At Delia's insistence, Daniel moved forward with his wedding plans. The first order of business was a traditional bachelor party. The boys got together and mapped out the party. Delia could see them beginning
to heal and get back into a normal routine. She was right. Moving forward
with the wedding plans helped tremendously with moving on with their lives and brought that ever elusive normality back to it. Yes, a party without Francisco
would be sad, she thought as a tear ran down her cheek, but how wonderful for Daniel and his brothers. 
The party started out with a bang and lots of Daniel’s
friends came. The stereo was blasting, everyone was was dancing and
champagne was flowing freely.
As it is with most Bachelor parties, someone invited
dancing girls. Darius tried to get some
attention from one of the dancers named Cherry. She honored him with a dance since he was
the brother of the groom. Probably the only reason. The party went
on into the wee hours. Delia even
relaxed and danced with one of the older gentlemen. She didn’t want to be a party-pooper. This was Daniel’s day.
A few guests finally began to leave when the most unthinkable thing
happened. Someone pushed the coffee table too close to the
fireplace and it caught fire. It
was very reminiscent of Darius’s birthday party. The fire department got there quickly and put
out the fire. Thank goodness no one was
hurt. They cleaned up and went to be exhausted.
To add insult to injury, the very next morning the carpeting
caught fire. It must have been
smoldering the remainder of the night. Duncan worked on putting it out while waiting for the fire department to
come back and managed to get himself in trouble. Fortunately
the fireman got there in time to save Duncan. Delia could not have handled another loss.
Regardless, Delia was devastated.
Two fires within hours of each other and nearly losing her youngest
child. She felt YEARS older. Yes, she felt as if everything was catching
up to her and the feeling of youth had long passed with Francisco’s death. She was now so depressed she was seriously thinking about trying the potion again. Maybe it would make her feel better. But maybe wasn't good enough and it was way too risky anyway. She had a wedding to get through and two
teenage boys and their raging hormones to deal with. That was Francisco’s department; the birds
and the bees. She missed him so
much. Well, potions would have to wait. She had to learn to deal with things as they came and not rely on the silly elixirs. Maybe after Daniel and Liaona’s wedding she might consider it. The basement would remain off limits for now.
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