Next In Line

With Cassia and Lucas out of the house and Evaline occupied with the twins, Lalor managed to embrace some of her spookier abilities.

Scaring people got old fast but the good ol' disappearing trick stuck around for the majority of her teen years - no one could find her even when she wanted them to find her!
It was only on the cusp of adulthood that Evaline finally tracked her down - in the graveyard, no less! You'd think being the spawn of an essentially dead man might keep her from wandering between tombstones for fun, but not Lalor, no.

And with curves that could bring even the most liveliest of men to their knees, Lalor suddenly gave up on the disappearing act and took up something a little naughtier ...

It didn't take long for her high school crush to turn into something less naughty and more adorable. Realising what a lucky man he was, Wendell did the only logical thing and proposed to his glimmering princess!

She totally said no.

Lies! I speak lies!
Her yes could be heard in the neighbouring town!!

Lalor's life wasn't the only one moving at lightning speed in this busy little neighbourhood. Harper and Harlow bounced into toddler-hood with the eager ferocity of toddlers ready to explore the world.


Harlow couldn't get enough of the special toy, Peanut, that her Great Aunt Addy had sent as a birthday present.

Meanwhile, Harper never left Evaline's side, playing with her until her Mummy's arms grew tired with lifting her heavy little toddler body.

Fortunately, a long engagement for Lalor meant that most of the hard work was over for Evaline before the celebrations began, with the twins grappling with childhood sooner than she could have imagined.

Little Harper was completely uninterested in anything that had no scientific basis - and that included fashion.

Playful Harlow couldn't have been more different - if it wasn't fun, she wasn't interested! And fashion was most definitely fun. I mean, check out those glasses, you don't really think she actually needs them for her eye-sight, come on!

With the twins on their way to being fully grown, the wedding was a calm and sweet affair that somehow didn't result in the newlyweds moving out. It had Evaline scratching her head in wonderment until she recognised that familiar look on her ghostly daughters face ...

The bump in her stomach helped a little too.

It was a badly timed turn of events, what with Evaline's latest trek days away. Fortunately Lalor was happy to get some practice in before it was her turn so Evaline didn't have to lose her hard earned pennies.

Paris, here comes Evaline!

Of course she did the usual touristy things ...

Learnt the language, viewed the ancient relics, got friendly with the locals ...

Really friendly with the locals ...

And so we cut to the end of the vacation and Evaline's triumphant - and pregnant! - return.

At least Lalor had someone to tackle the hormone induced highs and lows with!

Let's just hope that the saying, 'like mother, like daughter' doesn't hold true in this case!

Although the child collecting didn't stop with the burgeoning bumps - somehow, along the way, Evaline managed to add another lonesome kid to her brood, a boisterous one with funny coloured hair and an even funnier name - Peanut.

Lucky for him, Evaline didn't have too much time to ponder the coincidental disappearance of Harlow's toy Peanut and the appearance of the newly minted child version- Labour tended to be a pretty significant distraction from such things.

Especially when its your pregnant ghost of a daughter's first child.

A quick cab ride and a couple of not so quick nervous hours later ...

Little Lalor had a little ghost baby of her very own!

Remembering the craziness of raising a ghost the first time around made Evaline a little hesitant to go through it all again. Fortunately that little foray into writing seemed to be paying off, so with a little sneaky manouvering and a lot of cash changing hands, Lalor, Wendell and baby moved into their very own place.

It was just in time too - labour pangs of her very own had decided to make their appearance!

Evaline was an old hat at all this labour stuff, so after a quicker than quick labour, she bounced out of the hospital with not one, not two, but three bubbas!

Meet the triplets ...

Baby No. 14 - Adair Masterton

Baby No. 15 - Savannah Masterton

Baby No. 16 - Lachlan Masterton

While the new trio of babies was busy screaming up a storm (especially Savannah!) Harper and Harlow were getting busy with the growing up side of life.

Harlow took after her mother, that mischevious glimmer in her eyes, while Harper, well she managed to turn out pretty cute as well somehow.

Oddly enough, Harper's imaginary friend put in one last appearance before kicking her in the shins and running away. It's a completely new version of good bye I guess - and the round glowing head was starting to freak her out anyway, so good riddance!

Harlow and Harper weren't the only ones getting older - tag-a-long Peanut grew up too!

And apparently he finally found the courage to pronounce his undying affection for a certain blushing Harper ...

Luckily it was reciprocated ... In the kitchen ... At school ... At the park ... Outside the stadium ... And, well, pretty much everywhere! Those two just couldn't keep their hands off each other.

Let's just say that if they didn't get a hold of themselves, they'd be dealing with their very own toddlers!

It was bad enough in the house now that the babies had grown into chubby, less-than-cherubic toddlers ...

Adair was always hungry.

Always.

Lachlan was always crying.

Always.

Unless Evaline gave in and kept him attached to her hip, that is.

And Savannah, well, she enjoyed her own company so much that it was a little odd. But considering how demanding the other two were, Evaline figured she couldn't be too picky.

After all, mental instability obviously ran in the family anyway!