Thursday January 1, 2026

Brendan's POV

"Watch and learn B. Watch your old man shred the slopes."

"I'm watching but I'm not learning."

Dad laughed and put his goggles on and then headed down. As I was watching, I saw him hit something and fall, forcing him to roll down the hill.

"Dad!" I shouted. I ran down the hill quickly. "Dad!" When I reached him, I rolled him over onto his back and saw him unconscious. "Dad, wake up!" I said shaking him.

I took my phone out and tried to call Grandma and Grandpa, but they wouldn't answer, so I called mom.

Teddy's POV

My phone started to ring, waking me up from a nap I was having with Caralynn. I reached over and grabbed my phone. I saw Brendan's name pop up as it continued to ring.

"Did you need something, B?"

"Mom, dad got in a snowboarding accident."

I quickly sat up in bed when I heard him say that. "What, is he okay?"

"I don't know… I've been trying to call Grandma and Grandpa but they won't answer their phone."

I licked my lips. "Is he conscious?"

"No."

"Is he breathing?"

"Yeah."

"Did you call 911?"

"Yeah, but what am I supposed to do, I'm scared."

"B, listen, try to keep him warm until the emergency rescuers come. Where are your siblings?"

"With Grandma and Grandpa."

"Okay, I'm going to try to call them. I'll call you back in a little bit."

"Okay…"

I sighed and pushed my blonde hair out of my face as I got out of bed. I grabbed the baby monitor and walked up the stairs dialing Linda's cell phone. I sat down on the living room couch as it rang. I was relieved when I heard a voice on the other end.

"Hi, Linda, this is Teddy. Brendan just called me and said Spencer got into a snowboarding accident and he's unconscious. He's been trying to reach you guys."

"What, a snowboarding accident?"

"That's what Brendan just told me a few minutes ago. He already called the emergency responders."

"Oh my… Paul, honey." Linda said. I could tell by the sound of her voice she was getting ready to cry. "Spencer got into a snowboarding accident. You need to go help him. Emergency responders probably won't get there soon enough. Thank you for calling, Teddy."

"Yeah, umm… I'm thinking I should just get the kids since you guys will have enough to deal with Spencer being in whatever state he is in. I know you don't need the extra stress."

"Yeah, of course, I'll call you back."

I sighed as I got off the phone. "Oh Spencer… please be okay." I murmured to myself.

A few hours later, I met Linda and Paul at the hospital where Spencer was at to get the kids. I went up to the fourth floor and saw them in the waiting room. I walked over to them and Cassandra got out of Linda's grip on her lap. She ran over to me and hugged onto my legs. I bent down to pick her up.

"How is he?" I asked.

"He's in surgery." Paul said. "Been in surgery for an hour now. He's pretty beaten up." I could tell Paul was staying strong because his wife was a mess but I knew in the inside he was a mess. "If he was left any longer in the snow, he could have died."

"Sounds like it was a good thing B went with him, he basically saved his life."

"Yeah, Spencer likes snowboarding on his own but we insisted him take Brendan and I guess it was a good call on our part."

"Well I hope he's okay, I'd hate it if we lost him." I saw Brendan and Braeden getting up from where they were sitting and walked over to me. "Ready to go?"

They nodded.

"We'll keep you updated on him."

I nodded. "Thanks."

"Mom." Brendan said when we got in the elevator. "Is dad going to be okay?"

I breathed. "I believe he will be because your father is a strong guy but you saved his life."

"No I didn't…"

"But you did." We walked out of the elevator and out to the car. "Grandpa told me if he was left out in the snow any longer, he would have died. You saved him because you went with him and had your phone with you. You're his hero."

Ermmm…. Short chapter, sorry about that. I did this chapter because I was looking over the suggestions I got and I noticed someone suggested this, so there you go guest reviewer. I have an idea how I'm going to end this, well… how I'll do the last chapter at least. I'm thinking after I finish this story that I might do a sequel to I Will Always Love You. I don't know, though. Anyways, I hope you liked this chapter. Remember to review!