#windmere

Grandma woke up and went straight to do the laundry before going to work, while the kids were having fun outside. Later that day, Carlotta gave birth to two beautiful babies, while her mother-in-law (the midwife) was busy delivering other babies.

mirren pulls the nearest blanket over her legs, the sun sinking behind the skyline causing the beechwood island air to cool. eyes fall to the blanket in her lap, the scent of her mother's perfume drifting to her nose. she sighs, letting her head fall back to rest against the chair, oddly comfortable in the silence with her aunt penny - the only two sinclair girls left outside. she starts picking at the fringes of the blanket when penny's voice draws her attention. " yeah? or what we do? " mirren's baby blues meet penny's gaze as she adjusts in her chair. " i know that family doesn't always have to get along. clearly. " dry laugh, as she gestures back to the house where mirren is certain another fight would start if the moms ended up back in each other's company. " but don't you ever get tired? of keeping up whatever dynamic you, my mom, and aunt carrie have? don't you ever want to just ... sit on the couch and watch your favorite movie together? play a game of scrabble? "

There needs to be a rule book for every saying a Sinclair should live by. Some of them felt like unreasonable expectations but that was also the Sinclairian way of living. To live with the highest standards that were so unattainable it might cause combustion. No one who bore the name Sinclair lived a peaceful life. It was full of chaos and commotion. As Johnny described it, a beautiful blur of motion. They were privileged and wealthy and beautiful. The trifecta. Everything else was just noise and nonsense.

" It's black hair, mummy, not a tattoo. " Although, that did not seem like a bad idea. Summer sixteen and she was supposed to be off to Beechwood Island. Instead, Cadence is preparing for an entire summer in Europe with her father. The man responsible for her first heartbreak. Fighting and fighting against this decision. Returning to the European Union was the last thing she wanted to do. Cady was aware how this sounded like a first world problem but she knew where she was meant to be. With her people on the island, planning their futures and talking college even if it was something she was now behind in. Cadence was supposed to be with her Liars. Not eating gelato in Venice, Italy, roaming the alleys of Mykonos, Greece or bathing in the springs of the Blue Lagoon in Iceland. First world problems that others would be so grateful to experience but Cadence just wanted to be home.