Previous | Chapter Listing | Next As all things, everything went onward from here. Soon Juno aged into a child, and now I have a beautiful little girl. Less little than before. She’s smart, too. Quicker witted than I am, that’s for sure. My mother, well, one of them, has always been on the intelligent end of the spectrum, and grandpa Ezio’s pretty smart too. I’ve done one thing right in my life I guess, and that’s Juno. Like she always did with me and Hilda, my mother’s consistently helping Juno with her homework. I was proud to note that she does her homework on her own, even if no…

Previous | Chapter Listing | Next Juno’s growing fast. Much faster than I expected, I have to admit, but in hindsight I’m not sure how. Branwen calls Juno her little minnow. Little minnows grow very quickly, I guess. I’ve noticed, Diaval doesn’t seem to avoid Juno the way he was avoiding being around Ivander. I’d wonder what that means, but I think I know. Sometimes, the heart just isn’t ready to accept what the head already knows. The little minnow seems to like Diaval as much as he likes her. Albeit, he’s not fond of her habit of petting him backwards. Well, he’s dealt with much worse in his life,…

Previous | Chapter Listing | Next We never expect it, but, I wasn’t expecting it, when one morning, Branwen came to find me. She sounded so excited I thought she might have a heart attack or something. ( Thank the ancestors she didn’t. ) Instead, she sat down on the couch, and told me she’s pregnant. I’m going to be a dad again. At first, I was excited, but, then I started worrying. Probably, about nothing, but not long after this was when she… Branwen’s not her, and I keep trying to tell myself that, but the doubts, they creep in. I smiled. “That’s exciting,” I said. “Do you want…

Previous | Chapter Listing | Next Time passed. Though both moms advised against it, I’d asked Branwen to move in with us. She insisted on keeping her job, and bought a computer. Apparently she does this thing called livestreaming a lot. Not sure what that means exactly, I was never big into the video games scene, but it brings in extra cash. Not that I’m concerned about it. She is, though. In a weird twist I wasn’t expecting, one mom really likes her. The other… not so much. Not sure what to make of that, except, I guess one of them’s having a little more trouble accepting that I’m dating…

Previous | Chapter Listing | Next The Festival of Light snuck up on me when I wasn’t looking. Cassandra and I had never gone before, though I’d asked more than once. It was always a different excuse. You know, sometimes in hindsight, you realise things weren’t exactly as perfect and wonderful as you had believed they were, and the realisation is both befuddling and devastating. I keep finding new ways and reasons to be upset. And then I think of Branwen, and suddenly it all goes away. She agreed to come with me to the Festival. We also managed to spot my cousin Ari and his wife Nathalie, and Hilda…

Previous | Chapter Listing | Next I decided to throw myself into something I’m actually good at, and won’t stab me in the back- cooking. ( If you mess up the recipes or ingredients, food will stab you in the back too, but that’s more of a you problem than an it problem. ) At least moms eat really well these days. Sometimes I make a little more than necessary, instinct I guess, but it works out. Moms have never been against eating a little extra. To my surprise, neither of them seems to think the legacy needs to pass to Hilda now. Not sure why. She’s a lot more…

Previous | Chapter Listing | Next I had no idea my life could turn so thoroughly inside out in such a short period of time. All it takes is a split second, and your whole life could change. As far as I know, everything was going great. Moms were helping with Ivander, and Cassie was recovering decently well. She started moving around more, thankfully, doing more things on her own, and while I was fretting a lot, it was getting better. And then… one morning, I woke up, and she was gone. I got up. On the night stand beside my side of the bed, she’d left her engagement ring,…

Previous | Chapter Listing | Next “Hey kiddo, how are you holding up?” I felt like that was a relatively unfair question. Then, mom probably knew better than most that I hadn’t really been thinking about much of anything since Cassie’s blood ended up all over the place. It was a relatively traumatic experience to begin with. And, of course, that was my wife. It hits a little different when it’s your wife. Cassandra recovered okay. Mostly I didn’t let her stand up and move around for anything, constantly getting whatever-it-is for her instead. Ivander’s too young to know there was anything weird going on, and moms jumped in whenever…

Previous | Chapter Listing | Next Since the wedding, things have been pretty quiet. Neither Cassandra nor myself are terribly exciting people. I’d much rather stay home and talk to the cat, and Cassandra’s usually quite happy to spend her time researching the plants. (She’s quite fond of the garden, as it turns out.) Mom’s asked a few times if I want to pursue restaurant ownership, or something like it, but I’ve never been terribly interested in such things. It’d take too much time away from the family, I think, and since Cassandra and I are also expecting our first child, I don’t want to miss anything. She’d probably forgive…

Previous | Chapter Listing | Next Sometimes, I forget to spend time with Diaval, but mom still goes and talks to him from time to time. It’s nice to have the help keeping up with the cat. I know I should try to pay more attention to him, but time just kind of slips away from me here and there and I find I don’t have time for a lot of things that I should. Besides, Diaval does still like her. It’d be silly to expect them not to still interact. Grandpa informed us that he disabled the effects of the immortality potion he and grandfather took some years ago,…