As Eliza read the letter, she grew more and more confused. She couldn't make sense of any of it. It didn't seem to add up to her.

She heard footsteps coming down the stairs, and quickly hid the letter behind her back.

"Hey baby." Alex smiled and kissed her cheek "how was gardening?" He asked and grabbed a water bottle.

"Oh, it was- uh, yeah, it was fine." Eliza nodded and looked at him, she was kinda jumpy.

Alexander nodded "good, good. Hey, are you alright?" He asked.

"Yeah! Yeah I'm good!" Eliza said, heading towards the stairs "I'm gonna shower." She said and walked upstairs, the letter falling out of her back pocket.

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Alexander sat outside by the garden as Eliza showered. He took that time to himself just to unwind.

He hadn't fully realized how stressful finding a well paying job and a house was; and it was starting to take a toll on him.

There was all this pressure surrounding him like he wasn't good enough, or at least that's what the Schuyler's made it seem like.

Alexander loved Eliza's family, but it didn't always seem like they loved him; and that was hard to deal with because soon enough, they would be family.

As Alexander closed his eyes and took a deep breath, he tried to clear his mind, even if it was just for a moment.

And then it happened.