It was a beautiful day when Adrian and Trudy went to the park. Trudy was feeling 100% better.

"I love the park on days like these," Trudy remarked.

Adrian kissed her.

"I love you every single day," he replied.

"Natalie?"

Trudy looked up at the familiar voice.

"Oh my GOD," she exclaimed, "Adrian this is my friend Mitch."

Adrian shook his hand.

"I'm Adrian Monk," he said, "Thank you for saving Trudy's life."

"You regained your identity," Mitch asked Trudy delightedly.

"I did," Trudy replied, "My name is Trudy Anne Ellison Monk. This is my husband, Adrian."

"Oh," Mitch said– his eyes lighting up, "So you're the famous Adrian Monk?"

Adrian grinned.

"That's me," he said.

"I'm a fan of yours," Mitch told him.

"I'm a huge fan of yours," Monk intoned, "If it weren't for you, I would have lost Trudy."

There was a short pause.

"Trudy and I are getting married again," Adrian said, "We'd love it if you and your girls could be in the wedding party."

"Of course," Mitch replied, "We'd love that."

He paused.

"How are you a fan of mine," he asked, "I'm not well known."

"You're the surgeon who saved Trudy," Adrian said.

"It was not an easy operation," Mitch replied, "It was touch and go for awhile."

"Yes, but you never gave up. You also were my wife's friend. I am so grateful that she had friends during the time she went through all of this."

"Trudy is an incredible person," Mitch said, "She always stays so positive."

Adrian nodded.

"Have you gained your memories back," Mitch asked.

"Some," Trudy replied, "I don't really remember much but Adrian and my parents as well as my friends have been filling me in. I do remember Moral Bears-"

"Didn't you write the first episode of Moral Bears," Mitch asked.

"I did. I also starred in Moral Bears as Beary Good Bear," Trudy replied, "My friends Ilizabeth and Angela starred as Beary Sweet Bear and Beary Nice Bear"

"Beary Good Bear was my favorite," Mitch said.

"Mine too!" Adrian replied.

"So," Mitch asked, "Does anyone else know you're still alive?"

"My parents, my friends, my brother-in-law, Adrian's friends, everyone in my parents' grief group and if it were up to my folks the whole world would know because they'd put it on the news,'' Trudy joked.

"How did you come up with the name Natalie Teeger," Adrian asked.

"It was my wife's maiden name," Mitch said sadly, "She died years ago."

Adrian blinked away a tear. He knew just how Mitch was feeling.

"I know the feeling," Adrian said, "Although Trudy never died, I didn't know that for ten years. There was once a time where "Natalie" saw "Trudy" who turned out to be an actress hired to portray Trudy. Both Leland and "Natalie" asked me what I thought about this. All I remember saying is, 'I can't lose her; not again."

Mitch nodded.

"I would have felt the same way if I found out that Natalie was still alive," Mitch said.

"How did she die," Adrian asked.

"She had leukemia," Mitch said softly, "She fought so hard to beat it, but she just couldn't win the battle."

"I had leukemia when I was 3 all the way up to when I was six," Trudy said, "It was caught early, and I was given treatment. They put me to sleep. I remember when my parents said the doctors were going to put me to sleep, I thought it was like they put my puppy's "mommy" to sleep. I later realized it was Peaches' daddy that was put to sleep when her mommy gave birth to a new litter and my mom got me Ginger, Peaches' little sister."

"You must have been a very cute child," Mitch said.

Trudy laughed.

"My parents would agree with that," she said, "Though I can remember one very funny incident. We were doing an episode of Moral Bears where Beary Good Bear, Beary Nice Bear and Beary Sweet Bear went on a field trip. It was an old town founded in the 1700's. The teacher, Beary Smart Bear, used the word Britches and I was supposed to ask, "What's Britches?" I accidentally said, "What's Bitches."

Mitch cracked up.

"Yeah, my parents thought it was hilarious too," Trudy remarked, "We definitely did a retake of that scene. It took three takes to get it right. The first time I used the wrong word as I just told you. The second time I was laughing way too hard. The third time I finally got it right."

Taylor and Julie came up to Mitch.

"Daddy," Taylor said, "Can we go to Wendy's for lunch?"

"Sure," Mitch said, "Girls this is my friend Trudy."

Julie just stared at her.

"Is she going to replace mom," Julie asked.

"Oh, sweetie nobody could replace your mom," Mitch assured Julie, "and no I'm not involved with her. I don't think her husband would like that very much."

"I'm Taylor Decker," Taylor said, "It's nice to meet you. You're pretty."

"Well thank you honey," Trudy said, "So are you."

Julie looked at Trudy for another second then she smiled.

"Julie Decker," she said.

"It's nice to meet you Julie," Trudy said, "This is my husband, Adrian."

"There's a detective with that name," Julie said.

"That's me," Adrian replied.

"I'm a big fan of yours," Julie said, "I read about all your cases."

Taylor sat in Trudy's lap.

"She likes you," Mitch said.

"I like her too," Trudy said.

She ruffled Taylor's hair and Taylor giggled.

"You would have made a great mom," Mitch said.

"I will be," Trudy said, "Adrian and I are adopting a newborn baby girl we're naming Hope from Saint Mary's Orphanage for Girls after our honeymoon."

"That's great. How did you come up with the name Hope?"

"I always loved that name," Trudy explained, "and reuniting with Adrian taught us about the hope that GOD gives us."

"GOD is great," Julie said, "I wish He would bring back my mom though."

"What was mommy like," Taylor asked.

Julie put an arm around her little sister and led her back to the playground.

"Natalie died when Taylor was a week old," Mitch explained.

"Oh," Trudy said quietly.

"She chose not to have treatment while she was pregnant," Mitch added, "Taylor would have been affected by the chemotherapy and may not have lived or been born with severe birth defects. The doctor's tried to talk her into an abortion. I tried to talk her into an abortion-"

"You didn't want Taylor," Adrian asked.

"She wasn't Taylor at the time. She was a clump of cells. Now that I know her I love her. I wouldn't give her up for anything. At the time though… all I wanted was for my wife to be okay."

"I completely understand that."

"When Natalie got sick, I thought it was God punishing me for my sins."

"GOD doesn't do that," Trudy said, "GOD loves. GOD forgives."

Mitch looked at Trudy for about a minute.

"You're sensitive aren't you," he asked.

"Yes," Trudy replied, "Very."

"My wife was sensitive too," Mitch remarked, "Julie is too."

"What about Taylor," Adrian asked.

"She's typical," Mitch said, "She's got a heart of gold. She's always doing things to help other people. She's not sensitive though. She has so much self-esteem."

He smiled watching his daughters play together.

"Did you resent Taylor at first," Adrian asked.

"Before she was born," Mitch admitted, "When Natalie was pregnant with Taylor, I resented the baby that was killing my wife. The second I saw her however all of that melted away. I loved her more than I thought it was possible to love someone you just met."