Disclaimer: Don't own the song "Someone's Watching Over Me" by Hillary Duff
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Bran had been thrilled to help his granddaughter with her talent show piece. He had been shocked when she wanted to write a song as she had never shown any interest in songwriting that he was aware of.
"What inspired this?" he had asked her as they sat together in his living room, his mate was in Missoula and likely would be there all day, that was the only reason she was at Bran's without Charles or Anna present. She explained by telling him the story of what Melinda Gordon told her, the message she had been given.
It didn't take long for them to finish the song and SeoHyun would be ready for her talent show. She was nervous about debuting her own original piece but Bran assured her that it was great and the school had approved the piece when they read the lyrics.
"Grandda, will Uncle Samuel be here for my performance?" she asked.
"Do you want him to be there?"
"Yes" she replied as if it were the most obvious thing.
"He'll be here" Bran replied with a smile.
"How do you know?"
"I know..." Bran's smile morphed to a mischievous smirk.
"Grandda, what do you know?" SeoHyun asked.
"It's a surprise."
The day of the talent show arrived and Charles was shocked to see Samuel and Nicolette already in the auditorium, Samuel holding a bouquet of flowers that he planned to give his niece after the performance.
"Little brother, it's been a while." He said with a smile that said he was happy to be there with his family.
"It has" Charles agreed then turned to Nicolette "Welcome to Aspen Creek."
"Thank you, this is a beautiful town... it's so peaceful." Nicolette commented "I can't believe I'm saying this but I wouldn't mind living here."
Charles noticed she and Samuel seemed close but she didn't smell of his older brother, yet. He had no doubts that would not last much longer the way they seemed so happy together, they would seal the mate bond soon if it was meant to be that they would be mated to each other and he had a good feeling that they were.
They all took seats as the show began and it didn't take long for SeoHyun to come up as she was pretty early in the short program.
"Not too long ago I had a visitor that made me think of my past and my biological parents and, with Bran's help I created a song for them... to say I've never forgotten them."
She began to play the intro.
Found myself today
Oh I found myself and ran away
Something pulled me back
The voice of reason I forgot I had
All I know is you're not here to say
What you always used to say
But it's written in the sky tonight
Charles looked at his Da who sat a row up smiling like the Cheshire cat. He wasn't sure what that smile meant he knew that this song had to be a challenge for them to write for various reasons.
So I won't give up
No I won't break down
Sooner than it seems life turns around
And I will be strong
Even if it all goes wrong
When I'm standing in the dark I'll still believe
Someone's watching over me
It had been obvious at the start that she had been extremely nervous but as soon as she started singing and got the response from the crowd in front of her she started to feel better about her performance.
Seen that ray of light
And it's shining on my destiny
Shining all the time
And I won't be afraid
To follow everywhere it's taking me
All I know is yesterday is gone
And right now I belong
To this moment to my dreams
Bran looked back and saw the pride in the eyes of his younger son as SeoHyun's impressive abilities as a soloist were made known to the people of the town that had so gladly welcomed her when she needed a place to belong and people to care for her wounded spirit.
So I won't give up
No I won't break down
Sooner than it seems life turns around
And I will be strong
Even if it all goes wrong
When I'm standing in the dark I'll still believe
Someone's watching over me
It doesn't matter what people say
And it doesn't matter how long it takes
Believe in yourself and you'll fly high
And it only matters how true you are
Be true to yourself and follow your heart
So I won't give up
No I won't break down
Sooner than it seems life turns around
And I will be strong
Even if it all goes wrong
When I'm standing in the dark I'll still believe
That I won't give up
No I won't break down
Sooner than it seems life turns around
And I will be strong
Even when it all goes wrong
When I'm standing in the dark I'll still believe
That someone's watching over
Someone's watching over
Someone's watching over me
Someone's watching over me
After the show Samuel gave SeoHyun the flowers and a big hug.
"Thank you, Uncle Samuel." she said with a big grin on her face.
"You're welcome SeoHyun" Samuel replied. He had heard about what had happened while Melinda Gordon was in town as had Bran. They knew SeoHyun would need time to heal from the pain that reopening those wounds caused. It would take months or even years for her to recover and there was a chance she would never fully recover from the loss of her parents, but now she had closure she didn't have before. She knew they weren't mad she thought of the Cornick's as her family, as a matter of fact they were grateful to the Cornick family for accepting SeoHyun so willingly and giving her such unconditional love.
They went back to Charles' home and Bran noticed an odd smile on his older son's face.
"Da, Charles… I think it's fair I let you know that I have decided to return to Aspen Creek." Samuel announced.
"What changed your mind?" Bran asked.
"Well a lot has changed, as you can see I am now happily in a relationship and… I realized that with me in Washington I was missing out on my niece growing up, she's not going to be here for much longer and I want to spend as much time as I can with her." Samuel explained.
SeoHyun hugged Samuel tightly a big grin on her face, her family was complete and she couldn't ask for more.
Late that night Charles found SeoHyun sitting in the middle of her bed crying.
"What's wrong?" He asked.
"Da, will the pain ever go away?" She asked.
"No, not completely... " Charles sighed "I know there are days I miss my mom and she died 200 years ago. It does get easier in time to talk about them. That song was beautiful I'm sure they loved it, I did"
SeoHyun leaned into Charles' embrace.
"Don't forget we are always going to be here for you, no matter what."
"Thank you, Da." SeoHyun gave a watery smile "I love you."
"I love you too"
SeoHyun began to doze off in Charles' arms, he tucked her in but didn't leave the room until he knew that she was asleep.
"How is she?" Anna asked
"She's hurting, but that's to be expected, she'll get better, but it will take a long time, these wounds don't heal fast and may never completely heal." Charles explained.
"She has us and the pack, she'll be okay, just give her time." Anna assured him.
"True, and we will do everything we can to take care of her." Charles agreed.
Anna and Charles went to bed that night knowing that there was a lot of work to do to get SeoHyun completed healed but they could do it.
The End
