Other stories were offered and each person remembered times they spent with Rosanna.  The champagne was opened and Bette stood surrounded by friends and family.  She offered her glass up in toast.

            “To Rosanna, my love and my life.  Thank you for your wonderful presence in my life.”

            “Rosanna.”  They all repeated.

            Bette, Fred, Catherine, Kay and Angelica made their way to the waters edge and there they spread her ashes on the surf.  Bette stood alone asking the others for a final minute alone with Rosanna. 

            Bette closed her eyes and she swore that she could feel Rosanna’s spirit nearby.  She felt the love and peace she knew with her brown haired blue eyed girl fill her.  She turned and the world went black.

            “Bette” Tina screamed rushing down the beach to where she had collapsed.  Kay and Fred were closer and reached her first.  Angelica looked terrified. 

            “Mama, Mama” she called urgently. 

            Bette grimaced then slowly opened her eyes.  “What happened?”  As she attempted to sit up the world spun again.

            “Just be still.”  Tina commanded.  “Angus can you carry her back to the blanket under the shade.  She hasn’t been eating and looks dehydrated.” 

            Angus carried an embarrassed Bette back to the blanket while Kit forced her to drink some lemonade to increase her glucose levels.

            “Has this happened before?” Kit asked anxiously. 

            Concerned faces peered at her.  “The dizziness and nausea yes, more and more lately though I never passed out.”

            Sarah a cousin of Rosanna’s who was also a doctor took her pulse and examined her briefly.  She met Bette’s eyes and smiled.  “I suggest you see your doctor if you haven’t already.  You are doing well but the stress isn’t good in your condition.”

            “Condition?” Tina asked bleakly looking at Bette.

            “I suspect I am pregnant.”

            Utter silence met that announcement.

            “Rosanna and I met at The Planet that night so I could tell her that the home pregnancy test came out positive.” 

            “I thought Rosanna was going to carry the child.”  Tina stated blankly.  How could Bette be pregnant with the sperm they had asked her permission to use? 

            “We decided to fertilize Rosanna’s egg with Marcus sperm and for me to carry the child.”

            Fred was by Bette’s side in a second.  “You are carrying Rosanna’s child?”

            “It seems so.”  Bette answered.  The joy that lit his face was almost too much for her to bear.  Catherine began to cry happy tears. 

            “Thank you, thank you” they both hugged her and cried. 

            Out of the sadness and grief a ray of sun appeared.