Chapter Twenty-One: As We Age

Hello, and welcome back to the Hadley Legacy. When we last left off, Katyrzena shaved her head and ran off into the mountains. Gabija chased her and brought her home, only to collapse on the front lawn.

Lucky for Gabija, Gwendolyn found her outside before too long. Katyrzena told their grandmother everything, and then went to bed, exhausted herself.

Ichelle and Roxanne ran into each other in the hall, and the confrontation began.

"Don't you dare hurt my daughter."
"You think you can stop me? My daughter will be heiress, Chelle, and that's that."

Meanwhile, Katyrzena talked Wendy into helping them out.
"She'll kill you too, you know. To get Gabi to be heiress."

And then all that was left to do was call Santiago in on it.
"So, will you help us?"
"Do you even have to ask?"

So Katyrzena made the call.
"Hello? ...yes, growing up early...yes...Grandma thought it was the safest thing..."

Inside the garage, Roxy heard everything. She ran to the kitchen to find a birthday cake waiting! She pulled out some poison, and...

Gweny caught her! She pulled her aside, and let her have it.
"I've put up with your antics for way too long. If you don't stop and listen to my decision, you can move out of the house right now!"

Back in the kitchen, Santiago stepped up to the cake.

"Santiago, but that's not Katyrzena!"

After the party, Katyrzena thanked Santiago for helping in their plan.

And Santiago thanked her for being his girlfriend and promising to marry him into the family.

Pretty soon, it was time for Wendy and Jayla to grow up. Remember Jayla?

Wendy became a confident young adult, and decided she wanted to be a hit movie composer.

And Jayla grew up to join the army!

And Wendy had a plan.
"Hello sperm donor!"
If she got pregnant and was able to hide it while still living in the house, her child could possibly be the heir.

Unfortunately for her, Gwendolyn caught her sneaking in in her night gown.

"You think you can mess with me kid? I'm the matriarch, and what I say goes. And I say don't let the door hit you on the way out."

And that night, they had a huge party, for Kat, Gabi, and Santiago.

Synchronized screaming! Kat's cake caught on fire! Thankfully, a guest, Debra Hadley, extinguished the fire. And then they were fined $500 for calling a false alarm to the fire department!

So Kat bought another cake, and grew up fine. And yes, every single one of these guests is related to the Hadleys in some way. There are more of them in the hall and outside!

Anyway, Gabi grew up fine. She decided she wanted to be a chess grandmaster. Doesn't she look just like a young Gwen?

And Katyrzena became a lovely young adult too! She wants to be a forensic specialist, and she totally reminds me of Abby Sciuto from NCIS.

Anyway, this is where I have to leave you. See you next time, when we finally start Generation Seven!