Author SkyTate19

Title How to Raise a Child When You're a Single Father

Summary After the love of his life died after childbirth, Bridge Carson found himself alone raising a child. With the help of his newfound friends, he will be able to get on with his life.

Disclaimer Characters belong to their creators. Other things are mine.


Chapter 1

You think you can be at the top of the World. You can have anything. And faith can bring you away all you have in a moment. Like the love of your life.

She knew she could have problems during the pregnancy, but she didn't care: she wanted the baby at all costs. Even risk her life. Ad that is what happened: she didn't survive after our baby was born. The last think she said was to keep our baby no matter what would happen.

I couldn't fight the urge of crying as memories of her flew trough my mind. I slowly touched her gravestone in front of me with my thumb "I promise you Kat, I will take care of him… but I have to go away from this place. It's slowly killing me just waking up in the morning. I will be back"

I stood up from the ground and, with a last look at her, I made my way to my old jeep. It was time to move out from here. I turned on the radio hoping to find something that could take my mind off of her, but even that was against me: the first song that came out of it was Carrie Underwood's "Just a Dream". Great, just great.

I turned it off cursing as I park in my mother's driveway. I sighed heavily and walked inside the house. I looked around and found my mother on the floor playing with my son. She spotted my and looked sadly "are you sure you want to do it Bridge?"

I nodded slowly as I made my way to my room to collect my things. When I entered the room I smiled softly: there were boxes all around the room with my things in it. My mother had already got them ready. I put them all in the car and walked back in the house as my mother was waiting for me "So… this is it…"

I looked at her sadly "Mum, please… you know I have to…"

She stopped me "yeah I know… just be careful and call me"

She hugged me as I heard her started crying softly. I took my son and went to set him in his sit in the back sits. I turned one again to my mother and saw her handing me something "This belonged to your father. I think you should have it"

I looked down and saw my mother's silver cross in my hand. I looked up once again at her and I hoped in the driver sit.

I slowly headed to the driveway and took the first direction that came into view

Traverse Town, Oklahoma

I sighed once again. I was leaving a big city and my old life to start a new one in a small town in the middle of the countryside. I looked in the rearview mirror at my son fast asleep into his sit. I have to do this for him...

I promised it.