Full Summary:
What if Ingrid didn't get sick and die in 'Brother's Keeper'? What would Matthew and Ingrid's life have been like? How would there wedding have been? How many children would they have had? What would there kids be interested in? This is there story.
One Week:
It had been one week since Ingrid had been bitten by Pup. Dr. Mike had said that if she hadn't started showing signs of having the rabies within that one week, she would be fine. It was the longest week of my life, trying to see if my beloved Ingrid had caught the rabies. When the week came and went and Ingrid was still with us, I was finally able to sigh a sigh of relief. My beloved Ingrid was going to live.
Dr. Mike examined Ingrid three days after that one week ended. She was fine. She was going to live. We were happy. But Pup was still out there somewhere and Brian was getting impatient. He wanted his beloved dog back by his side. When we woke up on the fourth morning after that long week, we found Brian gone, the rifle from the fireplace gone as well. He had gone after Pup without telling anyone where he was going. Colleen and Ingrid stayed at the house while Dr. Mike, Sully and I went to look for Brian. We knew that he was feeling guilty for Pup biting Ingrid and must have thought she was going to die. He had gone after Pup knowing that his beloved dog had the rabies but didn't want him to suffer any.
When I finally caught up to Brian, he had the gun pointed at Pup, who was baring his teeth and foaming at the mouth. Brian was crying and unable to shoot him. I took the gun from Brian, but I also was unable to shoot Pup, knowing my little brother was watching. Sully got us around that time and took the gun from my hands and shot Pup while I turned Brian's head away. I held Brian in my arms as he cried for his Pup and then we headed back to the horses. Dr. Mike was waiting next to horses, having stopped the minute she heard the shot. Brian was still in my arms, not wanting to let go for fear of something.
I put Brian on Flash and Dr. Mike got up behind him and we rode home with Brian. Sully had the gun and the minute we came into view of the homestead, Colleen and Ingrid were waiting for us on the porch. Ingrid had some biscuits in her hand for Brian and as soon as the horses were away and we were all headed back to the house, she handed them to Brian, telling him that it wasn't his fault at all. That she didn't blame him for what Pup had done to her and that she was going to live. He nodded, taking the biscuits and going up to his room where he just sat there.
We found him asleep twenty minutes later and took the untouched biscuits back downstairs. Ingrid and I left to go home, I taking Ingrid back to Jon and her sisters first and then myself to the old homestead that Sully had given me. Sleep came inevitably to me and the rest of my family as the night stole the light from us. Tomorrow would be a new day, tomorrow would be the day we finished our wedding plans and got everything ready for Ingrid and her sisters to move in with us.