What I Learned In L.A. (Sequel to What I learned at Hope Springs)

Epilouge-FIN

2 years later

Brittany

Today is the 2nd anniversary of Micheal and Briasha's death. It never gets easier for us, any of us. Adopting Logan was a big step for us but that's finally finalized. She's so beautiful and independent. Camron; Chris and our son is almost 2 years old and he's so rambunctious. I try and keep Micheal's memory alive for Jr. but he misses his dad everyday.

Today we're visiting the grave site where we made sure Micheal and Briasha were buried next to each other, and that was next to Honey. They were a few rows away from my mom. We know Michael would have wanted it that way. We climbed out of the car taking all the children out. Once we reached the 3 gravestones we placed flowers on each one. "Mommy is this where my daddy sleeps?" "Yes Jr, Daddy sleeps here."

"Your father was a good man, and he was my best friend. " "Was him your friend too mommy?" "Yes baby of course." He hugged my leg. "Okay Daddy." He said. Chris and I both looked at him. "Daddy said him love y'all and to take care of my brother and sissy." That brought tears to my eyes. I wiped them away. "How about you help Daddy Chris take your brother and sister to the car." "Okay mommy." Chris kissed my cheek. "I love you." He told me. "I love you."

I took a deep breath. "Mikey you should see these kids, they are getting so big. Jr is the spitting image of you in everything he does. He's amazing, and Logan is so beautiful. She got her mama attitude though; we're still working on that." I laughed at little trying to hold back more tears.

"I miss you so much Micheal, we both do. We promise to do everything to raise these kids right."

I felt a few raindrops on my skin. Chris came up behind me with an umbrella. "Its starting to rain babe." He said holding it above my head. I took one last deep breath, and walked back to the car with him. It's funny life becomes full circle. It seems like just yesterday I was pulling Chris away from Honey's grave in the pouring rain and now he was doing the same for me.

Escaping Hope Springs has lead to our lives here and I honestly don't regret any of it. I've learned so much from being in LA on my own with the help and support of my friends and their families. Chris has been amazing and I'm thankful for him. I took one last look at Michael's grave from where I stood about to climb into the car, and smiled. I hope he found his peace.

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Thank you for reading. I know it took forever to finish this but hey life happens. I set a goal for myself to finish all of my unfinished books starting with this one and I'm sticking to that. Next I'll be working on Four Pink Walls (Chris Brown x Alessia Cara) so stay tuned for that.

In the meantime check out Between Friends that's my most recent book. Thanks!✌🏽