Alaina Urquhart
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So obviously they were apprehensive about their father's new girlfriend, but Dennis himself tried to be respectful.
He remembered he felt, speaking about his dad, that he was going to be taken care of.
He wasn't going to be alone anymore.
And also you have to think, like, this is a generation who has, like, always been with somebody romantically usually.
You're so used to connection.
So then to be all by yourself, like, that's a lot to swallow.
So a month later in June of 2000, Robert and Melissa were married and immediately set off on their cross-country honeymoon, which ended with a luxury cruise to the Caribbean all at Robert's expense.
Once they returned, Melissa moved into Robert's home in Brandonton, Florida.
And not long after, Robert's children started noticing troubles and changes to their father's health.
This isn't coincidence.
Robert was 81 years old, like I said, when he married Melissa.
And his health had already begun to decline at that point.
It was natural for somebody his age.
But after the wedding, there were new health problems that Dennis and his siblings just hadn't seen before.