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yet further apart. Of all the things they had gone through together, finally their own relationship had been accepted but now there was more gossip to come. They heard whispers "What kind of mother is she?", "She shouldn't have had them so young" and even the old insults started up. Both children were, of course, half-cast and both had white boyfriends. Tamara was so upset by this. She had gotten over this problem with her own husband but it broke her heart to see her children lose friends because of something which, by now, was so petty. While George seemed to be shouldering most of the burden, Tamara just felt that her own life had been turned upside down.

Cheyenne and James decided that they would continue their relationship as friends while Charice and James began to make wedding plans. Of course, George would never agree to this so they would have to have a long engagement.

A few months later, the two girls gave birth within a few hours of each other. Charice had a girl whom she named Georgia, while Cheyenne named her twin sons Ty and Todd.

By this time, George and Tamara were separated. Tamara had decided to stay with her sister while George took care of the family. Although they both tried to be fair with their children and with each other, there still seemed to be a lot of resentment between George and Tamara from the whole situation.

Charice
and James planned their wedding day for 14th February 1986. Charice
would be 19 by then. They had it all planned 2 years in advance and, after making their own arrangements for their wedding, they then decided that they would help the rest of the family to be happy too. James arranged a DNA test for Ty and Todd which, once Danny had been persuaded that it was a good idea, showed that Danny was, in fact the father. Meanwhile,
Charice enlisted the help of her sister and arranged a meeting between their parents. They wrote down a long list of why George and Tamara loved each other and arranged for it to be displayed on a table at the cafe where they first met. The lady in the cafe had known the family of old and was glad to assist with the arrangements. She had been one of the few friends who had always stuck by the family no matter what.

George and Tamara did still love each other very much but, after the difficult year, they struggled to remember that. When they realised that they had both done what they thought was right and everything had turned out ok, they began to remember all the other things they had come through. Their now 24 year relationship was blooming again, Charice and Cheyenne both managed home study while they had support with the babies from their family, Danny embarked on a career as a football coach and James managed to expand his business.

On February 14th 1986, George and Tamara celebrated their own 30th anniversary along with their their daughter's wedding day. That same year, Ty, Todd and Georgina began school. While George and Tamara and Charice and James all stayed together and worked at their relationships, Danny and Cheyenne had an on-off relationship until they decided that they would be better off apart. All the children were well cared for and George was so glad that he had lost the argument about his grandchildren. He loved them so very much and they, along with his daughters, had made them realise just how much he loved Tamara.

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