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"Daddy, I'm going to go out sightseeing," Regan called getting ready to leave the hotel room they were staying at.

"Ok, Regan," Chris called out.

"Do you want to come?"

"No, this is your graduation present, go enjoy yourself without your Dad being around," Chris said laughing.

"But Daddy, I came here with you, besides I'm going away to college in the fall, and I won't see you as often."

"I'm going to go somewhere today, so you go enjoy yourself."

"Ok, I'll see you later for dinner."

"Don't do anything stupid," Chris said jokingly.

"Me?  As if that were even possible, I'm perfect.  Bye Daddy."

Chris watched as Regan left the hotel room.  She had grown up to look just like Stephanie; she even acted like her.  She had wanted to come to Europe for her graduation present from high school.  They were in England for a few days, and Chris was about to go see Stephanie.  It had been fifteen years since he had seen her.

He hadn't tried to contact her again after he had found out she was alive, and he had kept her a secret for this long as well, even from Regan.  He had moved on from her, he even resumed dating again, he never married, or even really sustained a long-term relationship, mainly because he still loved Stephanie.  Yes, it had been fifteen years, and he still loved her.

Chris got into his rental car, and started driving to her flat, or at least where she had been last.  He hoped that she still lived there.  He had written down the address a long time ago, just in case he ever wanted to come back.  He found it, and went up to the door.  He took a deep breath, and knocked on the door.  He waited for a moment, before someone opened the door.  And Stephanie stood before him.

"Hi, can I help-Chris?" Stephanie asked surprised, not recognizing him at first.

"Hi Emma," Chris said, letting his breath out.

God help him, she was still beautiful, and he couldn't take his eyes off of her.  He hadn't realized just how much he had missed her.  He tried to block any feelings when it came to Stephanie.  It usually failed, but he tried not to hurt anymore than he had to.

"Won't you come inside?" she asked.

He nodded, "I'd like that."

They walked inside, and Stephanie led him into the kitchen.  He looked around, and his eyes fell on a worn placemat that was hanging on the refrigerator.  He was surprised to see it hanging there.

"Please, sit down."  They both sat down at the kitchen table.

"So how are you?" Stephanie asked.

"I'm good, good," Chris answered, "And you?"

"I'm great, so what are you doing here?"

"Oh, I'm here with Regan, it's her graduation present."

"Wow, she graduated already?"

"Yeah, about three weeks ago.  I noticed you have her drawing hung up."

"Yeah, I said someone at the hospital made it for me."

"I see."

"Do you have a picture of Regan, I'd love to see her."

"Of course," Chris said, pulling out his wallet, he took out Regan's graduation photo,  and handed it to Stephanie.

"She's beautiful," Stephanie said, looking at the picture, "She looks so much like me."

"Yeah, she does."  Suddenly the door opened.  Stephanie handed him the picture quickly.

"Emma, I'm home sweetheart," a male voice called out.

"In the kitchen," Stephanie said smiling.

A man walked into the kitchen, and walked over to kiss Stephanie.  Chris watched the little scene play out before him, and felt his heart break in the process.  So she had moved on.  And she was married, judging by the matching wedding bands, the ring he didn't seem to notice before on Stephanie's ring finger.

"Who's this?" the man asked.

"Oh, this is a friend I met at the hospital," Stephanie lied, "Samuel, this is Chris, Chris this is my husband Samuel."

"Nice to meet you," Samuel said, sticking his hand out to shake Chris's.  Chris slowly raised his hand to greet the man who had inadvertently stolen his wife.

"Yeah, nice to meet you," Chris said slowly.

"Well, darling, I'll be upstairs in the office if you need me," Samuel said, leaning down to kiss Stephanie again, before leaving.

"So you're married?" Chris said.

"Yeah, going on 14 years," Stephanie said with a strained smile, she could see the look on Chris's face.  Chris found himself jealous of her husband, jealous that he had been married to her for 14 years, and he had only been married to her for two.

"Wow, so does he know about your past?"

"No, only that I have no memory, I didn't bother with the rest."

"Oh," Chris said, slightly hurt that she could so casually discard him and their daughter, "Do you have any kids?"

"Yeah, two, a boy and a girl. My daughter, Rachel, is 12, and my son Thomas is 8," Stephanie said grinning.

"That's great, I'm glad you're happy," Chris said, lying through his teeth.  It hurt more than he could imagine seeing Stephanie's new life.

"Thank you."

"Well, I better go, I promised Regan that I would be back in time for dinner, and I have a drive ahead of me, so I'm just going to head on out."

"Ok, it was nice seeing you again," Stephanie said, walking him to the door.

"Yeah, you too."

"Oh, wait, before I forget," Stephanie said, walking away for a second then coming back, "I really should give you this, I don't think my husband would really appreciate me having another wedding ring."

Stephanie handed him her wedding ring, and Chris looked at it for a moment.  He was silently willing himself not to break down right then and there on her doorstep.  He had to stay strong.  It didn't matter that he hadn't been with the real Stephanie in over fifteen years, he still loved the woman she used to be, and now he had to take back one of the symbols of their love.

"Thanks, take care of yourself."

"I will, bye," Stephanie said before closing the door.

Chris woke up suddenly the next morning, and it took him a second to recall what had happened the previous day.  He had lost Stephanie again, and this time he had to bear the load alone.  He figured it would be useless to stay in England another day, and he should probably just take his scheduled flight to Germany.  There was nothing keeping him here.

Regan woke up beside him, and she sat up and gave him a big smile.  Chris couldn't help but smile himself, glad that he had his little girl.  He really didn't know what he would do without her.  He leaned over and kissed her on the forehead.

"Good morning you," he said to her.

"Mornin Daddy!" she exclaimed, "What do today?"

"We're going to go to Germany."

"Why go there?"

"Cause that's where Grandpa Vince and everyone is."

"Kurt too?"

"Yes, Kurt too," he said laughing.

"Yay!" she said loudly, "You wrestle too?"

"Yes, I'm going to wrestle too."

"Can I watch?"

"Of course you can."

"Ok, let's go!" she said climbing out of bed.

"Well, we have to get our things ready first then we can go," Chris said laughing at her.

"Let's go!" Regan said as she went back over to the bed and grabbed his hand dragging him out of it.

Chris started laughing hysterically as he let himself be pulled out of bed.  He knew in that moment that he'd be all right.  He would make it through somehow.  He may not have Stephanie, but he could still go on, and he would.

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Stephanie woke up, and got ready for work.  She had taken the day off yesterday, but today she had to go back.  She tried not to think of what had happened to her yesterday, not wanting to dwell on things past.  It was a new start for her.  She no longer had to worry about having family who missed her out there.  Her family didn't even know she was alive.  It was like a load had been lifted off of her shoulders.

She walked into her kitchen to make herself some coffee when her eyes fell on the drawing that Regan had given her, and the picture that Chris had given her.  She picked up the photograph again, and looked at the people in it.

It was obviously taken before she had lost her memory, and she looked at the three of them in the picture.  She couldn't help but let her eyes fall on the infant in the picture.  That was her baby, hers and she couldn't even remember her.  Somewhere deep inside she felt terribly guilty, like she was a horrible mother.  She shook the feeling away, and got her coffee.

Before leaving for the hospital, she took the picture Regan had drawn for her, and put it on the refrigerator door.  She smiled as she stood back and looked at it.  She may not ever be a mother to that little girl, but it was nice to think that she had a daughter out there.  Then she took the picture Chris had given her and put it in her wallet, thinking that would be a good place for it.

She walked outside, and started walking the short distance to the hospital.  She got to the hospital in no time and walked up to her station.  It wasn't the most glamorous job in the world, but she liked it well enough. 

"Hey Emma."

"Oh hey Beth," Stephanie said to her co-worker.

"You didn't come in yesterday."

"I know, I wasn't feeling that well," Stephanie lied, not wanting to bring up what had actually happened.

"Oh, I hope you're feeling better."

"Much, thanks for asking."

Stephanie took her seat behind the desk, and started working.  Her mind wandered to Chris again, and she wondered if he was ok with what had happened yesterday.  She may not know him, but she didn't wish him any sadness.  She may have no memory but she still didn't want to hurt him.

"Emma, Emma, Emma."  Stephanie looked up and saw one of the doctors that she worked for walking up to her station.

"William, hello," she said politely.

"And where were you yesterday?"

"I wasn't feeling all that well."

"Oh, and you feel better I hope?"

"I do, what can I do for you?"

"Do you have the files for Mrs. McGinty?"

"Of course," Stephanie said, looking through some files on her desk.  She found the right one and handed it to him.

"So are you doing anything Friday night?"

"Um, no, probably not."

"I was wondering if you'd like to go out for supper with me?"

Stephanie thought about Chris again.  She found herself worrying about his feelings, and wondering what he would think about this.  She felt for some reason that she would be cheating on him, he really did still love her.  And for some reason, she didn't want to betray him.

"William, thank you for the offer, but I'm not really interested," she answered.

"Ok, then, I'll see you later," he told her.

"Bye."

"Bye now."

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Chris took his seat on the airplane after getting Regan settled.  He knew that he was leaving Stephanie behind as they took off.  He was leaving a huge part of his life behind.  He got a little teary-eyed as he let Stephanie go for the last time. 

The plane trip to Germany was fairly short and before he knew it they were landing.  Chris and Regan got off the plane, and got the rental car before heading to the hotel.  They checked in before going to their room.

"Regan?"

"Yes Daddy?"

"You know Emma, who you met yesterday?"

"Yes."

"We're going to keep her our little secret ok?"

"Ok Daddy," Regan said nodding.

Chris didn't want Regan to reveal that Stephanie was alive.  He knew Regan had no clue that it was Stephanie, but she could easily tell someone that they had seen someone that looked like Stephanie. 

They got settled in, and Chris figured that he might as well tell Vince that they had gotten back.  For all Vince knew Chris was staying an extra day in England.  Maybe if Stephanie had been willing to accept her past, he would still be there, but there really was no use dwelling on that.

The two of them went to the elevator and up the two floors to Vince's suite.  Chris knocked on the door waiting for an answer.  After a few moments Vince came to the door, a surprised look on his face as he saw them.

"Chris, what are you doing here?  I thought you were going to spend an extra day in England."

"That didn't pan out Vince, so we just decided to come here, so I wouldn't have to miss any of the press things."

"Are you sure?  If you met someone I don't object to it.  Stephanie's been gone for such a long time, I don't begrudge you if you find someone else."

"It doesn't matter Vince.  I realized that the only person I could ever love was Stephanie, and it's futile for me to try to move on when I still love her."

"I understand, did you see where her plane crashed?" Vince asked, his voice sullen.

"Yeah, I did, it was very eye-opening, I'm glad I got the chance to go there.  I found out some things," Chris said, thinking about Stephanie again.

"I'm glad you were able to see it, and Regan too."

"It was nice," Regan piped in.

"I'm sure it was beautiful," Vince said picking up the little girl.

"It was, it really was," Chris said, his thoughts on Stephanie and Stephanie alone.