Chapter 3:

Sheelagh returned to the cemetery the next day and placed some flowers onto Niamh's grave. She saw a white envelope hiding behind a bunch of flowers. She picked up the envelope, which was addressed to her, and put it in her coat. Sheelagh moved over to seat near where near was buried and sat down to read it.

Sheelagh,

I love you with all my heart,

There's nothing more to say,

My heart will always be open,

To you for eternity.

When I think of you,

My heart still sinks,

And I fade away,

To thoughts of only you.

Come back into my life,

Because I need your touch again,

I need the pain to go away,

And only you can fix that.

I need to hold you,

To love again,

To be with someone,

Who truly understands me.

We had something precious,

And we lost her,

But in all of this,

We still have each other.

We still have the love,

The connection we've always felt,

The desire and longing for each other,

Since we first met.

We can make this work,

We can make it right,

I miss you so much,

And I need you back in my life.

If you do decide,

That we can still be,

Meet me at twelve tomorrow,

In our special place.

I hope you will be there,

To show me how you care,

And teach me once more,

That our love cannot be torn.

Love,

Des

Sheelagh pondered meeting him. She knew in her heart that she wanted to. She still loved him so much, but she didn't want to have to loose him again. Sheelagh needed time to heal from the pain of loosing her child, their child. She still blamed herself for not being there when it all happened, for not being the last person to hold her child.

Her heart was saying yes, but her head was saying no. All she wanted now was for things to be the way they used to be, for live to start over from when she first met Des. Maybe then things would have turned out different. Perhaps she would have left Patrick for him. After all, Des was the one who truly made her happy.

Sheelagh knew what she had to do. She knew that they just couldn't keep writing to each other all the time and hiding from each other. Sheelagh looked at her watch. The time read 11:30am. Sheelagh began walking back to her car. She unlocked the car and sat in the drivers seat with the engine off, staring ahead…