"Brady" a soft voice called.
Brady awoke to the sound of his name "Chloe" he automatically spoke looking in her direction. She was still sleeping and unresponsive.
"Brady" he heard his name again. Turning around her couldn't believe his eyes "mom" he asked incredulously. Isabella Black smiled at her son's disbelief "Is it so hard to believ you can see and talk to me?" she chuckled. Brady lowered his eyes "well you are dead" he countered. "only in the physical sense" she reminded him "I'm still very much alive in your heart and in your head."
Brady knew that was true, his mother may have died when he was only a baby, but he always felt her presence. "Is this a friend of yours?" Isabella motioned to Chloe. Brady nodded "Her name is Chloe" he answered gazing at her. Isabella watched her son's expression and his hands as they held tightly to the girl's.
"My handsome boy, your father did a good job of raising you" Isabella caressed his blonde locks. Brady shrugged "I guess so, but he didn't do it alone." Isabella grinned at him "Yes, you are right Marlena was there too."
"I missed you" he spoke softly, the sadness he felt creeping into his tone. "And I missed you" she stood beside him. "You had your father and Belle to help you." Brady shook his head "they weren't you, besides I also had Marlena and Sami, too."
"you and Marlena seem to get along fine now" Isabelle commented. "Yeah, I guess, but I wish Sami would just drop off the face of the earth. Isabella chuckled, earning an evil eye from her son. "I did have a sister too, ya know and she was as bad as Sami."
"Why did you go Mom?" Brady asked quietly. Isabella scoffed "I didn't really get a choice sweetheart. The last thing I wanted to do was leave you." Isabella walked over to her son, "Trust me honey, you were my world, my only son and I died because I wanted you to live."
Brady looked up "What?" he asked. "Its true" she continued "I could've had treatment that may have saved my life, but it would've meant not having you, even for the short time I did."
Brady 's blue eye's shone "why did you choose me" he asked. "Let me ask you something, sweetheart" Isabella walked over to Chloe "If you could change places with her, would you?" she asked Brady nodded "In a heartbeat." Isabella smiled "why?" she asked.
"Because she is too good of a person to be put through all this pain. She deserves better" he stated firmly. "Why?" Isabella asked again. "look at her mom" he pointed "She's laboring to breathe, her arm is broken." Isabella took his hand in hers "Why Brady?" she repeated. "Because I love her" Brady spoke for the first time what he'd been feeling for a long time. Isabella nodded "That's why I chose you instead of a cure, Brady. Because I loved you and you deserved to have a good start, even if it meant an ending for me.
Then it dawned on him how much he had been loved, even if it was from afar. "I made sure you were surrounded by people who loved you. People like your dad and Marlena and your grandfather, these people are the ones that will help you in my absence, them and her" she nodded in Chloe's direction. "Yeah, if she ever wakes up" he mumbled. Isabella grinned at him "you are so much like your father, I hope Chloe can teach you a few things" she chuckled.
"thank you" Brady grinned "that's high praise."
"Rotten kid," she mumbled ruffling his hair. "I gotta go Brady, but I am always just a thought away, never more than that. Remember son, I love you and I always will, you just have to trust that."
"I love you mom" he whispered "and mom, thanks for coming when I needed you most."
"Always, my son" she kissed the top of his head.
Brady awoke to the sound of his name "Chloe" he automatically spoke looking in her direction. She was still sleeping and unresponsive.
"Brady" he heard his name again. Turning around her couldn't believe his eyes "mom" he asked incredulously. Isabella Black smiled at her son's disbelief "Is it so hard to believ you can see and talk to me?" she chuckled. Brady lowered his eyes "well you are dead" he countered. "only in the physical sense" she reminded him "I'm still very much alive in your heart and in your head."
Brady knew that was true, his mother may have died when he was only a baby, but he always felt her presence. "Is this a friend of yours?" Isabella motioned to Chloe. Brady nodded "Her name is Chloe" he answered gazing at her. Isabella watched her son's expression and his hands as they held tightly to the girl's.
"My handsome boy, your father did a good job of raising you" Isabella caressed his blonde locks. Brady shrugged "I guess so, but he didn't do it alone." Isabella grinned at him "Yes, you are right Marlena was there too."
"I missed you" he spoke softly, the sadness he felt creeping into his tone. "And I missed you" she stood beside him. "You had your father and Belle to help you." Brady shook his head "they weren't you, besides I also had Marlena and Sami, too."
"you and Marlena seem to get along fine now" Isabelle commented. "Yeah, I guess, but I wish Sami would just drop off the face of the earth. Isabella chuckled, earning an evil eye from her son. "I did have a sister too, ya know and she was as bad as Sami."
"Why did you go Mom?" Brady asked quietly. Isabella scoffed "I didn't really get a choice sweetheart. The last thing I wanted to do was leave you." Isabella walked over to her son, "Trust me honey, you were my world, my only son and I died because I wanted you to live."
Brady looked up "What?" he asked. "Its true" she continued "I could've had treatment that may have saved my life, but it would've meant not having you, even for the short time I did."
Brady 's blue eye's shone "why did you choose me" he asked. "Let me ask you something, sweetheart" Isabella walked over to Chloe "If you could change places with her, would you?" she asked Brady nodded "In a heartbeat." Isabella smiled "why?" she asked.
"Because she is too good of a person to be put through all this pain. She deserves better" he stated firmly. "Why?" Isabella asked again. "look at her mom" he pointed "She's laboring to breathe, her arm is broken." Isabella took his hand in hers "Why Brady?" she repeated. "Because I love her" Brady spoke for the first time what he'd been feeling for a long time. Isabella nodded "That's why I chose you instead of a cure, Brady. Because I loved you and you deserved to have a good start, even if it meant an ending for me.
Then it dawned on him how much he had been loved, even if it was from afar. "I made sure you were surrounded by people who loved you. People like your dad and Marlena and your grandfather, these people are the ones that will help you in my absence, them and her" she nodded in Chloe's direction. "Yeah, if she ever wakes up" he mumbled. Isabella grinned at him "you are so much like your father, I hope Chloe can teach you a few things" she chuckled.
"thank you" Brady grinned "that's high praise."
"Rotten kid," she mumbled ruffling his hair. "I gotta go Brady, but I am always just a thought away, never more than that. Remember son, I love you and I always will, you just have to trust that."
"I love you mom" he whispered "and mom, thanks for coming when I needed you most."
"Always, my son" she kissed the top of his head.