Vera couldn't believe how long it had been since she was back home. As their car pulled through the driveway before they got to the main gates of the massive Vazquez mansion, she realized the last time she was here was during Vin and Cecilia's wedding, completely unwanted and unaccepted by everyone but Amber. And weirdly, nothing has changed. As the brown and white edifice with its sprawling gardens loomed in front of her, the iron gates making a screeching sound as they opened up, she felt glad that this time around, she was neither unwanted or unaccepted. This was her home and she belonged here. The thought made her feel warm and fuzzy somehow.
"You are gawking out of the window like a small kid," Vin chuckled as he tenderly ran his finger through peacefully asleep Cecilia's hair.
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