Tibor and Leo in Vargfjell

The next years went by, Tibor, Leo and J.J. (who strangely stayed very little :D ) were leading a quiet and comfortable life only interrupted by occasional approaches some women were making to win him as their husband, which he always declined politely, because he wasn´t ready to start a romantic relationship at all! And if he was honest to himself there wasn´t the right woman amongst them.
The Helmquists stayed a few months in Vargfjell every year and Tibor and Emerson and his wife Sylvie became good friends. And Leo and J.J. fell in love with their little daughter Serena who sometimes accompanied her parents to Vargfell.
It was winter when Emerson called Tibor to tell him that the family wanted to stay in the palace again and asked him to prepare it for them.
So Tibor went over to his father´s home (he couldn´t even think about this palace being his!) cleaned the mailbox from advertising and free newspapers and waited for the family to arrive to welcome them and to give them the new keys he had to make, because a few weeks ago someone broke in the palace.
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He then lit up all fireplaces to get some warmth into the palace and left the family for their stay.
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In the following weeks he eventually met some of them in town, especially Serena, because she spend a lot of time at the cat park where she liked to play her guitar for some tips (not that she needed the money, but hey! it´s always good to have some more! :D ) and where he took J.J. and Leo in order to make some cat and dog friends.
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At Silvester he threw a party for a few friends and invited the Helmquists, too, because he and Emerson became the best friends in the last week, because they worked together a lot.
Serena was allowed to come to his party as well, because her parents were there, normally Emerson and Sylvie watched her like hawks to leave her out of trouble!
He tried to cook something for his guests but couldn´t finish it in time because he wasn´t used to cook, so he was happy to see that the guests brought some food with them! :)
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Strangly he only talked to Serena the whole evening, not knowing why, but he only had eyes for her
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(only interrupted by Emerson a few times :) )
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At new years eve Serena became a young adult
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Her father was the first who congratulated
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In this night Tibor dreamed of a woman who he didn´t know but who was quite familiar to him somehow...