Love Lives On

Mia's Independence

Mia
Collin calls me every chance he gets, it warms my heart that he wants me to find my own way.I thought he just wanted me to cut ties with my brothers and family at first then I realized he was trying to help me see that I can do things without family guiding me every step of the way. They now listen and give me feedback but in the end I make the choices. Collins mother calls me off and on and she has given a few tips when starting to build confidence in being my own boss and hiring is hard. I decided to get a firm to hire staff for my first of three new businesses I am starting. I asked for input on getting the proper place to start a building and Elliott and Christian helped me out. Dad helped me on contracts and legal issues. Mom helped me out with first aid equipment as well. I haven't heard from Collin in a while, but I don't think I can at this point because after I left. I found out something he failed to tell me about. Even his father and grandfather had no idea about this, but Welch was ordered to do a deep background check on him. It turns out he is married and his wife is in a mental institution. When I saw photos of his wife I couldn't believe what I was looking at was a carbon copy of me. Collin told me nothing and even his father and grandfather knew nothing about her. Belinda Knight has been in the hospital since after a wreck that caused her mental state to change drastically. None of this made headlines and he has never divorced her. He stopped calling me after I asked him about her. He just said I can't talk about it and hung up. Not one explanation.
Collin
Belinda is becoming harder to handle and her medications aren't working any longer. She put a couple of nurses in the hospital because of her rages. Now they tell me the scar tissue on her frontal lobe is getting worse. I watch as she stares straight ahead in a drug induced state of peace. I get the news that they want to go in and try to remove sone of the scar tissue. It is very dangerous to do that, but death is eminent either way. I tell them to go ahead and schedule it. I walk out to see mom waiting for me with my son Collin Jr. he looks just like Belinda. The scar above his eye a reminder that Belinda was going to kill them both in that wreck. I will never know why she wanted to end her and Collin Jrs. life along with it. Mom and I have kept this from everyone else. Belinda was an orphan who was adopted by some horrible people. When I saw Mia in the news paper I had to see her up close. I had background checks done and it turns out Mia and Belinda are identical twins. They were separated after their parents died in a car crash both were adopted by different people. Belinda changed her name to hide from her horrible adoptive parents. We ran off to get married and got pregnant right away. I think he adoptive parents found her somehow. I will never know for sure now. Collin jr asks about his mom and I tell him she is very ill and can't see him.
Nancy
I see the worry in Collins eyes and I know he has been told bad news yet again. I know he misses Belinda, but he can't replace her with Mia, it wouldn't be fair to Mia. So I talked him into ending it. It was better to get things squared away and it isn't at this point. Both of them have issues that need fixed and Collin still has a wife and child. Along it would be too bizarre to fall in love with his wife's identical twin sister. I am glad he took a step away from Mia. Until everything come to a head with Belinda he needs to concentrate on work and Collin Jr.

Nurse Farris Jones
I watch as mr Knight leaves and enter Mrs Knights room and get her ready for her surgery. We don't have any hope left for her and he has already signed for the organ donation. I think about this and decide to let nature take it's course. The surgeon is brilliant, but the fact is that there is a less than 10 % chance of survival.
Dr Valerie Vincent
I look at Belinda Knight and there is no doubt it is my adoptive daughter laying there on the bed. The star shaped birthmark says it all. Time to pay the piper Belinda. You took everything when you left us. Your adoptive father Arthur left everything to you in his will. He divorced me and left me alone and with nothing. I had to go back to seeing patients and here I am in a position to assure you don't get the inheritance either. You should have died that night, but here you are getting the best medical care possible because you married a wealthy man.
Dr James Lawson
I really had no choice in having dr Vincent operating on this patient. She has me on video with my mistress and my wife is looking for any evidence to get more than half my assets. So here we are a subpar surgeon working on this patient with me. But I am forced by her blackmail and administration into training her on this very lost cause of a patient.
Three hours later dr Vincent did everything right, but there was no saving the patient.
Collin
I got back to the hospital and waited for the surgery to end. I brought my contracts and looked them over when the dr came out with his mask on followed by someone that looks familiar to me, but I can't see her face that well behind the mask. It's those eyes and something about her facial movement behind the mask makes me think she's smiling. Why would she be smiling after the male dr told me my wife had died on the operating table and he was getting ready to harvest her organs soon. He allows me to see Belinda one last time. I want that woman doctors name. So I get it after they are out of earshot if me. Belinda told me her adoptive mother was a surgeon. She was always looking over her shoulder to see if she was being followed. Her adoptive dad died under mysterious circumstances and she had to leave in a hurry because she found her adoptive mother had something to do with it.

Meanwhile in Seattle
Mia
I decide to wash my hands of Collin after finding out he was married. We only kiss3d the one time and I was the one who took that initiative. I guess his dad and grandfather had no idea he was already married or they wouldn't have tried to force him into marry Allison. I finally got my head on my shoulders and I started the first of three goals I set for myself and my restaurant was a huge hit. It has been six months and I barely think of Collin. Nancy has been in touch with me to see if she could chat and give me a few tips. We are sort of friendly. She doesn't mention Collin and I don't ask.