Epilogue.

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*12 years later*

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Zach's pov

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"Liam! Leah! Time for supper!"

"Smells lovely honey!" My wife Alexa says putting Ella, our one year old daughter into her feeding chair.

"Thanks babe." I thank her, giving her a quick kiss.

"Ewwww!" Liam, my five year old son exclaims walking into the dinning room

Alexa just giggles and sits down at the table

"Where's leah?" I ask

Liam just shrugs before plopping himself down at the table.

I sigh and walk out of the dinning room then upstairs to Leah's bedroom.

"Leah Suppers ready." I say walking into her bedroom.

"I'll be down in a bit." Leah, my five year old daughter says not looking at me, as she scribbles on a page

"What you go there?" I ask sitting down on her bed

"I'm drawing something."

"May i see?"

She hands me the page and i view it. Its a drawing of our family.

"It's beautiful sweetheart. Now come let's go eat." I say picking her up and walking downstairs to the dinning room with her, seating her at the tables

"Where are they?" Alexa asks

Im about to answer but the doorbell rings and i smile.

I walk towards the front door and open it to reveal Kayla, her husband Jonah and their five year old son, Jacob.

"Hi sis! Goodness you have been growing!" I refer to her pregnant stomach.

She just giggles and pulls me in for a hug.

After we all greet, we sit down and catch up until the doorbell rings again.

"Ma! Aria! Josh! So glad you guys could make it!"

Josh is Aria's boyfriend. They've been dating since 11th grade. Oh and Xavier moved to Australia a few years back, he said goodbye to Aria, at the time it was heartbreaking for her but life goes on, she's moved on and met Josh and they love eachother both very much.

"Of course we would make it! We always make it."

And so we spent the night, laughing, talking, and just being happy.

It hasn't been easy since Elle left us all, but we all promised her that we'll keep going, that we'll keep holding on, that we'd fight for our happiness, that we'd never give up. She may not be here with us in presence, but in our hearts she will remain, with every heartbeat. She will always be apart of us.

"What was she like daddy?" Leah asks

"Yeah daddy, tell us!" Liam adds

"Dadda!" Ella exclaims, clapping her hands

"I think it's time you tell them honey." Alexa says lacing her fingers through mine.

I smile and give her a kiss on her forehead.

We all sit together in the living room, my wife, my children, my sister and her family, Ma, Aria and Josh.

"I think so too."

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This isn't a story about a girl who had an indescribable past. This is a story about a girl who had an indescribable past but still helped everyone heal from theirs. She was the most selfless person I've ever met. She had the most beautiful heart, she was our sunshine on a cloudy day. She was nothing like anybody I've met. She was extraordinary, she was different, she was unique, she was... she was an angel. An angel indeed.

I've had the time of my life and i owe it all to you.

Thank you Elle.

Someday we'll meet again.

Zach

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𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝒆𝒏𝒅.

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𝑨𝑵

𝑰 𝒉𝒐𝒑𝒆 𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒚𝒐𝒏𝒆 𝒆𝒏𝒋𝒐𝒚𝒆𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒔𝒕𝒐𝒓𝒚. 𝑻𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒊𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒇𝒊𝒓𝒔𝒕 𝒔𝒕𝒐𝒓𝒚 𝒊'𝒗𝒆 𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒓 𝒘𝒓𝒊𝒕𝒕𝒆𝒏. 𝑰𝒕 𝒎𝒆𝒂𝒏𝒔 𝒔𝒐 𝒎𝒖𝒄𝒉 𝒕𝒐 𝒎𝒆, 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒊𝒕 𝒉𝒂𝒔 𝒕𝒂𝒖𝒈𝒉𝒕 𝒎𝒆 𝒔𝒐 𝒎𝒖𝒄𝒉 𝒂𝒔𝒘𝒆𝒍𝒍.

𝑻𝒉𝒂𝒏𝒌𝒔 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒅𝒊𝒏𝒈!

𝑨𝒍𝒔𝒐...

𝑷𝒓𝒐𝒎𝒊𝒔𝒆 𝒎𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒏𝒐 𝒎𝒂𝒕𝒕𝒆𝒓 𝒘𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒍𝒊𝒇𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒓𝒐𝒘𝒔 𝒂𝒕 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒚𝒐𝒖'𝒍𝒍 𝒌𝒆𝒆𝒑 𝒈𝒐𝒊𝒏𝒈, 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒚𝒐𝒖'𝒍𝒍 𝒌𝒆𝒆𝒑 𝒇𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒈, 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒚𝒐𝒖'𝒍𝒍 𝒌𝒆𝒆𝒑 𝒉𝒐𝒍𝒅𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒐𝒏.

𝑷𝒓𝒐𝒎𝒊𝒔𝒆?

𝒌𝒆𝒆𝒑 𝒈𝒐𝒊𝒏𝒈!

𝑺𝒕𝒂𝒚 𝒃𝒆𝒂𝒖𝒕𝒊𝒇𝒖𝒍!

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