Prologue

The world as she knew it had stopped... this was the final break... the final hurt that just pushed her to the edge. She stood staring at the man she loved, her eyes never leaving his face, she couldn't bring herself to even spare a glance for his new wife. She saw his lips moving, but no sound came out... the only noise she heard was the pounding of her heart. Slowly she turned around and without a single word, without even a single noise, she just walked out of the Justice of the Peace's office. She didn't know where she was heading, she didn't even care, she just kept walking.

She didn't see the man and his wife walk out after her calling her name... she didn't hear them, it was as if they never even existed. She never saw the car that was coming towards her, she barely heard the blaring of the horn. A guardian angel must have been watching over her at that moment because something stopped her, just barely. But as soon as the car passed her with a glare from the driver, she started up this time at a faster more determined pace. Kendall just knew that if she stopped her heart would surely stop too.

Before she knew it she was standing outside of the hospital... and then she was outside of Bianca's room. She knew it was selfish of her to add this to Bianca's plate, but she had no one... no one else loved her.

Bianca sat in her bed waiting for the doctor to come for what would hopefully be her last check-up and she would be able to go. The nurse had said possibly in the morning...which wouldn't be soon enough for her. She didn't really want to go home... home was where the heart was... and her heart was somewhere at the bottom of the river that had claimed the life of her child.

She looked up and was shocked at the pain she saw on her sister's face. She didn't know what was wrong, but she could feel in her heart that something must have happened with Ryan... that was the first thought that entered her head. She just opened her arms and waited.

Kendall didn't say a word... what could she say? She walked over to the bed and collapsed in her sister's waiting arms and let the tears fall.

Two sisters grieving for the futures they had lost. The dreams they had longed for. In that moment, their heart beat as one, and in that very same moment the strength of the Kane women began to grow.