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Catfish

The Check In

6 months later

The video call stopped ringing and Gabriella's face appeared on their screen.

Max and Nev said, "Hey!"

Gabriella returned their greeting and asked, "What's been up with you guys?"

Max said, "Not much. We really want to know what happened after we left Palo Alto. Has Troy met the boys?"

Gabriella showed a large smile, "Yes!"

Nev said, "That's awesome! What happened between the two of you? Do you still talk? Are you two together?"

"Well, at first I kept my distance from him because of what happened, but he really proved himself by helping me take care of our sons. So now we're…" She held up the back of her hand to show off a sparkling engagement ring.

Max and Nev both exclaimed, "Whoa! That's awesome! Is he there with you now?"

Gabriella pouted, "He's at work right now unfortunately."

Max said, "Well tell him we say hello and congratulations to the both of you on the engagement."

"I will. Thank you so much for helping me. None of this could have happened without you guys!"

Nev said, "Don't mention it, Gabriella. Take care." He ended the video call and turned to Max. "I'm glad it worked out for them."

Max said, "Absolutely. Such a cute couple."

"While we're here, should we check some more emails? Maybe reconnect some more people?"

"Let's do it!"

A/N: Thanks again for reading! I'm so happy that I found the time to write this story. I had the idea for it way back in April 2017, but I had a couple other projects to wrap up first. Please let me know what you thought of this last chapter and/or the story as a whole with a review! Thanks again.

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