Another amazing miracle happened today. Christina gave birth to a beautiful baby boy with blond hair and hazel eyes. He looks just like his mother. The doctor and midwife knew exactly what they were doing after that near death experience with Katie, and Christina’s delivery went smoothly and extremely well.

One more peculiar thing happened, Tee, and I can’t hide it from you. Christina asked me to stay here with her, forever, and not go back to the future to be with you. I just found out that she wrote in her journal every day since I’ve been gone and today she asked me to read it. My heart was breaking…there was so much longing, so much pain, so much desire in her words…all for me. She revealed her true feelings and they were raw, unprotected, almost surreal. And there comes my dilemma…what should I do and what do I want to do?

I feel like a stranger in both worlds. It was hard to fit in the future and now it is as hard to fit in the past…and that used to be my world. Tee, you’ve changed me. With you I’ve become more myself, the person even I didn’t know existed. Being back here brought back all the old memories I was trying to forget. It’s all coming back to me, the way my life used to be. The way I used to be.

There comes time in everyone’s life when everything is so abundantly clear. When there’s no doubts, no regrets, no hesitation…nothing but the truth. Today, after reading Christina’s diary, was that moment of clarity for me. I knew exactly what I wanted to do and what I needed to do. I know I love you more than I could ever love another person but…”

Bette looked out the window into the darkness, thinking about the last three months. It was whole other world, it was her past and her present at the moment…could that be possibly her future? She reread the last passage to make sure it made sense not just in her head. It did. She closed her eyes for a moment, exhausted and troubled. It felt good to let everything go for a while, to relax her mind and body, even if just for a brief moment.