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Bridget’s father stood watching his daughter. It

had been nearly a month since Matthew’s death

and he’d seen a steady decline in his daughter’s

wish to be happy.

“ Bridget.”

“ Yes?” She asked, her voice void of any feeling.

“ You have to do more than just hide in your

garden.”

“ No I don’t.” Bridget said grabbing the tools and

heading back inside.

“ The garden isn’t the only thing that is living.”

“ Yes, yes it is.”

“ Bridget, Matthew is always going to be with you.”

“ Matthew is gone, he left me to be alone.” Bridget

said looking at her father. New tears filled her

eyes.

“ No Bridget he didn’t. He didn’t leave you to be

alone.”

“ I am alone daddy. He’s gone, he promised to

grow old with me.” She sobbed. Her father pulled

her into his arms and held her close, it had been

the first time she’d cried since the funeral.

“ I don’t want to be alone.”

“ You’re never alone Bridget. Remember that

Matthew is always with you.” He said looking into

her eyes. Bridget wasn’t sure if he was being

truthful or not but shook her head none the less.

She knew that she couldn’t stop living just

because Matthew wouldn’t want her to.

“ I’ll be fine daddy.” Bridget said.

“ I’ll be around tomorrow ok?”

“ Yes.” Bridget said heading back out into her

garden. She wasn’t sure why but something was

feeling different about her lately. It had been a

month since Matthew had died and she had been

feeling oddly, she thought it was depression that

had set in but now she wasn’t so sure.


Over the next few days she finally made her way

to the local doctor and found out a surprise that

even she hadn’t been expecting. She looked at

the doctor as if he’d said something stupid as he

reread her the test results.

“ Are you sure?’ She asked again.

“ Yes Bridget I am very sure.” He said looking at

her.

“ But it isn’t possible.”

“ Bridget it is possible. The two of you made love

the night before he went into the hospital. Maybe

this was the one thing he wanted you to have

once he was gone.” The doctor said as reason for

her current condition.

“ I don’t know but what am I going to do? I can’t

raise a child alone.”

“ You’ve got a family that will be more than

willing to help you with your child. But remember

this child is the one thing that you’ve got to

remember Matthew by. The one thing that will

bring joy to your broken heart.” He said. Bridget

had to admit that Matthew and her had talked

about children years before he’d gotten to sick to

think of children but she never expected that the

very first night they were together that they’d make

a child. Maybe this was his way of telling her how

much he truly loved her.

“ Yeah. Thank you.” She said shaking the doctors

hand. She waited and changed her cloths and

then headed towards her parents home. On the

car radio was playing Angels Among us. A smile

slowly spread across her face, she guess that was

so true these days. Maybe Matthew was still with

her in some ways. She touched her stomach and

pulled into her parent’s driveway. Her father sat on

the front steps speaking to one of the neighbors.

“ Hello Bridget.”

“ Hello Mr. McDowell.” Bridget said giving the

older man a hug. Bridget’s father noticed the

change in his daughters appearance and her

whole attitude.

“ What’s up?” He asked suspicious of her being

there.

“ I have news, I just came from the doctor.” She

said with a smile.

“ Come inside we have to tell your mother. She’ll

want to hear this.” He said taking her hand. “ I’ll

come over later Randy.”

“ All right. Good Luck Bridget.” He said leaving

them as they entered the house. Bridget smiled as

her mother rounded the corner. It was as if her

mother already knew as she hugged her child

close.

“ Is there something the two of you want to tell

me?” Her father asked.

“ I guess Matthew didn’t want me to be alone after

all.”

“ How so?”

“ I’m pregnant.” Bridget said with a smile. Her

mother hugged her again and looked towards her

husband.

“ A child?”

“ Yes father a child. I am going to be having

Matthew’s baby.” She said again, her father

hugged her, he knew that this meant that she’d

have someone around to love.

“ Then we will send Melissa to stay with you.”

“ Father I can handle things alone for now.”

“ I’d rather you did this for me.”
“
All right but just for a while.” Bridget said. It was

as if the gray clouds had cleared and her world

was looking up. Maybe she could move on, but

even with a baby on the way she wasn’t sure if she

was fully over Matthew’s death.