Back to Sunset Valley, Part 1: The Landgraabs

We're back in Sunset Valley to be able to link to the stories we left pending. We'll start with one of the most important families in the city, the Landgraabs/Langeraks. Yes, two famous families which ended up united thanks to Clifford Landgraab and a Megan Langerak, whose story we can review in the Landgraab tag.

Although Megan and Clifford are elders now, they're still as in love as the first day they met.

Even at their age they still have fun together and they're still supporting their children, since none of the two has stopped working. Clifford in on the Game Developer career, as a Games Studio Director; and Megan is in the Alchemist career as a Senior Alchemist.

Their son Eric is already an adult, their daughter Sugar and Leah, young adults. Sugar has just enrolled in the University, in the Fine Arts career. Her sister will enroll soon too.

Fortunately for them, there's a local University in Sunset Valley, it's the Community College which opened recently, giving the young locals the oportuniy to study a university career without having to leave their city. This will allow the Landgraab youngsters to continue living with their parents while they prepare for the future. How convenient. :)

He's Sugar, on her way to her first day of school at the Sunset Valley Community College.

The first person he ran into upon arrival was her cousin Paul Bachelor, to whom she's related on the Langerak's side. Long story.

That same day she met as well the guy who is her boyfriend now: Jon Lothario, son of Don Lothario and Cassandra Goth.

Sugar and Jon fell in love at the moment they saw each other.

And their romance continues to this date, although they aren't a steady couple yet.

Like I said before, Eric is an adult already, but he haven't been able to find a job. He didn't graduate from the University either, he left halfway through his Physical Education career cause he isn't sure of what he really wants to do. He had a hard time finding a girlfriend too.

But not long ago, during the Fall Festival, he met Stacey Keaton, the daughter of Ari Keaton and Cristina Bunch, or rather Christina Langerak, which means Eric and Stacey are relatives. Distant, that is. But Sunset Valley is such a small town, and there are such a few families, that it is hard not to end up in the same family tree, although not directly related.

Of course, the family doesn't approve of Eric dating a relative, even if it's a distant one.

But Eric plans to go ahead, I mean, why not? Both he and Stacey are the fourth generation of Langeraks, that makes them third cousins, or fourth? No idea. The thing is, they're not close relatives. Period.

Plus, Eric had such a hard time finding love that he's not willing to let it go. Neither he, nor Stacey are teenagers anymore, they better hurry if they want to start a family.

They say there will be a wedding soon... we'll see about that.

Jon and Sugar. They do not have any concerns. They live their romance to the fullest without thinking about things like marraige and family. All in due time, but...  Here is a 'but' too: Sugar's family is concerned that Jon is a Lothario. With the his father Don's reputation, you know...

But Sugar doesn't have absolutely no issues with that.

Just in case, Clifford prefers to be near when Jon visits Sugar at home. Better safe than sorry.

As for Leah, there isn't much to tell, she hasn't enrolled in the University yet, nor has she found a partner. It's very  likely that she will follow the Fine Arts career like her sister, cause her lifetime wish is to be a Master of the Arts. And she will probably find a boyfriend soon, since she's very sociable and have lots of friends.

Here we see Leah at the Fall Festival, about to start the fun with other members of her family. Her mother Megan; her brother Erick, and her uncle Robert, who recently moved from Island Paradise with his wife Camille, to be near his youngest son, Antoine Langerak.

Just like Clifford, Megan is worried about the future of her children, but she tries not to interfere too much with their lives.

She seeks to concentrate in her own business, like Alchemy and her passion for horse riding.

She still keeps her old steed, Baron, who no longer run in races, but he was a champion in his time and will always be.

Now the family is training another future champion, her new horse King. And in passing, Eric tries to learn to ride. Since he didn't do very well at the University, Megan thought maybe he would like to become a jockey.

But riding isn't really Eric's calling and that was demonstrated from his first lessons. Perhaps Leah want to give it a try later.

And that's what we know about the Landgraabs so far. They're not rich, they're not poor, they're just happy. Who knows, maybe some day the kids will inherit their grandfather Malcom's fortune.

But Clifford prefers not to count on that. He never needed his father and grandfather's money; his children probably won't need it either... Or so he hopes.

Clifford's First Horse Ride

Neither Clifford's first horse ride went very well, apparently, horseback riding isn't his thing.

He better dedicate himself to develop video games and help Megan in the kitchen. Of course he still can take Baron for a walk once in a while. 

Megan and Clifford's Wedding

At the last hour, Megan and Clifford decided to have a private wedding, since Megan's pregnancy was far along and they both were afraid of something unforseen happening.

Logically, Megan's family didn't like this decision, but they respected it. Megan was a little sad, but still she had a god time cause she and Clifford had each other.

They pronnounced their eternal love vows.

And sealed their promise with a kiss.

Time to cut the wedding cake!

It was a little strange not to have her family there, throwing rice and clapping, but there will be enough time later to celebrate with them.

For Clifford it was the double of sad, cause his mother isn't in this world anymore, and he is estranged from his father.

The celebration is over, Megan is exhausted, so Clifford is in charge of cleaning.

She went out to breath a little. She didn't feel very well, it must be because the baby is going to be born soon.

Luckily, Clifford is by her side, more in love than ever and willing to be the best father in the world.

They both sweared they'd be together forever. And they kept that promise cause, to this date, they are still married and are one of the happiest families in Sunset Valley.

Megan and Clifford

This is Clifford, son of Bebe Hart and Malcom Landgraab. Malcom give him his last name but couldn't give him a home cause, at the moment of Clifford's birth, he was already married with Holly Alto. Bebe stayed single and raised Clifford on her own. 

Clifford had a fleeting romance with Sondra Miller, her boss in the video game industry. Malcom is an Art Director in the Video Games Developer career.

Sondra was his first love, but for some reason it didn't work and Clifford moved on.

It was then when he met Megan, the daughter of Kevin Langerak and Sandi French.

It all started with a cute friendship.

But it turned fast into a romance. Clifford asked her to move in together, cause why wait?

Megan agreed and accepted his proposal.

Of course, she took Baron with her. Clifford made sure there was an exclusive space for Megan's dear pet.

It was a memorable day. Megan's parents were sad to see her go, but happy at the same time that she had found her 'other half'.

Shortly after, Megan told Clifford that she was pregnant. Clifford was ecstatic, it was time to take things more seriously.

So, with Baron as his witness, he proposed marriage to Megan.

She of course said yes.

And the three of them celebrated the happy ocassion. Megan's family had to be notified. Clifford couldn't invite his mother, Bebe, cause, sadly, she had died not long ago; and he decided not to invite the Landgraabs since he didn't have a good relationship with them.