Three and a half months later
Payson came to New York the week of Emily's due date. Three days before Emily's due date Emily was sitting on the couch with Payson watching the Wizard of Oz on TV when Emily felt a gush it took her a few minutes to realize her water just broke she told Payson who went to find Amelia after she found Amelia they called her doctor and put Emily's bag into the car and went to the hospital after 15 hours of labor a 6 pound 5 ounce baby girl was born Emily decide to named her Harper Amalya Kmetko the godparents were chosen Harper's godmother was Payson and her godfather was going to be Robert Riley . After a night in the hospital Emily and Harper could go home Payson stay another two weeks before going home to Boulder but before that she need to tell Emily something. When Emily put Harper down for a nap Payson asked Emily to join her in the living room when Emily got there Payson had a large envelope in her lap when Emily sat down Payson handed Emily the envelope before saying Damon is back in Boulder he has been for two and a half months he came to my apartment and dropped this envelope off and said if I see you to please give it to you so that what I am doing. Emily opens the envelope and dumps out the contents on the coffee table it contained four letters and 2 c.d Emily decide to read and watch or listen to everything later in private. The next day after dropping Payson off at the airport Emily went to her room and started unfolding the letters to read them the first letter said
Dear Emily,
I have made a terrible mistake I should have never left you or our unborn baby. I made a stupid mistake without telling you how I feel. I don't know what I was thinking it finally hit me when I came back to boulder to our apartment and you had packed your things and left without telling me where you were going. I luckily remember where Payson's lived so I delivered the letters to her because maybe she knew where you were.
-Damon
After Emily reading the first note she could not read the others or view the cds she was too upset with Damon for leaving the way he did she now had to focus on Harper and their new life in New York. She put the letter and cds in a box in the back of her closet and went to Harper's room to take care of her because she heard crying through the baby monitor.
Note: the name Amalya is a variant of Amelia (Latin, Old German), and the meaning of Amalya is "industrious, striving; work". Pronunciation: (ah mahl yah)
