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"And no matter what...we were meant to be together."

A sob tore from his throat as that thought came unwittingly to his mind.

He was driving through Los Angeles, trying to get to Harbor General Hospital. The light turned straight to red, causing him to slam on the brakes hard. He pounded his fist on the steering wheel.

That day flashed through his mind like it was only yesterday. As the light turned green, the tears fell down his face.

As he pulled into the hospital parking lot, his cell phone rang.

"Hello," he greeted and he climbed out of his car.

"JP! What's going on? Tami was talking to Mary, and then got disconnected. She hasn't been able to reach her yet," Dustin Faulk asked worriedly. After all these years, Dustin was still his best friend.

"Mary was in a car accident about an hour ago. I just got to the hospital."

"Oh my God! Where's Emily? Is she with you?" Dustin asked.

"She was in the car with Mary. I don't know how either one is doing. They wouldn't tell me anything," Joey replied, starting to cry on the phone.

"Okay, Tami and I are on our way. Which hospital is it?"

"Harbor General. I'm heading in now."

"Okay, we will be there in a few minutes. Hang in there Joey," Dustin said as he hung up.

Joey walked in the emergency entrance of the hospital and walked over to the nurse's station.

"Can I help you?" a pretty young nurse asked him.

"Yes, I'm looking for my wife and daughter, Mary and Emily Parker. Are they here?" he asked.

The nurse looked on her computer screen. "Yes they are here. Would you please sit down? I am going to go and get a doctor to talk to you," the nurse said as she stood up.

"Okay," Joey said, turning and sitting in the near empty waiting room.

His mind began to wander back to the weeks after Mary had graduated from Manhattan and the life they shared.