Adam (37) his wife Cara (33), their kids: Twins, Jada and Kameko (8)
Narrated by Adam.
I had to place more time in my business because it was literally falling apart. I had a manager but he did not tell me all this was going on. I had to fire him the minute I did a surprise inspection on the place.
The sink was leaking and there was no repairman called in. I could not believe that my restaurant was in such bad shape. I knew that this was the time that I needed to commit to this or finally sell it.
I could not sell it so I committed to remodeling and adding another part of the business.
I bit the bullet and decided to open a bakery. For now I am trying out some recipes and am happy that they are selling well.
I took some time off of work and decided to train a new chef and get the staff under control. This would be done faster and easier if this darn sink would ever stop leaking. This restaurant is taking up all my time...but I think that I finally may have broken through to them.
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I finally got to take a break at home. It is so weird being home alone. My girls went out with their mom to do some shopping. Its moments like this when I stare at my Adrienne's picture on our coffee table. I look at her and wonder what she would be doing now. I still can remember her buying her first house. She was engaged and by now for sure she would have kids. I snap out of it and decide to cook dinner for my family. Not just my little family but my brothers and sisters.
I called the family over and it was not hard to get them to come down. Seriously you would think my relatives never eat at home. Ian was the first one to come down to eat some of my cooking.
Its great when we all get together like this. I was even shocked when Brianna brought her new boyfriend Orlando. I am still amazed that they have such chemistry so many years later.
Oscar Simon kept asking Brianna if she was going to marry Orlando after all these years. Brianna would just clam up and tell him to eat some more. I think she was nervous about us putting ideas in Orlando's head. I like Orlando but I know that Brianna is still grieving.
It was getting late but everyone still wanted second or third servings. Cara loves having my family around. She is an only child and loves having all this loving chaos in the house.
Finally it was time to say goodbye to everyone. Amarilis told me how great my dinner was and that she hoped I would be by for dinner as well.
I walked everyone out and we were all surprised by a little snow. It felt great being outside for a while. My house is not that big and with so many people I was getting a little claustrophobic. Now all Cara and I had to do was clean up or post dinner party items. After that we would kiss the girls good night and lay in bed.
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