Chapter 4
"Daddy, you're home!" Kelsey exclaimed as she ran into his arms. "I missed you, where is Mommy?"
"Sweetie, Mommy is not here. Mommy is in heaven with the angels," Tad said. "Remember what Grandma told you?"
"She told me you were there too and you came back," Kelsey said.
"I know, but Grandma didn't know I wasn't in heaven," Tad said. "But we think Mommy is and she is not coming back."
"Kelsey, it's time to go to bed now," Mrs. Garrett said.
"Will you tuck me in?" Kelsey asked Tad.
"Sure, you go get ready; I'll be up in a minute," Tad said.
Kelsey ran up the stairs and Tad went up a few minutes later.
Natalie and Tootie came through the door and told Jo that the men had taken the kids back to the hotel. Mrs. Garrett told Natalie and Tootie that Blair's husband was still alive. Tad came down the stairs and everyone sat in the living room to hear his story.
"I was in a coma for one year. I had broken bones and burns on my face. When I woke up, I didn't know who I was. I went through all kinds of therapy and had plastic surgery on my face," Tad explained.
"How did you get your memory back?" Jo asked.
"When I was released from the hospital, they gave me an envelope," Tad said. "It had two things in it."
Tad dug into his pocket, pulled out the envelope, and gave it to Mrs. Garrett to open. Mrs. Garrett opened the envelope and pulled out a burnt and torn picture of, a two-year-old, Kelsey and Tad's wedding ring.
"I put the ring on and everything came back to me, I was married and I had a daughter," Tad said. "It was then that I knew I had to come home."
"I just realized you have never met us before," Tootie said. "I'm Tootie, this is Natalie, and this is Jo, we are friends of Blair's."
"Nice to meet you," Tad said. "I was hoping I would find Blair here, but I guess she really is gone."
"Not necessarily," Jo said. "We thought you were dead and you're not. Maybe Blair is still alive, but doesn't know who she is."