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And then finally, when all that had led to her actually getting pregnant, she unfortunately had miscarried just a couple of months ago.

And so even though Alexia loved her sister's family and got along with them really well, her miscarriage was still really fresh in her mind.

And she just knew it was going to be very difficult for her to be around her young nephew.

It was just a reminder of what she had lost.

Now, Alexia came to a stop outside of a gated driveway at the end of the cul-de-sac, and she rang the intercom.

And then when the gate opened up, she drove up the driveway toward a nice house with a very well-kept garden.

She parked her car in the driveway behind her father's white van and then got out of her car.

She grabbed a wrapped present out of the back seat, along with a couple of desserts that she'd made, carried them up to the house, and rang the doorbell.

And a few seconds later, her mother, Isabelle Fouillot, answered the door with a big smile and led her into the dining room where Alexia's father, Jean-Pierre, sat at the table, talking with Alexia's brother-in-law, Gregory, and also her sister, Stephanie.

They all stood up and they greeted her.

And then as Alexia began to explain that her husband, Jonathan, was running late and he'd be here later in a separate car because the job he'd been working that day as an electrician had run long,

As she was saying all that, Alexia heard the sound of little feet making their way towards her.

A moment later, her two-year-old nephew, James, ran around the corner and threw his arms around Alexia's legs.

And surprisingly, to Alexia's relief, she didn't feel sadness.

All she felt was happiness.

And so she bent down and scooped him up and gave the boy a big hug.

And then she also handed him his birthday present.

Eventually, the group settled in for dinner, and for a while, all of Alexia's worries just kind of faded away.

She was really close with everybody at the table, especially her mother and her sister Stephanie, and being around them always put her in a good mood.

Alexia's husband, Jonathan, finally arrived sometime around 8.30 a.m.,