ch14 Austin Dominguez

Austin and Estelle Dominguez

Austin and Estelle have had their good times and they have certainly seen their bad times. In the beginning of their marriage times were good but then came the children and that seem to take a toll on their marriage. Austin became a devoted father while Estelle became devoted whole heartedly to her career. In the end, they both managed to put their differences aside and saved their marriage. Estelle had also taken major steps in improving her relationships with her children especially her first set of twins, Africa and Asia.

Estelle looked at her husband and realized that she would not have lived her life any other way. This is where she was meant to be. No matter what she always feared that Austin regretted not divorcing Estelle when he had the chance. There was no way that Austin would ever leave his Estelle... when he said, "I do" he meant it. He knew that they both suffered growing pains. Now that they were elders they enjoyed their time alone and with their grandchildren.
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The last to leave the nest was Ariel. She hugged her father goodbye. While Austin and Estelle hated seeing her go Ariel was happy to head for new adventures. She was still seeing Frances but now their relationship would either be stronger or fall apart.
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With Ariel away, both Austin and Estelle decided to finally retire and enjoy their life at home. This now gave them ample time to have their children over for lunch or dinner.
They both still could not believe that Asia had adopted a baby girl which they never saw out of Asia's house. Asia was a protective mother where as her twin sister Africa was more laid back.

Even Atani managed to come over and spend some quality time with her parents. Suki was busier than ever since her divorce and would only come once in a great while.
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Before they knew it, it was time to say goodbye to their mother Estelle. Estelle lived a good life but sincerly she was not ready to end it yet. As much as she wanted she could not put off what was unavoidable.

Everyone came over to help make arrangements and to make sure that Austin was OK. Ariel even came back from College to help her father out. No matter what they tried they really could not help Austin since he refused it.

He wanted to scream. He and Estelle were barely getting to know each other without kids and this happened. There was so much he wanted to tell her. He wanted to tell her that he loved her more than anything... he wanted to say that he too was sorry for being a jerk sometimes. It was all for naught. Although he knew that he treated Estelle well he still couldnt get the pain out of his heart.

He sat for many weeks barely eating. He just didnt know what or how to live without his partner. His children all came by and took turns taking care of him.

Suki was the last one there on the day that he passed. He told her everything about their marriage..about having each and every one of them. Suki understood that her dad was saying goodbye. All her brother and sisters feared was this moment when their parents ceased to exist. As much as she wanted her father to stay she also knew he was hurting too much to stay here.

She cried and bid him farewell. She called her sibilings and they all made the funeral arrangements for Austin.

At the burial not a single dry eye was at the cemetary. Everyone bid farewell to their parents. In-laws and grand children were on site to say good bye. No matter what they did they were both happy and sad at the same time. They were sadden to have lost Austin but happy because he was finally reunited with Estelle.
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After the will was read the house was indeed left to Austin Miguel, the new legacy heir. Austin didnt dream of living in the house full of so many memories. Everyone made the collective decision to sell the house and divide the monies among themselves.

Miguel took one last tour at his family home. He thought about all the loving memories that he had here.

When he arrived at the second floor he was amazed to see that his parents were getting into toy making. He thought he knew his parents well... but now he knew differently.

Austin Dominguez, Generation 1**Chapter 13

Austin Dominguez
Season: Winter Loan debt: $0
Household Members: Austin, Job: Rock god his wife Estelle Job: World class ballet dancer
Children (in birth order): Asia, Africa, Austin Miguel II, Atani, Suki and Ariel (pictured above).

Even though it was winter there were still plenty of leaves to be picked up. Now that the harvesting season was over for Austin and Estelle they now concentrated on picking leaves. It was all they could do to make sure their compost bin stayed full. Even though it took a lot to make the piles of leaves...Estelle could not help but throw some around.

Winter also brought Ariel closer to her friend Frances J. Ariel had a mad crush on Frances and it seemed that he too was starting to like her as well. Frances did manage to keep his distance since he was a college student and Ariel a senior in high school. Frances could not wait to have Ariel attend his college. In college he would be able to tell Atani how he really feels about her. For right now this hug was enough to keep both of them content.

Austin was sick and tired of coming home to find Ariel huggin with Frances J. He had already spoken to Ariel and had specifically told her the rules. He never suffered this much with his other children. For some reason Ariel was spoiled. Soon enough he and Estelle would make sure that she stopped feeling so spoiled. Ariel pleaded with her dad. She even mentioned how she was a senior now and soon would graduate and go to college. Austin was not dumb. He knew that once she was in college then he would not be able to monitor 100%. But during his watch while she was at home..well she would do what he said and that was final.

All was not bad since Austin did manage to save a good penny. They were trying to find ways to investing their money. He still remembered the days when they were so much in debt and now they can oficially afford to pay for Ariel's college tuition without having to get a loan. This was more happiness than he ever thought possible. To celebrate his good fortune he bought an electric guitar.

Suki, Hayden and Miguel stopped by to have dinner at the parents house. They were happy to see that their daughter was back safe and sound from her honey moon. Estelle was concerned because she still had not heard from Asia or Africa lately.

Austin received a huge promotion from work. The promotion was worth $48,000. Austin needed to invest in something so he decided to buy a vacation home. He searched for what seemed forever but he finally found one.
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It was located on Twikki Island and it was a beautiful summer home. Now that they were elders Austin kept telling Estelle that they should retire. Now that they had a summer home they could live there and be happily ever after. Estelle couldnt tear herself away from her job. So for now Austin would only dream about living here full time.

The best part was the open patio that they had. Austin felt inspired and began to paint.
"this is the good life." said Austin.
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soon they returned home. Upon answering their email and phone messages they found that Frances J had called several times. Estelle and Austin sat Ariel down and explained to her how important it was for her to finish high school. They explained their expectations and
Ariel felt that she was meeting them. When Estelle saw that Ariel was not paying attention she decided to put off further discussion.

"How in the world did you get this sunburned?" asked Asia.
"I laid out for too long. You should really see this place. Its so beautiful. Its a shame mo and dad got it right when im about to go to college. Totally sucks by the way. " said Ariel.
they talked and then Asia approached the subject Ariel was hoping to avoid. Asia was contacted by their mom Estelle to talk to Ariel about Frances. Ariel explained to her sister all that was going on and promised that she would take it easy with Frances. Ariel started to daze and could only think,"someo ne anyone get me out of here!!"