At the cemetery, Theresa stands in front of a tombstone, she puts the blue heart lilies, she brought and says
"Hello, Nati, sorry I couldn't come to visit you all this while, neither will I be able to come tomorrow, I also want to apologize for what happened, you wouldn't be here today if it wasn't for me." she sobs.
"But, hey, I brought your favorite flowers, huh, it can compensate for my absence, can't it?" She says as she wipes her teary eyes
"Anyway, I am doing my best to get myself back together, the sky is getting dark," she says looking up. "I will see you again when I am fully recovered," she says and leaves the cemetery.
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HARRIS MANSION
When Luisa and George stroll down the stairs they are being welcomed by the sharp loving voice of the Princess of the house, Lena.
"Mom, Dad, I missed you guys," she says and hugs them.
"We missed you too sweety" Luisa replied
"Mom, dad, good evening" Owen greets them
"How was your trip?" George asks
"It was great, we got a lot of pictures, Lena will show you later" Owen replies
"Yes," Lena complies nodding her head
Noticing that the father and son haven't spoken to each other yet, Luisa says, "Nathaniel look, your father has been gone for so long won't you welcome him?" she says trying to escape the awkwardness between the two of them.
"Good evening, Congressman. How was your trip to country D did you succeed?" Nathaniel asks with a somewhat concerned face
"Yes, the election will commence soon" He replies.
Lena the younger sister to Nathaniel has been married to Owen Wilson for a year now and a month ago was their first anniversary, so they left the country to celebrate and just got back, while George Harris, after being a businessman for so long, had run for office after leaving the company to Nathaniel. He is now a congressman and the elections are starting soon, so a meeting was held abroad and he attended he just got back two days ago.
"Sir's, Madam's, the table has been prepared, you can eat now," Martin says and gestures for them to take their seats at the table.
"Owen, project LAWE will commence soon are you prepared," Nathaniel asks as he ate
"Yes, I have settled everything with the client overseas, I have also scheduled a meeting with the legal department to check their progress and I called Simon immediately I arrived he said he has already booked the plane tickets" Owen replies
"Hmmm," Nathaniel hums in agreement
"The LAWE project? Isn't that the same project last year?" George asks
"Yes, Dad" Owen replies.
"But didn't that project fail last year? Why bring it up again? It's just a waste of money and hard work" George scowled
"But Nathaniel and I see a good future for it, there has never been a situation which HGC couldn't solve, why should we taint our reputation by dropping this project?" Owen tries to reason with him
"I just know that you just have to give up sometimes as Richard Branson says *Business opportunities are like buses, there is always another one coming* why not let this one go?" George urged.
"*Success is not final, failure is not fatal: It's the courage to continue that counts* Winston Churchill. Sorry perhaps, the congressman is used to giving up but I'm not, I would like it if Congressman focuses on his campaign, and I will focus on my company" Nathaniel says indifferently.
"Hey, no need to get too serious, you should not even talk about work when eating" Luisa tries to break the awkwardness. "Huh, Lena are you okay?" she asks her daughter
"Yes, mom, why?" She replies not even looking up from her plate
"You're dipping watermelon in the soup," Nathaniel says in a matter of fact tone
"Yeah, it tastes great" Lena replies
"That is some weird craving, Don't tell me you're..." Luisa jokes, but Lena looks up from her plate and nods to her mom
"Are you serious?" she asks
"Yes, Mom" Lena replies
Luisa gets up from her seat and rushes to Lena and hugs her. "Congratulations," she says
"Thank you, Mom" Lena replies
"And here I was, sulking about you becoming a woman too early, now I'll be sulking about you becoming a mom, it makes me feel old" Luisa giggles
George who just realized what the mother and daughter duo are happy about chokes on his drink
"What??, You're pregnant?!" he says in disbelief
"Yeah, Dad, chill," Lena says knowing well what her father is thinking about
"But isn't it too early?" He says
"Well, I won't say we planned to have a baby, but it's already there so why not keep it," Lena says
"But you're so young and so thin, will your body be able to handle it"
"Really? Are you worried about her body or the fact that you can't accept that she is no longer a child? George Harris your daughter has grown up, let go" Luisa chuckles and so did everyone else at the table except for Nathaniel
"Congratulations Owen," Luisa says with glittering eyes
"Thanks and congratulations as well" He replies
"Hey, bro, won't you congratulate me?" Lena says with a teasing smile
"Yes, brother-in-law, we are going to be parents and you are going to be an uncle. You should congratulate us" Owen joins in
Nathaniel looked up from his plate sensing danger, these two are cooking up a scheme against him.
"Congratulations to you and me. I propose a toast so you will have all the joy that comes with parenthood hood" He says raising his glass
"Yes, and you have all the joy which comes with uncle hood" Lena and Owen tease. Glasses clink and they gulp down their drinks.
"Wait a minute, you are pregnant but Owen has to go on a three-month trip correct? Why don't you move back in with us so I can better take care of you" Luisa suggests
"Yes, your mom will take care of you" George agrees
"Oh, you will take care of me but I won't move back here, I'll move into my wonderful brother's place," Lena says
Hearing her Nathaniel pauses, before continuing to eat his meal
"But why, won't your brother be uncomfortable?" Luis asks not having a clue about what is going on.
"No mom, he won't, he made a promise to take care of every second of the way during my first pregnancy, right? Nati? Do you remember?" Lena asks with a knowing smirk.
Of course, he remembers, she had accidentally watched a documentary on childbirth and she saw a video of the woman in labor when she was eight, she utterly refused to get pregnant ever, saying it was torture and she had planned to tell their mom but he could not let her, she watched it when he was supposed to be watching her. Mom won't have let him rest if she found out, so to comfort her, he struck a deal with her to take care of her during her first pregnancy in exchange for her silence.
"I don't remember promising anything to you," Nathaniel says casually
"HAH!!!!!, pay up now dear husband, I told you he was going to deny it," Lena says stretching her hands towards him
"Nathaniel, bro you just made me lose big money," Owen says giving her his platinum card.
Receiving it she says, "Oh baby we are going to have a lot of fun when you come, we'll travel the world," She says
"Don't you have a chopper?" George asks
"Yes, but the baby doesn't" she pouts
"You're going to be a mother, you both will share your body, food, and other necessities, why not the chopper?" Luisa asks
"Cause it's mine, not him or hers" she replies as she rubs her stomach.
"Oh, so tell me about the deal with your brother," Luisa asks
"He promised to take care of me during my first pregnancy at all times"
"Why?"
"Can't tell you that mom it's a secret between siblings"
"But he just said he didn't remember" Luisa points out looking at Nathaniel
"Don't stare at me mom, she does not have proof so if you can believe her words why not mine?" He replies plainly
"Exactly, proof, I knew I was dealing with an unscrupulous businessman so I came prepared" She reaches into her bag and takes out a worn-out paper with words in watercolor written in it. "I drew up a contract and he signed here is his signature"
"This girl, how come she kept that paper it doesn't even have a legal binding," Nathaniel thinks
"Do you remember now, my sweet brother?" Lena winks at him,
"I can't believe that. I won't honor it, it has no legal binding" He states
"Well, you have to, because the Harris family recognizes it" Luisa steps in.
"Don't look at me like that bro, you are taking my husband away from me, for two whole months. It's just right if you look after me" Lena says
Nathaniel glares at Lena and she winks at him.