The Eternity that Follows (43 page)

Gabriella smiled a polite thank you, and then Joey placed
both of his hands gently on Gabriella’s face, leaning down to kiss
her. Joey let his lips meet Gabriella’s as they let their tongue
naturally touch for a moment, and then they sealed their kiss,
vowing eternity with a press on the lips. Gabriella smiled and
threw her arms around Joey.

Joey was taking back by the hug, and had to lean his right
foot back to keep from falling over.
“You look so handsome.” Gabriella said, while the crowd was
watching, waiting for them to walk down the isle holding hands.
“You’re beautiful.” Joey told Gabriella again, grabbing her hand
to walk her out of the church.

The rest of the wedding party followed as they all piled into
the limo the girls had arrived in. Joey held Gabriella’s hand, and
pushed her back before she stepped in.
“Forever?” he asked.
“Forever.” Gabriella promised
“Forever.” Joey replied.
“Hey! The eternity that follows?”
“The eternity that follows.”

Joey brought Gabriella to Saint Thomas for their
honeymoon. He rented a small house on the beach, making sure
they would have complete privacy on the beach so he could fulfill
Gabriella’s dream of making love on white sand, with crystal clear
water. Joey joked that it may not be a deserted Island, but it was
the closest they would ever come to one.

Joey carried Gabriella into the bedroom, as you would a
small baby, the way he wanted to the night after they got their ring
tattoo’s together. Joey placed Gabriella on the bed, and they both
undressed. Joey was the one to refuse having sex for the night. He
wanted to wait till morning.

When the sun rose, Joey took Gabriella out to the beach
and insisted she come with him right away, he wouldn’t even allow
her to put clothes on. Joey grabbed Gabriella into his arms as she
jumped up, wrapping her feet around Joey’s waist. Joey turned
them around, and laid Gabriella right down into the sand, so the
water would wash upon them up to their waists.

Joey made sweet, passionate, romantic love to Gabriella as
he mirrored the tide of the waves that were hitting the lower
portion of their bodies. Joey emptied himself inside of Gabriella,
thinking of their child growing inside of her. Joey hoped the child
was paying attention to how much their daddy loved their mommy.

Joey gave Gabriella her infinity ring that night under a
romantic, moonlight dinner outside. Gabriella was so shocked, it
was something she least expected. Gabriella looked at her right
hand that held her new ring, then looking at her left ring finger
with her engagement ring, her tattoo, and her new wedding band,
she couldn’t help but feel like a princess; all dazzled up.

When Joey and Gabriella arrived home from their
honeymoon, Joey had to go back to work to oversee the building of
the three houses, while Gabriella worked hard and studied for
school. Gabriella completed her first two semesters as the baby
was born in late May. They had a baby boy and decided on the
name Preston.

Gabriella took the first year of Preston’s life off from
school so she could care for Preston while at home. Joey was
home most days, letting the general contractors oversee the
completion of the houses. When those houses were completed,
Joey took on a few more houses of the blueprint him and Gabriella
were living in.

On Preston’s first birthday, Gabriella realized her menstrual
cycle was late, and sure enough she was pregnant. Nine months
later, Gabriella gave birth to a little girl. They named her
Annabelle, ‘beautiful and gracious’ just like you, Joey said to
Gabriella, when he first held her in his arms.

Gabriella stayed home with Preston and Annabelle for the
first six months of Annabelle’s life.
Gabriella then decided to go
back to school in September, taking online classes and night
classes for the next two semesters until she finally completed her
Bachelors’ degree in Business Management.

While Gabriella was juggling her family life with her
school work, Joey helped cared for their children, happy his
business allowed him the time and attention, he so selfishly wanted
for his family.

When Gabriella had received her business degree, she and
Joey started to conceive another child together. Gabriella was
pregnant three months later. Within those three months, Gabriella
had turned Joey’s company into a corporation.

Joey and Gabriella bought land and developed the four
remaining blueprints Joey wanted to see come to life.
Gabriella had her third child while the development was
being built, another baby girl whom they named Savannah.
When Joey’s blueprints were built, and put on the market,
all of his houses were sold right away, and Joey’s corporation had
buyers for each of his homes. Joey’s corporation grew country
wide, and Joey and Gabriella took the children with them to set up
business in different states of the world.
Joey then hired a president to run his corporation. Joey and
Gabriella had things set in life where they were able to oversee
Joey’s corporation from its headquarters, right in Candlewood.
They were also allowed the time together to raise their family as
neither of them had to work full time.
When Savannah was two, Joey wanted to conceive again.
Less than a year later, Joey and Gabriella had their fourth child, a
boy named after Joey. Joey purposely didn’t name his son Joseph
being he wasn't being named after his grandfather, but rather
legally naming him Joey, after Joey himself.
Two years later, Gabriella and Joey gave birth to their third
soon, Timothy. A year after that, Gabriella gave birth to their last
child, another boy named, Thomas.
Joey and Gabriella were wonderful parents. Their children
were blessed with both of their good looks. The boys were cute
and handsome as Joey was, and the girls were pretty and beautiful
as Gabriella was. Joey and Gabriella woke up everyday, feeling as
though their life was a dream. Joey and Gabriella made love to
each other every night, and Joey was patient during the waiting
period after having a child. They held each other every night for
the rest of their lives, tossing and turning together, neither ever
wanting to let go.
As the news of Joey’s grandmother’s passing came, Joey
feared the land surrounding him would be sold off by his father.
Joey and Gabriella had grown attached to living in a secluded area.
When the lawyers were unable to locate Joey’s father, the land was
handed down to Joey instead. Joey kept the land, building a home
for those of his children who chose to stay in Candlewood when
they were to be married.
Joey and Gabriella were grandparents in their early fifties.
By the time they reached their seventies, they had more than
twenty grandchildren.
Gabriella died at the age of seventy-nine from a stroke.
Joey died two days later at the age of eighty-two from a heart
attack. Their children had said that the pain of their mother’s
passing had caused Joey too much hurt, and was the cause of his
passing. The children didn’t grieve their father’s passing, like they
did their mothers, for they were all brought up to believe strongly
in heaven and soul mate’s.
Joey and Gabriella left down a legacy to be passed
throughout their children and their children, and so on, so they
could keep track of their blood line, and if they were ever to be
reborn again. Joey and Gabriella their lives through, sure, their
souls would rest on together, for the eternity that follows.