Here's the new chapter. You may find that certain parts lack detail, but I have previously described a similar event and I didn't want to stree the point! Enjoy!

Chapter 29

Life continued its natural course and Holly and Steve settled themselves back in town, living with Holly’s mother. The friendship between her and Shadee strengthened progressively, with the help of many days and evenings spent together. Her belly also got bigger by the day and soon it was no longer a question whether she had a few extra pounds or was actually pregnant.

Approximately six months after her return in town, Holly finally gave birth, but with a twist: she had a gorgeous pair of identical twin boys, whose godparents became Shadee and Sebastien.



Only four months after the birth of Martin and Adrian, Shadee and Sebastien finally had their dream wedding in a beautiful chapel in town. It wasn’t a very big affair, but it certainly was a day that wouldn’t be forgotten so easily.



Shadee’s whole family was there to witness the ceremony where she and Sebastien stood in the spotlight. It could have been said that Gypsy was the most anxious and nervous of them all. She fussed over every tiny detail and stressed herself so much that she was absolutely exhausted on the day of the wedding.



Shadee wasn’t as nervous as she had expected, but the walk down the aisle at the arm of her uncle Zenyth really quickened her heartbeat.



Everything seemed to happen in slow motion, all the sounds died away as she approached a grinning Sebastien in front of the altar.



The ceremony itself was quick – the priest’s speech, the vows,



the ring



and the kiss.



The whole thing was over quite soon.

For the honeymoon, they went for only one week on a very beautiful and exotic holiday in the islands, returning with a perfect tan, but evenly empty pockets.

Not soon afterwards, tragedy stroke again in the form of Gypsy’s death. The whole family was devastated, but the one who suffered most was undoubtedly Caleb: Gypsy had been his mother, it had been only the two of them in the big mansion ever since Shadee had left and Menas had died.



He refused to talk to anybody but Shadee from the day Gypsy died and until the funeral and locked himself up in his room. Only the young woman was allowed to enter the dormitory, to bring him food or water.

After the funeral, Caleb returned from his room with all his bags packed and simply left the mansion for Shadee’s house without as much as looking behind.

It was a terrible ordeal and the whole family was sure that the teenaged boy would never be able to recover from the loss.

But in time everything gets washed away, the pain, the emptiness, the happiness, the joy …