EPILOGUE
Tess
This year the memorial will be held in Radio City Music Hall.
It’s enormous and we need the room. The entire extended family will be there.
Even the cousins… all the cousins. And Brett and Rockland have plenty of them.
While I’m excited to get to know the family better, I’m a little overwhelmed by the size of the crowd.
Dante should be here with Adrianna in a few hours—they’ll be the first to arrive from the Parish. Then the others will follow. Paige and Bronson will be in attendance and I can’t wait to meet their precious newborn baby boy, Thomas. A regal name for a baby who I’m sure is dressed like a king.
Sasha and Carter will be here soon. No doubt even more shredded than when they left, except now with a killer tan to show off their muscles. Everyone’s made bets on whether Sasha’s already pregnant. John and Mary will be glowing and looking ten years younger from the Mediterranean lifestyle.
And Rockland and I will be hosting everyone. He’ll be by my side every moment. Keeping me strong. Getting me through the whirlwind weekend.
What I’m most looking forward to is after the reunion, when our goodbyes have been said, warm hugs have been given. And the quiet comes. That magical time that belongs to only us two.
Our own little version of heaven on Earth.