Once

I know who you are now

Chapter 9

Glenn POV
This was the first night that I have slept alone for eighteen months without my wife. I have never felt this alone in a long time and it hurts like nothing you can imagine.

I let my mind wander to think about what our child would look like. Would they have my eyes or Maggies? Maybe they would have her beautiful brown hair. I slowly drift away and just think about what kind of life that we could have built. Was there a second chance for us?

(Glenns Dream)
I jump from my bed and find that I am alone. I get up and look in the mirror to see a teenage boy standing behind me.

I wander around this weird place and find the a young man that looks like Maggie. He has Maggies brown hair and her pearcing emerald green eyes. He looks familiar so I questioned,"Who are you and where am I?"

He looked at me and said,"Dad you're here because I am going to tell you the future."

I nearly collapsed and said,"You're my son? So Maggie was having a boy right?"

He just chuckled and said,"Not exactly. You guys had a baby girl."

"A girl? Where is she; can I see her?" I said and stepped closer.

He looked at me and said,"One second I will go and get her for you." He walked off and I followed him. He turned around and placed a hand on my shoulder and said,"Stay here dad. Okay?"

I nodded and waited paticantally until I could here the distant thumping grow closer and louder with each passing second. Then a loud pitch scream sounded,"DADDY!"

I turned around and saw a little two year old girl come running towards me . I jumped up and ran towards her. I picked her up and her short black hair tickled the side of my face. I pulled her away and took in her soft and kind dark brown eyes. She had my eyes and my nose but everything else was pure Maggie."Hey me and mommy miss you every day."

"I know silly I am there everyday and hear you guys talk. I wish that I could be there too." She said and that sparkle in her eyes never left. I just smiled down at her and pulled her back in. "Can I have a name? I've never had one and most of the other children have had a name."

I smiled and nodded. I thought of what names Maggie and I would fight over ever since we found out the news. "Well me and your mom were thinking of Paisley Alex Rhee. What do think of it baby girl?"

She just nodded and giggled. "Thank you daddy I love it!" She pulled me into the biggest hug ever.

"Hey Daddy do you want to go for a walk and see where I live?" She asked and I saw hope fill her brown eyes before I replied.

"Of course. Lead the way madam." I said and set her down. She grabbed onto my hand and led me to an older boy.

"Hi dad my name is Logan. I am not your son but after I showed up at the prison you took me in and helped my mom raise me." He said and I instantly understood and pulled him into a hug.

"You said earlier that you would tell me my future right?" He nodded and his eyes started to water.

He gave me a look that all on its own said I would not like it. I just nodded and he led me down a hallway and we sat in two light brown chairs. I picked up Paisley and set her in my lap. I felt her snuggle into the crook of my neck.

I just sat there with her in my arms and finally the emptiness of loosing a child finally disopaited and I was at peace.

I heard the soft hum of her snores and we both knew that she had fallen asleep. Logan looked at me and I nodded. "I want to know everything from where I am to where I finish."

He shook his head,"You and mom have three kids after Paisley."

"So we had five kids together right?" I questioned and he smiled.

"Yeah. I am so happy that you think of me as your own because I have never had a father. So whatever I tell you can change about your future but you never know." I nodded me head at he put his head in his hands and started to sob.

I put a hand on his back and after a good two minutes he put his head up to reveal that his once green eyes are now tinted with red. "To begin with you will get mom back safely and no one will die. Mom successfully delivered the first one here at the prison with no complications. It was a boy that had your black hair and her green eyes. The second one you had was when your son was almost two and that one was a girl. She had brown eyes and straight dirt blonde hair. The third one you had was when the first one was five and it was another girl. Mom didn't make it. She had moms green eyes and her brown hair. After she died you didn't shut down but you kept her promise to watch all of us if she didn't make it. You were a very strong man and I know that you made her proud. The world went back to how it was two and a half years later. Eight years after mom died you found a nice women and she made you happy. You live until you were sixty and you had a two sons with her and daughter. You lost her and the twins when she was delivering. You ended up with two daughters and two sons." I cried and cried for a long time with our daughter in my lap and my son by my side.

He got up and took her from me and said,"You have to go back now."

"Wait. Can you visit your mother now for me and make sure that she is okay?" He nodded and I gave him a hug and just like that everything started to fade away.

When I woke up I was immediately met with a cold sweat. I got up and made my way across the cell where the "boy" was. I couldn't even control my body and it felt as if I wasn't even here.

I stepped into his cell and before I had the chance to say anything I spoke,"Is your name Logan?"

AN/Okay so hang in there I will make the next chapter on Maggie and how she's holding up. Anyways I may use some of the "dream" at the end of this fanfiction. 😉🤔
The little girl at the top is Paisley.