"He agreed."

Kyle is silent with an unreadable expression.

"Did he fuss -was he mad?"

Trenton asks.

Trenton accompanied us on the trip. He is staying at the Marriott with us.

"He said having a child has made him realize he'll do anything when it involves the people he loves."

"Is that a treat?"

Trenton asks pacing up and down.

I roll my eyes.

Men are always so protective and ready to react that they always think the worse.

"No. It means he understands why Kyle tortured him. He accepts it and want to speak to Kyle."

I look at Kyle who is deep in thought as he stares at the blank TV screen.

"When can I see him?"

Kyle asks.

"Tomorrow over dinner?"

Kyle nods and reads my face expression.

"What?"

"I hope this ends well."

I respond.

"Well that's up to him."

Kyle responds worrying me.

I sit next to him on the couch and Trenton awkwardly walks away.

"Thank you. For everything. I know this must be extremely hard for you."

I cup his face and he learns into my touch.

"I want you to be comfortable with me. I know I am not the most approachable, but we need to be able to communicate with each other. That's something I am working on fixing on my end too."

I smile at his genuine words and he hugs me.

"This means the world to me."

"Change into something comfy."

I push off him and walk away.

"Why?"

He asks.

"We're all going out to have fun."

I respond not helping him with his confusion.

"I got some ways of us to have fun."

He then shoves his hands in his pants."

"Hurry up we leave in an hour."

I quickly run away.

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"Laser tag?"

Trenton asks as we pull up to the building.

"And paintball"

I respond.

The kids and I loved it here when we lived in New York.

I get the kids out the car and the men follow.

"Let's make this interesting. Let's make groups"

Kye says.

"Who are the team captains?"

Kyle responds.

"Me and Uncle Trenton."

Kye states.

Trenton smiles.

"Who picks first?"

I ask.

"Me!"

Trenton states first.

"I pick Kyle."

I roll my eyes.

"Don't think cause he's a football player you'll win. He's retired and older than everyone here."

Kyle's jaw drops as I trash talk him making me laugh.

"I chose mom."

Kye states and I give him a high five.

"Great decision."

"We'll give you Khloe cause you'll need the extra help."

Trenton states.

"What does the winner get?"

I ask.

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"The only reason you all won is cause of cheating."

Trenton says after falling in the ice skating ring.

Kyle has been giving me dirty looks the whole time.

They hate skating and quite frankly it is because they are extremely bad at it.

"I'm just glad the ice is going to bring down the swelling from me falling so many damn times!"

Kyle shouts clearly frustrated.

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"What do you mean you and Henry are going to meet by yourselves? I'm coming!"

Kyle shakes his head at me.

"You're staying with the kids and Trenton is not here-"

"I know you made him leave on purpose. Where is he anyway?"

Kyle smirks.

"He's probably trying to find some pussÿ."

I roll my eyes.

"Kyle please don't do this alone. You both already don't-"

Kye shuts me up by placing a kiss on my lips.

"Henry and I will have a civilized conversation and when I eventually get his blessing you and I are going to get married."

What?

"So no proposal just immediate marriage? At city hall?"

"Of course not we got planners waiting on you as we speak."

I shake my head.

"Even if Henry pisses you off please just walk away for me."

He hesitates but eventual kisses me.

"Lai. I love you so much. I'll do anything for you. I just want you to understand how serious I am."

I can't help but blush.

"I know. I love you too. I am serious about you too. I just want to make sure everything is stabilized before agreeing to start a new chapter in our lives together."

He can't hide his face splitting grin.

He grips my hands.

"So if Henry does not want to work this out, what does that mean for our future?"

"I love Henry dearly even though he has fucked up severely lately. That's my brother I will always love him. However whether or not he agrees I will still ma-"

Before I can finish he kisses me and squeezes me tightly.

"I didn't even get to finish"

I laugh.

He grabs my ass.

"You're lucky the kids are in the next room."

He tells me.

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The kids and I are all done packing. We decided to have the wedding on the anniversary of Selena's death. It sounds perverse, but we do not want to only think of that day as a day of sadness but as a day of celebration. It's a day Serbs in a weird way found peace and gave the ultimate sacrifice to protect her children. I could not stop crying this week. I was really sad although it should be a happy week for me. If it was not for Selena I would not find the love of my life, and of my children's life. She had blessed my family with a home. We have a father and grandparents. He has given me my dreams, but most importantly showered me with so much love.

I pick up the photo album that I originally took from Selena's apartment after she died. I look at Selena in her pictures and I can't stop crying. I miss my sister. She was not always the way she ended. She had a lot of good to her but she did not know how to cope with the life she was given.

In the Albion there are pictures of her and I as teenagers. We're wearing friendship necklaces. We didn't always get along but we always had each others back.

I stop not wanting to cry and make my eyes puffy a couple hours before my wedding. Just as I am about to put the album back in my bag, I notice that two pages are stuck together.

The OCD in me makes me rip the pages apart. I however notice that they are stapled together.

"That's weird."

I take out the staples and what falls is a letter written in my sister's hand writing.