M E Clayton [Clayton - Capturing Happiness

Copyright 2018 Monica Clayton

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Table of Contents

Acknowledgements

Thank you everyone who took this journeywith me!

Dedication

Foreveryone who fell in love with these characters and needed to readtheir Happily Ever Afters.

This is for you!

Authors Note

Capturing Happiness cannot be read as a standalone. Thisis the official end to the crazy land of SMA, Global, Inc. and TheSeven Deadly Sins Series. This is where you find out how manychildren are born out of these insane unions and where you canplace your bets on how weird and wild theyll grow up to be. Thisis also the beginning of Trystans Happily Ever After!

Happy ReadingFolks!

Prologue

The SevenDeadlies.

There's Sloth,Gluttony, Envy, Lust, Greed, Wrath and Pride.

So which is theworst?

First, there'sSloth. Being lazy and unproductive can be just as addicting asdrugs or gambling. Your mind and body get used to doing nothing,to being nothing. Sloth can make you neglectresponsibilities and make you lose value in yourself and others.Laziness can keep you poor, unfit and a burden onsociety.

Second, there'sGluttony. Over indulgence. There's a guilty feeling that comes withgluttony. We feel it when we overeat, when we over spend, etc. Ithink it's safe to say, we've all experienced gluttony at leastonce in our lives. Gluttony likes to sneak up on you. There'snothing wrong with having just one more slice of pizza...until youfind yourself fifty pounds overweight one day, of course. What'sthe harm in having ten different purses, when you can only carryone at a time? Gluttony will have you overweight and in debt beforeyou even know whats hit you. The sneaky little bastard!

Then, there's Envy.Envy can keep you from making any real personal connections inlife. I mean, how can you really call yourself a friend if yousecretly hate whenever one of your friends find good fortune? Envycan make you detest everything you own and have worked hard for.Your car, your house, your clothes are all perfectly fine...untilyour neighbor gets a fancier car, bigger house and designerclothes. Envy can eat you up alive. Envy can turn your soul dark.That's no bueno...no bueno at all.

Now, let's talk aboutLust.

Lust.

Lust is amotherfucker of a sin. Nations topple because of lust. Families aredestroyed because of lust. People become diseased because of lust.Lust clouds the best of judgments. But to be fair, can you name onething...just one thing...that feelsbetter than sex? The feel of a man's hands on your body, the goosebumps you get when his lips touch your skin, the heat you feel whenyou know he's turned on by you, the power you feel because you knowthere is nothing he won't do to satisfy you, that first thrustinside you and let's not leave out the aria of the entire sexualopera...when he makes you cum. What feels better thanthat?

Next, there'sGreed. Greed can make you shady and underhanded. It can make you sohungry for more, that you go into debt because your neighbors justbought a Lexus, but you're driving a Toyota. Greed tricks you intobelieving your life is always missing something. It makes youbecome an episode on Investigation Discovery because you poisonedyour husband for his life insurance. Greed has you always feelingempty, and for some, there's almost nothing you won't do to fillthat void. When you're greedy, contentment is a false achievement.You will never be satisfied. Never.

Onto Wrath. Wrath isthe equivalent to temporary insanity. You can literally lose yourmind when you are in a state of wrath. Wrath will have youdestroying property and it can make you verbally and physicallyabusive. Wrath will have you looking at a life prison sentencebecause you've gone and murdered someone in the heat of the moment.Wrath will make you unreasonable. Wrath can make you feared bythose you love and who love you. Wrath can consume your soul. It'smind numbing to all things good and peaceful. Wrath is a truemonster with no rationale. Wrath can destroy everything good inyour life.

Finally, we havePride. Pride, pride, pride, pride, pride....it sure is a nastylittle guy. Pride can cause an insurmountable amount of pain. Itkeeps you from saying sorry, when you really should. It is thelargest killer of relationships around. It makes life harderbecause you refuse to ask for help and it kills love because youcannot bring yourself to forgive. A lot of people can forgivemistakes, but when all you can think about is how that mistake madeyou look stupid? Lying, infidelity, neglect, all that can be workedthrough...humiliation, not so much. Pride can make you walk awayfrom the best thing that ever happened to you. It can also make youlonelier than you have ever been.

However, despite ofall our sins, we can all still find our Happily Ever After!

Chapter 1

Avery Christine Ellis-Savage~

Nicholas, stop it! Teresa will have my head if I letyou mess up my hair and make-up. I slapped at his wandering hands.Not to mention your children are in the immediate area. Wevecaused them enough emotional damage to last a lifetime. We dontneed to add to it.

Hey! Its notour fault they didnt knock before barging into our bedroom, he defended.

I kept slapping athis hands. No. But its our fault we didnt lock the door!

Awe, come on, Imp.Its not like they knew what we were doing.

At the time,no. But now that theyreteenagers, theyre very aware of what they walked into that fatefulnight. I still managed to blush every time I remembered TheIncident.

I started slapping athis hands frantically. Trystan is getting married in a matter ofhours! Behave!

He pulled his handsaway. How in the hell do you expect me to keep my hands off youwhen you look so fucking stunning, Imp? Youre beingunreasonable.

My eyes buggedout of my head. Unreasonable? Nicholas, Iam not walking down the aisle with a wrinkled dress, my make-upsmeared and my hair all jacked to hell! Everyone willknow!

He huffed. Please,as if theyre not all doing the same damn thing right now?

I ignored hisaccusation as I let Nicholas pull me onto his lap. Can you believeit? Our sweet Trystan is getting married.

He gave me anincredulous look. Sweet Trystan? You women are so blind when itcomes to that kid. Hes a ruthless, soulless, unforgivingshark.