EPILOGUE

Two years later.

You've got to be kidding me?!

Mal bit her lower lip as she stood in the middle of the Beast Castle's backyard with her hands on her hips while Ben, Adam, and Belle argued over the playground set she was trying to have installed for Albert.

The workers had withdrawn to the front while these three argued it out.

"No, see the slide's too high," Ben said. "He could fall and get a concussion."

"Oh come on Ben," Adam snapped. "He's your kid, he can handle it."

"My God!" Belle exclaimed. "These swings are a choking hazard. Whose idea was it for him to have this?"

Mal rolled her eyes while Albert held on to her hand and wailed because they were taking away his playground set.

Looking at her distended belly, she sighed. "Take my advice, brat. Stay in there as long as you can. These guys are going to make you crazy."

Mal laughed as they continue to argue. Poor Albert, but at least he knew he was loved.

"Hey Mal," a pair of voices called from behind her.

Turning around she saw Eleazar approaching them, along with his wife Fang who's carrying their daughter Ellaine whom she think will turn two next month. "Hey, what are you guys doing here?"

"I'm supposed to have a meeting with Ben," Eleazar said. "His secretary says that he's back here. What's going on?"

"Hi Albert," Ellaine greeted to her son. When she noticed that Albert is sniffling and his cheeks are damp from tears, she jumped from Fang's arms, showing off her athleticism that she got from her mother and rushed to Albert's side. "Why you crying?"

"Dada, Papo, Mamo," he whimpered. "Taking me swing, taking me slide."

Ellaine pouted.

Eleazar and Fang looked over to where those three are, still in the middle of a heated argument. They simultaneously shook their heads.

"My thought exactly," she said to them.

"Hey Ellaine, baby," Fang said to her daughter. "Why don't you go inside and play with Albert."

Ellaine nodded happily and then asked, "Canna show him the magic?"

Fang turned to her husband. "Why not," Eleazar shrugged. "Build him a nice sleigh and a snowman," he said to their daughter.

Ellaine shrieked in excitement and took Albert's hand, almost dragging him as she led him towards the castle.

"Be careful," Mal and Fang both said to their children.

When the three of them were the only ones left, they waited for the Ben, Adam, and Belle to finally conclude their arguments.

They waited.

And waited.

And…waited.

"I don't think they're stopping anytime soon," Eleazar observed, glancing on his wristwatch.

Fang nodded, agreeing with her husband.

Mal sighed in defeat. These three are hopeless.

"You guys want some cheesecakes?" Mal offered to the couple.

Their frowning faces lightened up.

"We would love to," Fang said.

Mal escorted them inside the castle, leaving her overprotective husband along with his equally overprotective parents to continue with their dispute. It might take them a while but they'll get over it.

Eventually.

THE END