay. Take a few days for yourself then give me a call and we'll discuss it more. We can discuss this and his memorial service I would like your input on. Oh and Nadine we'll discuss the money as well. Nikolas was insistent on making sure you received the money and it looks like he knew you all too well.

Nadine smiled.

"Okay. Thank you. Good bye."

"Bye."

Nadine walked away and towards Liz.

"Okay. I'm ready."

"Good because I'm starved."

Nadine, Liz, Lucky, and Lulu left together.

20 minutes later

They walked into Kelly's and got a table and placed their order.

"Well thank you so much for inviting me. Oh, and Liz thanks for being there during my two breakdowns in the last few days."

"Anytime."

"Thanks. I do want to let you all know that I will be taking guardianship of Spencer if he wants me to. I just wanted to let you know that I don't want Spencer to lose any of his family. So if any of you want to see Spencer just let me know. I think we should set up a regular play date with Spencer, Cameron, and Jake."

"I think that would be great," Liz said.

"Do you have any idea what you're going to do with the money?" Lucky asked.

"No idea and you guys?"

"Start by putting it aside for the kid's future," Lucky responded.

"What about you Lulu?"

"I don't know I guess maybe buy a place of my own."

"Yeah, I guess I should do the same thing. I can't have a little boy living in my cramp apartment. I still can't get over the fact he left me so much money."

"Yeah. I can't figure out what the percentages equal in real money, "Lulu said.

"I'm sure it's a lot. One thing Nikolas was always was generous. But money was always so important to him. I still remember the reading of my aunt's will and how outraged he was that she didn't leave me any monetary compensation."

They all laughed.

"I don't think Nikolas knew not to have money. It was the only thing he knew," Lucky said.

"Yeah. He was so different from all of us. He never had to struggle, had to rely on a job for an income, he was pretty spoiled. Something I told him more than once. That's one thing I will try not to do to Spencer."

"That would be something good to try to teach Spencer. Nikolas always gave him whatever he wanted," Liz said.

"I know. I think it would be a challenge."

"But if anyone can do it that's you, Nadine," Liz said.

"Thank you for your confidence."

"Why did we never do this before? Why did it take for this happening for us to actually get to know you Nadine? We should have done this when you were with my brother."

"Thank you. I wished we did this before too. When things ended with me and Nikolas I did feel really lonely. When I came to town I became good friends with Leyla and when I met Nikolas he became my whole world. Then I lost both of them at the same time. I really felt like I had nothing left. It was one thing when Nikolas ended our romantic relationship but I thought we would always have our friendship. Okay I need to stop this. This is too depressing."

"There is nothing wrong in saying that he hurt you. My brother could be an idiot sometimes," Lulu said.

"Yeah he was but I loved him anyway."

"I'm so sorry, Nadine. You guys were really never given a chance. He was happy when he was with you. I never saw him try to be humorous until he met you and you brought that out in him," Lucky said.

"Thank you. I appreciate that."

The four of them sat at Kelly's having lunch together knowing that they had created a bond together. The key element was Nikolas. It was a shame that it took his death to create the friendship. He was a sibling, a friend, and a love that would never be forgotten.