The Secret.

Hearing her voice.

Three weeks had passed since Nicole had went back to Texas and Matt thought about Nicole with every passing second. Matts family knew he was upset and tried to give him his space, He tried to bury himself in his work to try and get his mind off of her but nothing worked, he wanted to help her, but he didn't wanna get involved make things worse. One day Matt was working on the irrigation system on his green house, when he saw Kenny walking up to Brown town from the beach. He stopped what he was doing to greet him,
"Kennayyy! What's up man!"
He bear hugged him, and patted his back
"Hey Matt, I'm good I'm good...uh the sheriff in town actually sent me for you, he said Nicole needed to talk to you on the phone, it's urgent."
Matt's heart sank when he heard what Kenny had just said. He didn't wanna think about being Nicole hurt, but he knew he had to prepare for the worst.

As the skiff glided across the frigid waters of Hoonah, Matt was anxious to get to the phone to hear Nicole, and what she had to say. As soon as the skiff hit the dock Matt jumped up and ran down to the restaurant, he busted through the door, and the sheriff was standing at the counter with the phone to his ear.
"Oh he just came through the door, here he is Nicole."
He handed Matt the phone and Matt went and sat at a booth in the corner.
He could hear in Nicole's voice it sounded like she had been crying.
"Nicole? Is everything okay?"

"Matt... it's good to hear your voice again... listen...I don't really know how to say this, so I'm just gonna say it...I'm pregnant."
Matt sat there in silence for a moment, dumbfounded at what he just heard.
"Um...I mean are you sure...it's mine?" He uttered.
"Yes Matt...I haven't told anyone yet but you, I don't think I can tell Jason...he's gonna kill me Matt...I'm scared." He heard her crying on the other end, and wished he was there to comfort her.
"Nicole listen to me...pack your stuff right now, get your daughter and get on the first plane to Alaska, I wanna help you, but your gonna have to trust me okay... and if your really pregnant...with my kid, then I wanna be there to help you raise it...forget Jason...forget Texas...I need you."

"I need you too Matt, and I wanna be with you, but what if Jason finds me I mean...what if he takes my daughter from me..."

"I won't let him near you, or your daughter...I'll be there with you every step of the way...I promise. Meet me here in Hoonah by Wednesday okay. I'll be waiting for you, and we're gonna figure this whole thing out together, okay?"

She paused a moment
"Okay...Okay Matt...I'll see you then...I love you."

"I love you too, Nicole."

He put the phone down and buried his head in hands. 'What the hell am I gonna do?' He thought.