the opus legacy, chapter 11: the heart of the matter

8/11/2019 The Opus Legacy, Chapter 11: The Heart of the Matter

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The Opus Legacy

Written by: Hippielayla86

Chapter 11: The Heart of the Matter


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Welcome back to the Opus Legacy! This is a joint legacy betweenilovereecee/Katie and myself hippielayla"# We are currently in generation$ and the lovely %el Opus is our heiress#&uring the last chapter Tara and Topher's love life finally got the closure

it needed# &erek and %el (our heiress) originally had trouble conceivingbut now they have three beautiful children their eldest *achel is now a

child who loves the piano and their twin sons +than and &e, are infants#-o now that we've recapped where we are let's get back into it shall we.

&uring the chapter our heiress %el will be our narrator and if haveanything to add will do so at the bottom of the slide in italics#Thanks for coming back to read more about the Opuses!

Chapter 11: The Heart of the MatterWritten by0 hippielayla"


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&erek and were so shocked at the arrival of twins! 1fter our troubleswith trying to conceive twins were double blessing# 1nd yes doublethe work but &e, and +than's sweet smiles and coos make up for anye,tra diaper changing and bottle cleaning#


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-peaking of little *achel she has been really taken with piano latelyand it seems 3oelle from the %usic and &ance club has taken notice#


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-o &e, and +than are already

approaching their toddleryears! We decided to keepthings low key for the twinsbirthday 2 afterall ampregnant and don't know howmuch fun 'd be anyway right

now#


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Dex is a Cancer 8 Neat, 3Outgoing, 7 Active, 7 Playful10 NiceEthan is an Auarius ! Neat,

1 Outgoing, ! Active, 7Playful, 8 Nice

"oth uite shy, #layful an$nice

Our little boys both have brown

hair like me but can definitelysee a lot of &erek's features in&e,#

&e, is our little sweety dressedin brown and 'm holding little+than in my arms in this picture#5e definitely looks like an Opus#


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-ee what mean with +than 2

he really looks a lot like &adbut paler than either of us#


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&ad is thrilled to have toddlers in the house again 2 he loves playingwith them along with teaching them the essential skills you need# 6oucan see was getting ready to help out +than with some smartmilk inthe background#


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%y darling twin boys are so full of energy# They love spending time together!444

% &ust reali'e$ % $i$n(t intro$uce the )oys *ith their na+esaes- %n the )oo.o+ething "orro*e$ / Dex is achel(s )est frien$ fro+ college an$ Ethan is her )est

frien$ fro+ chil$hoo$- Dex an$ achel ha$ too +uch fun on her 30th)irth$ay, an$ soachel runs off to Englan$ to s#en$ ti+e *ith Ethan an$ get a*ay fro+ Dex an$ his

fiance her other )est frien$, Darcy2 Ethan is an artsy, *itty architect an$ uitefranly one of +y favorite characters in the novel- Dex, is *ell Dex, you($ have torea$ the )oo % guess- 2


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With found grown ups in the house vying for the chance to teach theboys their skills was happy to get my chance to teach +than to walk#


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*achel seems to be doing well

in school but she doesn't seemto be enjoying it# think weought to enroll her in privateschool soon# Though 'm sureshe'll miss going to school withher cousin 9orey#


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'm sure my baby girl could

spend more time skilling but love watching her have funplaying in the sand#


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1nd we're also one day closer

to meeting our youngest child# can't wait until they're hereand can show them the waysof the world# -till hoping forthat girl!

Tonight &erek was promotedto :olice 9heif!444

An$ yes, again, since he ha$

gotten #ro+ote$ )efore +y lastsave an$ the last glitch--- too+any glitches for this girl4


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love seeing %om and &ad

get along so well# thinkthey're such a great e,ample ofwhat a happy loving marriagecan be# They still dote on eachother even now#


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Though love my children do

still take time for myself# 've

been trying to take in everythingthis pregnancy since it will bemy last one# 1nd must say 2being able to sunbathe whilepregnant without getting gawked

at is one of the best perks ofliving on the beach!

;oth +than and &e, aremoving right along with theirmilestones# +than and love tosing nursery rhymes together

now that he can talk he won'tstop singing#


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%y little girl just brought

home her first 1< 4 it seems

she's started to enjoy school abit more now too 'm sothankful!


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was so happy when she

rushed upstairs to show me her

report card! 'm so proud of*achel!


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&ad is such a huge help with the

kids# 5e helps out with &e, and

+than but also loves to play with*achel# even saw him runningaroud in the sprinkler with herthis afternoon!2

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=ust when thought my babywould never arrive went intolabor and gave birth to little=ulian# 1nother brunette 2

had really been hoping to haveat least one kid with blonde orred hair even# guess my genesare just very dominant!

ulian is +ore of a +inorcharacter in .o+ething"orro*e$, he is the ne*)oyfrien$ of achel(s )est frien$

9illary- 9e is #ortraye$ as anaffa)le, intelligent +an-


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1nd it looks like got my

wish! got another little girltwins again# 1nd she hasblonde hair# We named our

youngest daughter &arcy#Darcy on the other han$ is na+e$ for

one of the three +ain characters in.o+ething "orro*e$-

.he is achel(s chil$hoo$ )est frien$ *hohas al*ays )een :;iss Po#ularity< an$achel has often )een &ealous of her in

$ifferent *ays- =he author tries really har$to +ae you hate Darcy in the )oo, )utthen $elves into her life in .o+ething "lue*here *e see her gro* u# e+otionally- An$one other thing to +ention on this sli$e isthat % love that ulian is )eing #asse$ fro+

;el to .e) in front of 5il(s #ortrait, all

four generations are re#resente$ in this#hoto-


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know *achel is looking more

at &arcy as a little doll to playdress up with right now than afriend but am delighted thatshe now has a sister amongsther three brothers#

-hortly after &arcy and =ulianare born my mother father and

*achel rush in to meet thenewest additions to the Opusfamily#


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That is until my babies grow

up and raise their own# try not

to think about it### but &adprobably won't have theopportunity to meet any greatgrandchild since it took &erekand so long to have children#

;ut try to put those thoughtsaside and enjoy each moment#

&erek has been putting in a lotof hours these days as :olice9heif so &ad has really been

pitching in# think he's awarejust as much as am that =ulianand &arcy will be the lastbabies we raise for a while#


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"oth Ethan an$ Dex have=inering as their #re$estine$ho))y-

am so thankful that &e, and

+than are so well behaved andget along so well# They seem to

spend hours on end playingwith blocks completelyignoring drawing#


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=he *hole O#us fa+ily is

ena+oure$ *ith Darcy an$Ethan- .e) see+e$ to tae a

favorite to ulian *hile ;elal*ays autono+ously *ent toco+fort Darcy-


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Today when %om and &erekarrived home from their jobs 2 was happy to hear that &erekhad been promoted again 4

had thought :olice 9heif wasthe highest level of lawenforcement in our town# ;utapparently &erek has beenpromoted to special ops?#

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>Dere has )een #ro+ote$ to

Ca#tain 9ero4 =his #ro+otionha$ hi+ to# la* enforce+ent

gaining a ton of as#iration#oints an$ re*ar$ing hi+ *iththe co+#letion of his ?=@ 62

Long hours on the job away


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1nd gotta say love it too!

With all of my maternity leave

've gotten to spend so muchmore time with the kids than&erek feel guilty sometimes#%aybe that's why &ad 7uit hisjob back in the day#

Long hours on the job awayfrom the family tend to wear on&erek# 5e would rather spendmore time with the kids# -o whenhe is greeted by a loving hug by

*achel when he gets home someof the guilt goes away looking atthe pride on her face for herhardworking father#


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-ometimes wonder if we let*achel goof around too much###at least when she's playingwith &e, or +than at the table

she is gaining skills as well asbonding with her brothers#

444achel really $oesn(t s#en$ as

+uch ti+e silling as she#ro)a)ly shoul$--- she(ll have to+ae u# for it in her teenageyears---


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t's +than and &e,'s birthday party today 2 we invited all of my sistersand their spouses to help celebrate the big day!


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+than was the first to blow out

his candles# Looking at him as achild 'm not surprised to seehe looks even more like my

&ad now that he's older# =ustlook at that picture of &adbehind +than the resemblanceis a bit uncanny#

444% also love that Ethan s#un into

an outfit )efitting a si+ *ith=inering as their #re$estine$ho))y- An$ #ar$on +y #icturetaing sills, ;el an$ her sisterEllen *oul$ not get out of the

*ay--- % +ean, *hen there(s cae/ *hy *oul$ you 2


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&erek helped his mini me &e,with blowing out his candlesthough &e, did seem a bitmore interested in the flame at

first before he finally blewthem out#

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% al*ays love the ex#ression on

a si+ #arents face *hen theto$$lers reach for the fla+e ontheir )irth$ay- A##arently .e)lies the vie* too-


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Little &e, looks so much like

&erek though think he may

have my eye shape and not&erek's# 5e is a sweetynonetheless!


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-ince most of the guests for the twins' birthday were married couplesthere was a lot of flirting and chit chat# 3ot really what you woulde,pect for a "thbirthday party 2 but everyone had fun#


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1nd %om and &ad took the party outside making out in theirpajamas on the beach# 5ey 'm not one to judge but if you werelooking on you may think it was odd#


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1nd in the end 2 the birthday boys had fun too#444Bou +ay )e a)le to tell in this #icture, )ut for so+e reason, even though

Dex ha$ a #latinu+ +oo$, an$ a roof raiser he *as crying after the#arty--- +ay)e he ha$ too +uch fun he $i$n(t *ant it to en$ %t *as a ta$)i'arre to say the least---


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Bou can $efinitely see hi+

crying in this #icture, an$ thenhe *as su$$enly exhauste$ an$so *as achel- .till not sure*hat got into these t*o-


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1fter the boys party %om and &ad have been spending time witheach other e,clusively# They are such great e,amples of a lovingmarriage#


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t was late at night when got

home from work so the dining

room was a bit empty when webrought =ulian and &arcy totheir cakes# 'm so e,cited to seemy babies grown up a bit more!


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Little &arcy looks a lot like *achel did at this age but think she has &erek's

eyes# 1nd =ulian looks a lot like &e, and of course &erek as a toddler#

444Darcy is an Auarius ! Neat, 3 Outgoing, 3 Active, Playful, 7 Nice

ulian is an Aries 8 Neat, 8 Outgoing, 7 Active, ! Playful, ! Niceulian has extra #ersonality #oints totalling 33, *hich is a lot, )ut $oesn(t )eat hisol$er )rothers *ho )oth have 3! #ersonality #oints- =hat see+s to )e a co++on

thing in this fa+ily, .e) has a lot of extra #ersonality #oints as *ell-


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+than brought home his cousin 5illary from school today# love thatthe two of them get along 2 my twin only had one child and so 'mglad that she gets along well with one of my children#


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3ow that the twins are

toddlers there's no time to

slow down# 1lso 2 we're a bitready to be done with diaperscan you blame us though.444"oth Darcy an$ ulian *ere

#otty traine$ the sa+e nightthey age$ u#-


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With the help of smartmilk

&erek and were bree8ing

through teaching &arcy and=ulian everything they neededto know as toddlers#


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-ometimes can't believe how

lucky &erek and are# We havesuch beautiful smart children# loved watching &erek help&arcy with her first steps#


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3ow that the boys are older they'll take turns with *achel to run out

and greet their &ad or me at the car when we get home from work#They are so sweet!


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Well tonight's the big night 've been waiting for 2 've been wanting

to get *achel into private school for a long time now# 1nd now that theboys are attending school it made more sense to apply for admissionfor three# %om &ad &erek and were all set and ready for theheadmaster to visit#


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%om was giving the

headmaster a tour of our home

when suddenly Arimmyshowed up for her### just don'twant to believe it###

can't believe how strong &ad


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Well that's just something you

don't say to a new widower#

@nderstandably &ad brokedown into the tears he hadbeen fighting hard to keep in#The headmaster was veryembarrassed and 7uickly leftonly saying that the kids wereadmitted as he left#

can t believe how strong &ad

is 2 he still served up hisfamous salmon and conversedwith the headmaster# ;ut when

the headmaster turned theconversation to the afterlifeand if he believed ghostse,isted###


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1s we were grieving about

losing %om 2 it was ;rit's

birthday# Tara and *udydecided to keep it a low keycelebration since Tara was veryupset# 5e did the honors ofholding ;rit while Tara did herbest to keep it together#


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;rit is a very uni7ue looking

child it's hard to tell who he

looks like right now#444"rit is a Pisces 1 Neat, 8

Outgoing, Active, Playful, 10Nice- % thin he loos a lot lieu$y, so %(+ sure he(ll gro* intohis loos- 62


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Our little &e, is a very outgoing kiddo# t's not an uncommonoccurrence to see him greeting people as they walk by 2 especially ifthey happen to be the cute newspaper girl like ;rooke# &e, lovesgreeting her everyday she comes to deliver the paper# The two chat for7uite a while before she heads off to complete her paper run#


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=ust a few short days after we

lost %om Arimmy showed up

again for 1rchie# :oor *acheland were there to see him go 2and of course his mate +milywas there howling as we cried#


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;ut &ad will always be a &ad

first he said to me BOh %el

1rchie was such a sweet dog 2we'll miss him 2 come hereCand he pulled me in for a bighug# 'm so lucky to have such agreat &ad#

was hoping &ad was going tomiss it didn't know how hewould handle another loss sosoon but he heard me crying

and came outside# 5e thenstarted to cry as 1rchie wastaken from us#


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hope that my kids will think of me the way think of my &ad asthey grow older# always try to let them know that they are loved#Which means letting them dance on my bare feet even when they haveshoes on 2 no one said it was easy being a %om!


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t's rare when &erek and get a moment alone and when we do wecherish them# mean we still talk about things other people talk about2 including work but would guess not everyone's spouse talks abouthow they were putting more super villains in jail#


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love that they look

completely different from eachother and that &arcy looks likeme with &erek's hair and=ulian looks like &erek withmy hair color#

&arcy and =ulian are growingright up# They spend a lot oftime in their nursery playingwith their rabbit heads#

&ad and have been busy


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have a plan for somethingspecial for him soon buttonight is about our little*achel# can't wait to see herall grown up#

y

bodies today planning for*achel's birthday party# ;utthat doesn't mean &ad hasn'ttaken the time to talk about oneof his many vacations with%om# know he misses herand know he talks about theirlast vacation the most lately#


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*achel was very e,cited when she saw the cake that &ad and got

ready for her# @nfortunately &erek was at work when we all gatheredaround in the living room to celebrate#


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That didn't stop the rest of us from cheering her on# The boys were

especially e,cited for their big sister# 6ou should've seen how high+than jumped as he cheered!


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3ow that she's a teen *achel


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444

achel rolle$ o+anceFortune

she loves har$*orers GH levelin their career2 an$ logical si+s,)ut she $islies custo+hairstyles-

has decided to go for a morefeminine look with her hairthough keeping it up in a bunstill keeps it from being toolong for her she did love hershort hair afterall#

Once &erek got home from


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know *achel hates it when&erek and are affectionate infront of her but little &e,didn't seem phased#

gwork made sure to give him ahuge hug#


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1s a birthday gift to *achel took her on a shopping trip for some new

clothing# thought it was a fitting gift for a teenager#


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5aving once been a teenager

myself can't blame *achel###

've been there#444

;el is a ro+ance si+ afterall,she(s &ust a +onoga+ous one-

Though unfortunately thinkshe saw it as an opportunity tomeet cute boys too###


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*achel seemed to get along with 1lon very well but then she found

out 1lon is dating her cousin 1nnalise and their conversation 7uicklycame to a halt#That's when told *achel she had a second birthday surprise#

Our dog Kim isn't getting any


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-he picked this adorable

schnau8er that she named

Aeorge#4445eorge is na+e$ after Atlanta,

5eorgia *here our author E+ily5iffin lives-

younger and so *achel'ssecond present was to pick outa new family pet to adopt#

5ere's hoping that Aeorge and


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% love this #ic, even though Ii+

*as aslee# *hen 5eorge ca+eho+e for the first ti+e, she *asa*are that the househol$ ha$ ane* +e+)er-

Kim get along well enough tobring in a new generation ofpuppies to the Opushousehold#

Aeorge has stolen all of our

h i j d i d


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'm so happy we decided to let*achel pick Aeorge out#

hearts in just a day# 5e is so goodat giving us those puppy eyesthat melt our hearts and give himan instant treat or a pat on thehead#


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Our boys &e, and +than have become 7uite the little fishermen#

They've been spending a ton of time fishing when they aren't busywith homework#444

An$ yes, they *ere invite$ to &oin the nature clu) at Peerless Par*hich %(+ sure they *ill never visit- Does anyone visit the ho))y lots=he only one % visit is the cuisine one if they get the urge to co+#ete an$

*in in a foo$ co+#etition-


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Aeorge seems to have stolen Kim's heart as well# 'm so happy that thetwo of them get along!

know some parents would look

d t i


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+than on the other hand loves

learning new tricks from his

Arandpa in a good game ofchess#444achel has +axe$ her

creativity-

down on me not encouraging*achel to pursue other hobbies###but even though *achel haslearned all she can with herpiano just love hearing herplay#?

&e, prefers to study with

b k 9 tl h '


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%y little *achel is growing up

too 7uickly just the other day

walked by her making kissyfaces and practicing lines at amirror#444achel is *oring on her

charis+a sill-

books# 9urrently he'sdevouring mechanical bookslike there's no tomorrow#444Dex has +axe$ +echanical


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&arcy and =ulian are activelittle tykes# usually find themplaying together at the activitytable that &e, and +than lovedas toddlers#

-eeing *achel all grown up make sure to spend time withmy youngest &arcy#


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&e, and ;rooke still chat with each other everyday# think my little

guy might be developing a crush on our newspaper delivery girl#

This is very unlike us### but

tonight little &arcy grew up


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&arcy continues to look more

like me as she grows with

&erek's hair color of course#

tonight little &arcy grew upafter a nap# We completelymissed our little girl's birthday#

=ulian grew up a few short

minutes later too


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5e continues to look like his

father# 5e is such a happy little

guy too#

minutes later too#

We may not have throw them a

party but you better believe we all


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The e,tra attention doesn'treally make up for us missingit but it certainly helps#444

;y ga+e e#t crashing, an$ so% *as losing trac of *hen +ysi+s *ere going to age u# / %*as )u++e$ *hen % reali'e$they *ere aging u# on their o*n-

party but you better believe we allrushed up to their room when wereali8ed we had forgotten#

&ad and &e, spent a lot of

time with =ulian and &arcy


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&arcy and &e, chatted it up

for a long time that night#

time with =ulian and &arcyespecially#


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;ut &e, definitely broke away from the conversation to say good bye

to ;rooke for the night#

Like 1unt like niece# While

+llen was chatting it up about


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&arcy was upstairs getting

inspired about space herself#

+llen was chatting it up abouther favorite childhood interestspace###


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1nd &arcy is happy to actually

use an easel and paint instead

of the crayons and paper shehas been used to#

3ow that =ulian is older &adis happy to teach him all aboutchess#


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t's just entertaining to me thatneither &e, or +than arebothered by it but *achel willmake such a big deal about it#

&erek and are still very muchin love# don't know why ouraffection bothers *achel so

much### guess a teen will be ateen#

t looks like its time to invite

over that headmaster yet again#


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They were less than thrilled tofind out that they were notattending the same school as

&e, and +than#

over that headmaster yet again#t's =ulian and &arcy's first dayof school today#


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-eriously if you were to look at &arcy's e,pression that morning you

would think that someone had just died!444.he *as glu+ the *hole *al to the )us, % *as cracing u# at it an$

ha$ to tae a fe* #ictures--- an$ )y a fe*, % +ean % really have ! an$ %ha$ to cut it $o*n to --- 2


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1nd &ad plinked away on the

piano#444@hen .e) sits $o*n at the

#iano, he(s there all $ay these$ays-

With the kids at school &erekfound some time to tend to ourslightly neglected garden#


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&e, and +than's birthdays are just a few days away now# They often talk about

what it will be like to be a teenager#

B&e, don't know 'm perfectly fine with things the way they are# 6ou knowsis can get really grumpy for no reason at all#CB+than 2 don't be naive it's only bad for those around you when you're grumpy

2 plus can't wait to be the same age as ;rooke# feel like she doesn't take meseriously#CBWell you can be e,cited and 'll be content for now#C

t was the weekend so my

kids spent the day in their pjs


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While the adults chatted up

the headmaster to get =ulian

and &arcy into private school#

p y pjlearning some new skills#


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1s always 1min was very impressed with our family#

B&erek it would be an honor to have all of your children at;ridgeport's -chool of Dine 1rts#C444=he visit en$e$ *ith a score of 130, !J for foo$, J0 for the tour, J!

sch+oo'e / Dere an$ A+in got along s*i++ingly-

Dor some reason Kim hasn'tbeen able to get pregnant# k * h l i b d b t


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=ulian and &arcy are e,cited

about their new school#

B=ulian can't wait to go toschool with &e, and +than# really hope they have great artclasses#CB-is 'm pretty sure we're

going to an arts magnet school

so you'll be fine#C

know *achel is bummed aboutit but know we'll keep trying#444

%(+ still having issues *ith#ets getting #regnant in +yga+e- =al a)out annoying4


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&erek and are very proud ofour children!

-ure enough &arcy and =uliancame home with 1


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Thank you for reading chapter 11 of

the Opus Legacy: The Heart of the

Matter ! I hope you have enjoyed this

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