Epilogue.

"Avery, be careful with your brother, he's still too small to do that," I told my five-year-old daughter.

Her brother, Jeremy was a bustling toddler who was a few weeks away from turning a year old, but even a bouncy castle was a bit too much for him.

"Mom, what if he goes on for a little while."

"How about you both go play in the playpen instead, hmm. Where's Emerald?" Her sister wasn't anywhere I could see but I had an idea of where she could be.

"With Dad," Avery said then guided her brother towards the playpen.

Sure enough, just out of my line of sight, Emerald...