Title: Broken.
She'd known he was hers from the moment she laid eyes on him.
She'd felt it in her heart, in her soul.
A soul that cried out for him as his did for her.
His cries always quieted when she held him, his fears soothed.
Her heart always lifted when she heard him laugh, saw him smile.
Everyone thought that she was wrong, that she was crazy, but she knew he was hers.
Luis should've believed her, should've trusted her instincts. He loved her, didn't he?
He said he did, said he did a million times. Swore he would do anything for her, and he would.
He would do everything except trust her. Trust her heart as mother. Trust in her sanity.
And his inability to trust in her cost her the most precious thing in the world.
The one thing Crane money couldn't buy.
Her son.
Twice Luis had let her son slip away and this time he was gone forever.
He would never know that she was his mother, never know how much she loved him.
Watching the train carrying her son explode before her eyes broke Sheridan.
Broke her heart, broke her spirit, and broke the love she had for Luis.
She couldn't forgive him.
She couldn't let go of all the what ifs.
What if Luis had believed her about Marty?
What if he'd shot Beth instead of letting her escape?
Sheridan could only dream of Luis and Marty walking through the door, of them living happily ever after.
But a dream is all it would ever be.
Without Marty there was no happily ever for them.
Without Marty she was broken, splintered into pieces.
And she would never be whole again.