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They’re up in the attic, trying to find something to make Halloween costumes out of. Emma is watching Livvy pretend to be a ghost using an old sheet. She giggles when the boisterous five year old trips and falls into her lap. She pulls her onto her knee for a hug. Just then, a worried voice pipes up from behind them.

“Mommy...what’s this?”

Emma turns to see her eldest sitting by an old box, with a photograph album in her lap. She strains to see what it is, but can’t.

“I don’t know, honey, just a sec,” she says, urging Livvy to stand up and lifting the sheet off her to prevent any more falls.

She stands and makes her way over to Belle. A few steps away, she stops, having seen what it is Belle is looking at. It’s Terri and Will’s wedding album. She closes her eyes. She did not plan for this to be how the kids found out. She plasters on a smile and takes a seat on the floor beside Belle. Livvy comes over to see what the fuss is about, planting herself down on the other side of Emma.

Belle looks at her with large, watery eyes.

“It’s Mama and Uncle Will. And they’re getting married,” she says, her voice quivering.

“Lemme see, lemme see!” Livvy says, leaning over Emma to pull the album closer. “Ewwww! They’re kissing!”

Emma’s not terribly fond of the album herself, having leafed through it once before while she was alone in the house. But she knows that it must have come as quite a shock to Belle to find it there, having had no prior knowledge of Terri and Will’s relationship.

“Well, honey...you see, before Mama and I were married, Mama was married to Uncle Will,” she explains, gently. “So these are the pictures of their wedding.”

Belle’s lower lip is trembling now and Emma wraps an arm around her. Livvy appears to be nonplussed by the discovery and is continuing to look through the album.

“This dress isn’t as nice as the one she has on in your book, Mommy,” Livvy decides and Emma smiles, ruffling her hair.

“But...why did she get married to Uncle Will?” Belle asks. “Why didn’t you stop her?”

Emma laughs a little at that. She has wondered what life would’ve been like if she’d gone to school with Will and Terri. The hopeless romantic in her likes to think that she and Terri were fated to be together and that if they’d met at school, they would’ve been the high-school sweethearts who beat the odds to stay together and get married and have kids. But in reality, she knows that Terri was a cheerleader and that she was the weird girl with the germ phobia and that their paths would probably not have crossed.

“Honey, I didn’t know your Mama back then,” she says, rubbing her hand up and down Belle’s arm. “I met her while she was married to Uncle Will.”

She refrains from mentioning the fact that she was pursuing Will at the time. She feels that it will only complicate matters. Belle still looks upset and Emma isn’t sure how to make it better. It’s a lot to take in, that one of your parents had a whole other life that you were not a part of.

“Do you think she liked being married to him?” Belle asks, obviously trying to wrap her head around the concept.

Emma searches for the right response to that, one which doesn’t do Terri and Will’s relationship a disservice.

“It looks like she liked kissing him,” Livvy chips in, holding up a picture of Terri and Will kissing under a tree.

Emma flinches when her eyes land on the picture, but she covers it up and turns back to Belle, who is staring at the photo, distraught.

“Yes, honey, I think she liked being married to him,” she says, gently holding Belle’s chin and guiding her around to look into her eyes.

“But...but...aren’t you sad that she liked being married to someone else?” Belle asks.

Emma thinks about that for a second.

“I...was, for a little while,” she says, slowly.

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She smiles at her daughter.

“But I know that your Mama loves being married to me, and that she loves being your Mama,” she says, feeling absolutely certain in her words.

“Mine too!” Livvy interjects, frowning at Emma and closing the album.

Emma grins and pinches her cheek.

“Yes, yours too, scamp,” she assures her youngest.

“You think she likes us better than she liked him?” Belle asks, still clearly unsettled.

“What do you think?” Emma asks, hoping she gets the right answer.

“I...”

“Hey! What’s going on up here?”

Three heads turn to see Terri pop up through the opening to the attic, she smiles at them as she continues up the ladder until she’s fully in the room.

“Mama!” Livvy cries, standing up and launching herself at her mother.

Terri catches her with a slight ‘oomph’, hoisting her up onto her hip.

“You’re getting too heavy for this, smurf,” she says, walking over to where Emma and Belle are still seated. “I got the stuff for the costumes.”

She holds up the bag she’s carrying but pauses when she sees Belle’s face. She looks to Emma for an explanation.

“Is...everything okay?” she asks, tentatively.

“Uh...Belle found this,” Emma explains, putting her hand on top of the wedding album. “And she was just asking some questions.”

Terri’s eyes land on the photo album and her heart sinks. This was a subject she didn’t want to have to face with her daughters until they were much older. Livvy presses her nose against Terri’s cheek.

“You’re kissing a boy in that book,” she whispers. “And it’s Uncle Will.”

Terri smiles sadly. She puts Livvy back down and sits on the floor, cross legged, in front of Belle and Emma. Livvy takes her place beside Emma again, looking between the other three in confusion. Terri reaches out and puts her hand on Belle’s knee.

“Is there anything you want to ask me, honey?” she asks, quietly.

Belle shrugs and looks down at the floor, leaning into Emma. Terri looks to Emma for help.

“I think Belle’s just a little concerned about you liking someone else who isn’t us,” Emma prompts, nodding encouragingly.

Terri smiles in gratitude. She shakes Belle’s knee gently.

“C’mere, baby,” she says, beckoning her over.

Belle reluctantly shuffles over and climbs into Terri’s lap, allowing herself to be enveloped in her arms. Terri rocks her gently, pressing her lips against Belle’s forehead.

“I guess it must’ve been quite a surprise to see those pictures, huh?” she asks, feeling Belle nod against her. “Yeah, it must’ve been. But the reason they’re all the way up here is because they’re from the past. What’s the picture on top of our fireplace?”

“You and Mommy at your wedding,” Belle mumbles.

“And what’s the picture on my nightstand?” Terri asks.

“You and me and Mommy and Livvy making a snowman,” Belle responds.

“And what are all the pictures in the hallway?” Terri probes.

“All of us, doing stuff,” Belle says, sitting up a little to look at Terri’s face.

“That’s right,” Terri says, firmly. “Sweetie, I love Mommy and you and Livvy so much. Yes, I was married to Uncle Will. But then I met your Mommy and she changed my whole life and I knew that I wanted to be with her forever. So you don’t ever have to worry about me liking anyone better than I like you guys, okay? Because it’s not possible.”

Belle regards Terri for a long moment before leaning forward and wrapping her arms around her neck.

“I love you too, Mama,” she says, hugging Terri almost to the point of asphyxiation.

“Me too!” Livvy says, scrambling over to get involved in the hug.

Terri wraps an arm around the little blonde’s waist and pulls her in. She catches Emma’s eye over Belle’s shoulder and smiles. Emma just shakes her head, a tear running down her cheek. She pushes herself up onto her hands and knees and crawls the small distance to add herself to the pile of bodies, somehow locating Terri’s lips and pressing a kiss to them.

When they draw back, they find a curious Livvy watching them at very close range. She nods her head once.

“Yeah, I think she likes kissing Mommy more than she liked kissing Uncle Will.”

Laughter echoes around the attic.

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