Epilogue
It took me awhile to get over the initial shock of seeing Trevor standing there. I thought I had to be dreaming. Trevor had been killed years ago in a car accident.
He explained everything to me. When the car went into the lake, he had been able to open to window and swim out. They had never found his body and when he saw the news that they thought he was dead, he decided to go with it. He felt like he couldn't live without me and I was with Derek then. He left Toronto and didn't contact anyone from his former life. But eventually he got lonely. He went to Duncan to visit me.
He knew that I had left Toronto with Anthony the night he died so he decided to visit me. He watched me from afar and saw I was with Anthony. He watched as Anthony and Erin got closer and they day that Derek moved into the house next to Nikola.
"The day you tried to kill yourself, I was there," he said.
"You.did you save me?" I asked slowly. I had never found out who that was. The day I walked into the frozen lake and tried to drown myself. Neither Anthony nor Derek ever seemed to know anything about it.
"Yes," Trevor answered.
"This is unbelievable," I said.
"I know," he said.
Trevor decided to move out to Duncan. He got an apartment in town. He said he wanted to be closer to Anthony and me but I think it was mostly me he wanted to be with. He helped me a lot with getting over Derek's death. He talked to me about how I felt about my mother and everything that had happened.
Anthony was very surprised to see his brother again. They had never been very close but seeing someone come back from the dead can change a person. They spent a lot of time together and Trevor started working with Anthony at the store.
Hope seemed to really like Trevor and I was getting closer with him every day.
A year after Derek's death, Trevor and I were married. I felt like I had gone back in time to when we had first met.
It was a bittersweet moment the first time Hope called Trevor, Daddy. I didn't want her to forget Derek, but it seemed inevitable. She was only three when he died. I couldn't force her to remember him. I knew that I would never forget him and when she was old enough I would tell her the truth and show her the picture album.
When Hope was five, I became pregnant again. Trevor was overjoyed and so was I. I wanted Hope to have a brother or sister.
"I hope I get a sister," Hope said excitedly almost everyday until the day I went into labor. I called Trevor at the store and he came rushing home.
The delivery went smoothly and I was now blessed with a son. Hope was disappointed at first but she forgot about how much she wanted a sister when she saw her little brother, Colin.
When I suggested it, I didn't know if Trevor remembered that that was Derek's middle name. If he did, then he didn't acknowledge it.
I had the perfect little family and I hoped that now everything would run smoothly. I wouldn't forget about Derek. Sometimes I'd look up at the sky and see he beautiful face smiling down at me. He would have wanted me to be happy, and now I felt like I finally was.
It took me awhile to get over the initial shock of seeing Trevor standing there. I thought I had to be dreaming. Trevor had been killed years ago in a car accident.
He explained everything to me. When the car went into the lake, he had been able to open to window and swim out. They had never found his body and when he saw the news that they thought he was dead, he decided to go with it. He felt like he couldn't live without me and I was with Derek then. He left Toronto and didn't contact anyone from his former life. But eventually he got lonely. He went to Duncan to visit me.
He knew that I had left Toronto with Anthony the night he died so he decided to visit me. He watched me from afar and saw I was with Anthony. He watched as Anthony and Erin got closer and they day that Derek moved into the house next to Nikola.
"The day you tried to kill yourself, I was there," he said.
"You.did you save me?" I asked slowly. I had never found out who that was. The day I walked into the frozen lake and tried to drown myself. Neither Anthony nor Derek ever seemed to know anything about it.
"Yes," Trevor answered.
"This is unbelievable," I said.
"I know," he said.
Trevor decided to move out to Duncan. He got an apartment in town. He said he wanted to be closer to Anthony and me but I think it was mostly me he wanted to be with. He helped me a lot with getting over Derek's death. He talked to me about how I felt about my mother and everything that had happened.
Anthony was very surprised to see his brother again. They had never been very close but seeing someone come back from the dead can change a person. They spent a lot of time together and Trevor started working with Anthony at the store.
Hope seemed to really like Trevor and I was getting closer with him every day.
A year after Derek's death, Trevor and I were married. I felt like I had gone back in time to when we had first met.
It was a bittersweet moment the first time Hope called Trevor, Daddy. I didn't want her to forget Derek, but it seemed inevitable. She was only three when he died. I couldn't force her to remember him. I knew that I would never forget him and when she was old enough I would tell her the truth and show her the picture album.
When Hope was five, I became pregnant again. Trevor was overjoyed and so was I. I wanted Hope to have a brother or sister.
"I hope I get a sister," Hope said excitedly almost everyday until the day I went into labor. I called Trevor at the store and he came rushing home.
The delivery went smoothly and I was now blessed with a son. Hope was disappointed at first but she forgot about how much she wanted a sister when she saw her little brother, Colin.
When I suggested it, I didn't know if Trevor remembered that that was Derek's middle name. If he did, then he didn't acknowledge it.
I had the perfect little family and I hoped that now everything would run smoothly. I wouldn't forget about Derek. Sometimes I'd look up at the sky and see he beautiful face smiling down at me. He would have wanted me to be happy, and now I felt like I finally was.