It has been a while, and during this time I've been playing Philip's story. I made sure Laurie got married to Deandre before I had Philip move out, but then I sent him and Melina to live in a dorm while they finished up university. Here Philip seriously started dating Edward, and the two got quite serious about each other:
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Philip graduated fairly quickly, as did Edward, though Melina had apparently been partying too much and failed a few of her courses. I guess I shouldn't be surprised, without anyone to keep track of her. Either way, Philip was happy to graduate:
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He built his house in the same area mum and big sister Angie lived and he and Edward moved in together in the house. They also invited Melina to live with them because the house was freakishly expensive to build. This will be Newcrest's future library:
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Philip especially loves his study:
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The housewarming for the family was awesome - this is a great place for entertaining:
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With the house being decorated (that took a while and a few paychecks), Philip and Edward decided to start a family. First they got married, then they adopted baby Corbin.
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Roughly at this time Melina decided that while it was nice to live rent-free at your brother's, auntie Melina just wasn't who she was. She moved out of her house roughly at the same time that their older brother Terence got married and moved to Sulani with his new wife. Melina moved to Windenburg (to Terence's old house) and rocked the criminal career on her own.
Melina's room wasn't empty for long though. Philip and Edward were a bit too preoccupied with their respective careers to be fantastic toddler parents, so they asked super grandma to move in.
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Luckily Deandre didn't mind moving in with Laurie's youngest son either, but for Laurie, tragedy struck just a few weeks after moving in. Deandre fell down dead on a walk as they were vacationing in Sulani:
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Laurie was heartbroken, and his epitat reads "you were my one true love". Life does move on though, and as Corbin starts growing to a young child, Philip and Edward start managing this parenting thing much better:
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And Laurie heals and decides she is still young enough to find love again, and does. Never one to give up on love, despite divorces and death of husbands, she marries again. Third time just might be the charm after all:
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On marrying, she decides to move out of the house, leaving Philip and Edward to manage parenting on their own, now that they don't need her help as much.
