Our morning starts with Josette, who is making a call to her birth mother, Jolene. She asks if she could come over to her house tomorrow to meet her biological family. She is welcomed happily, and Jolene also sends her condolences on the loss of her father.
After that, Josette gets dressed
And heads in to wake up her mother and sister
Hugging them both
Before deciding to put her feelings into her painting
Downstairs, Leia is calling around the family friends to let them know that today will be Salim’s funeral
And in the kitchen, Mateo is helping his mother pick out readings for the funeral
And before long it’s time to get ready
Dressing in black
The family prepare for an emotional, but positive, celebration of Salim’s life
And it’s time to go
They meet their friends at the church
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Inside the church Kate gives her reading, ensuring it is full of jokes and light hearted moments, to perfectly capture her husband
And then it’s time to light memorial candles
As the family console each other
The candles are lit
And as the rest of the family sit around and talk to friends about Salim, sharing stories, Kate heads over to the flower arranging table to make a bouquet for her husband’s grave
Placing it down with love and care
And placing two single flowers on the graves of Gavin and Liberty, who unfortunately passed away inside the church just minutes earlier
Oh god. This is too emotional. Liberty is gone. I can’t.
Knowing that her godsons are now orphaned, she knows she wants to do something
After consulting Mateo and Josette
She sits down in a quiet corner with Leia to ask her how she would feel about inviting the boys to move in with them.
It is nearly Kate’s time (cry), so Leia will be left as the oldest and in charge of the house. She will likely have to raise Josette (and possibly Mateo) after Kate passes.
She knows she’s essentially asking her to raise two more teens, if she were to pass before the twins age up to adults and are able to move out
Leia tells her that of course she is okay with that, and she would do anything to help the boys, after how close she was with Liberty, her godmother
So, back at home, Kate happily moves her bed and drawers into the office
I was going to make this the twins room or a full bedroom but 1) we might need an office in the future and 2) it was redecorated for Salim’s birthday and I couldn’t bring myself to get rid of his stuff yet
And turning that room into a room for the boys, who have to share but are very happy to do so, and grateful to Kate for welcoming them into her house
Kate sits down with the boys to ensure that they feel comfortable and explains to them things that are going on in the house (such as Josette’s adoption and birth family, Leia’s vet training, etc.)
The boys also have $90,000 from the sale of their family home, which Kate ensures will be saved for them to move into their own place when they graduate
(I’ve taken the $90,000 out of the overall family money, and left $20,000, the rest of the money from the Reeve’s estate, as a sort of left-in-the-will gift to Kate for taking in the boys. Hope that makes sense!)
Deciding against cooking, Kate calls out for pizza
And the newly merged family sit together to eat, not talking much
And after dinner they all head to bed, exhausted from an emotional day, but happy that Salim and Liberty’s memories were celebrated so fondly
And that’s all for this episode!
It was a sad one, but I felt so connected to these sims after narrating their lives for so long, and I felt the need to give them closure with a proper goodbye.
What will happen next? Will Leia go ahead with the purchase of the clinic she found? Will the boys be okay living with the Benali-Armstrong’s? How will Josette’s meeting with her biological family go?
Find out next time!
XOX OliCait XOX
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