"I’m not an evil spirit, I’m your friend," Dana said, "so relax."

Bette took a deep breath and said, "how come I can still see you? Am I still unconscious? Am I actually dead?"

"No," Dana said smiling, "you are not unconscious, dreaming, or dead. You’ve only just had an out-of-body experience and you’ve been connected to the spirit world. It’s only natural that you can still see and hear us. Though I don’t know how long that ability will last."

Bette started breathing rapidly and her machine started beeping faster, "so now I can see ghosts!? What is this the 6th sense!?"

Dana chuckled, "relax Bette, you can only see spirits who want to be seen."

Bette took a deep breath and calmed herself.

"There ya go that’s better," Dana said smiling, "I’m glad I got to you when I did. My energy was enough to send your spirit back to your body."

Bette blinked in confusion, "so you saved me?"

"Yeah and that medic, didn’t you recognize him?" Dana said.

Bette’s brow furrowed, "I know him?"

"Yeah kinda," Dana said, "that was my brother Howie. He’s going to medical school here and he’s a paramedic. He says he wants to work in a cancer hospital in my honor. I’m so proud of him."

Bette reached to grab Dana’s hand but her hand just went through her. All she felt was cold air and she shuddered.

Dana smiled at her and said, "it was fate that he was the medic who saved you Bette. You were given a second chance at life by the two Fairbanks’ siblings."

"Thank you Dana," Bette said.

"Everything that happens in life is a lesson," Dana said, "my death served as a lesson to all of you to appreciate what you have because you never know when you lose them. Your second chance serves a lesson but it was also my selfish desire.

"I mean when I died I was watching the doctors trying to bring me back but it wasn’t working. I walked out of the room with them when they had given up on me, and Alice was walking back from the gift shop with a little stuffed flower toy. It was my favorite flower. It was so thoughtful and sweet. She had a smile on her face.

"It was the last time I saw her smile like that until she met Tasha. I just stood there and watched her fall apart. She slid down to the floor sobbing and hugging the flower she was supposed to give me. It was terrible. I guess when I felt your spirit enter the spirit world I couldn’t allow that to happen. I didn’t want you to have to watch the love of your life falling apart like I watched mine. I didn’t want you to watch your kids crying and asking why their mommy never came back. So I gave my energy to you and to that machine Howie was using."

Bette was crying at this point listening to Dana’s words. "We miss you so much Dane," Bette whimpered.

"I’m right here," Dana said, "I always have been you just couldn’t see me…until now."

Bette nodded slowly, "but if I got a second chance it means I have to teach a lesson don’t I?"

"Well what better lesson to teach than that of giving people second chances?" Dana said with a smile.

Bette nodded in agreement, "and who better to teach than Tina."