Lately Vanessa has been quite busy taken new gigs to save up for the move. Her brother, Blaze has bought a twin bungalow and has offered for her and Alycia to live there. Funds are still a bit tight but with Xander taking more pastry orders, soon they’ll have enough.
As the week ends, Vanessa gets notified on a family meet up on Sunday. Nick (Douglas’ first son) is organising his first family gathering after he took over as the Val-JoyFfield family head. Blaze was the previous head and since his kids are still young, we’ve all agreed for Douglas’s line to take over (Blaze and Douglas are twins).
Vanessa had a great day with her siblings and other family members. She had no idea that this would be the last time some of them will be together.
Weeks go by and Vanessa has saved up enough to furnish her new place. Alycia has already let her know that she’s ready to move any day now. The two make plans to move during the holiday, that way the kids don’t miss a day of school. The new place looks amazing, although the kids have to share bedrooms.
A week after moving, Vanessa receives devastating news. She gets notified that Chaz and McKenzie have passed away. She hurries to check in on Alycia cause she knows how close Alycia is with the two.
Growing up, Vanessa was always closer with Blaze and Douglas while Alycia was closer with McKenzie and Chaz. After McKenzie got married, she moved from Newcrest to Oasis Springs while Chaz moved out to Sulani. When Alycia became a young adult, she moved to Oasis springs to live closer to McKenzie and started her career as an astronaut. On the other hand, Vanessa lived with Blaze as she was still figuring out what career she wanted to pursue. Even when she got married, Blaze bought her first house and gifted it to her as a wedding present.
As they mourned, Vanessa spent most of her day at Alycia’s, helping out with the kids and housework. As a result, she has been around Chris a lot. Occassionally, she finds herself staring at him in a daze and feels weird whenever he thanks her for coming by to check on Alycia. Oddly, she doesn’t like him talking about Alycia.
One evening, after Chris made dinner for the kids, Vanessa comes up to him in the kitchen and randomly flirts with him. Shocked and confused, he brushes her away and goes to check on the kids
She comes to talk to him again and attempts to stroke his cheek. At this moment Alycia walks in from work and Vanessa pulls away, acting like nothing happened.
After Vanessa leaves, Alycia talks to Chris on what just happened. He reassures her that nothing happened and he sees Vanessa as his sister.
Although Alycia was bothered by why happened, she decides to trust her sister and spouse.