I wanted to write an alternative ending, this one is a bit sad you could say.

I suggest you go re-read chapter TEN - PT 3.

This chapter is going to be continuing on from chapter 10, part 3 where Carter finds out ivy is his daughter.

I REPEAT MYSELF AGAIN, GO RE-READ CHAPTER 10 PART 3. Otherwise, this won't make as much sense.

RECAP FROM CHAPTER 10, PART 3:

Carters POV:

"We've got some bad news and good news." He says before continuing. "The good news is, we managed to get the bullet out."

"And the bad news?" I gulped.

"She's in a coma."

That's when the nurse came running up to me out of breathing.

"I have some good news." She smiled. "Ivy Williams is indeed your daughter."

• • •

It's been months now.

Literally months.

Almost a year and she hasn't woken up.

The doctors keep saying it's going to take time. But how much more time is it going to take? How much longer? How much more am I going to have to wait?

I'm tired.

I'm exhausted.

I feel mentally and physically drained and emotionally broken. All I've been doing is eating, sleeping and looking after my daughter.

My daughter.

It feels weird saying that. My daughter. She's mine. Ivy. She's mine. Being able to call something mine brings a small smile to my face. I look down at the small bundle of joy that's holding me together right now.

If it wasn't for her. I would've most likely been smashed right now. I would've been high off my head and drunk. But I'm not and it's all because of a tiny human called Ivy. Whom, I created.

Well, kind of created, it was a team effort.

Walking out the bedroom and down the stairs towards the small amount of chatter coming from the living room. My mother immediately takes Ivy from my arms and begins to make small baby faces and sounds as Caden looks at her weirdly.

He and Eli share a look before shrugging and turning back around.

"How is she?" A voice to my right asks me.

I assumed he was talking about the love of my life who laid in a hospital bed fighting for her life these past few months and I've been able to do absolutely nothing about it.

"Same old." I shrug answering Danny's question before turning my attention to my phone. Sitting down next to Elijah. He looks up at me as if he's trying to read my face, but when he doesn't find anything he turns back around and looks towards the tv.

"She's going to wake up." He whispers quietly. To me, it sounds like he's trying to give himself hope more then he's trying to give me.

"If she was going to wake up, then she would've done by now," I say back to him. "What if she's doesn't want to come back? What if she's tired of everything and just wanted to go? It's been months and she hasn't woken up. If she was going to wake up, if she wanted to wake up she would've done by now."

I watch out of the corner of my eye as Elijah visibly flinches as my words. To be honest, I only flinched at my own words. They sounded like a hit in my face. What if I was stopping her from leaving. Maybe she doesn't want to stay anymore.

"All this pain and grief might have been too much for her, but I know for a fact Sophia isn't one to back down or break down. She's got something to live for." Elijah voiced out. "Her daughter. She's going to live for ivy. She is going to wake up for Ivy."

The fact is, I almost believed him. I almost believed he was telling me the truth. But I lost all hope. Yes, I was still praying that she would wake up, but I didn't keep any expectations of her waking up because if she never did then it wouldn't hurt as much.

• • •

Memories are the only thing we have left after a loved one passes away.

That's all I had left of Sophia. Memories.

Rain patters down on my umbrella as I stand in the graveyard. Everyone is gone. It's just me, alone.

I couldn't bring myself to leave. I didn't say goodbye. Not because I couldn't, but because I didn't want to. I didn't want to believe that she was gone. I didn't want to believe that she left me.

Tears sting my eyes as they roll down my cheeks one by one.

One by one I felt my heart shatter into a million pieces as the reality sunk in.

I lost her.

I lost my Sophia.

I lost the love of my life.

I lost the one person who understood me.

I lost her.

My knees give out as I fall to the ground. The umbrella long gone as the wind carries it away. My head falls into my hands and I can feel myself shake as I let out sobs.

I used to think crying was a sign of weakness. But Sophia showed me that crying doesn't always been I'm weak, it just shows me that I have emotions and that I care.

Arms wrap themselves around me. I lean back into my older brothers arms.

"She's gone. She's left me, Alex. She's gone." My heart clenched like someone was squeezing it so tight that I couldn't breathe.

"I know, I'm so sorry." He mumbles against my head pulling me into his chest.

"It hurts so much. So fucking much." I shake my head staring at the grave. "I can't- I can't do this anymore."

"What am I going to tell that poor girl when she grows up?" I turn to look up at him. "That I couldn't save her mother? That it's my fault she's dead."

"No," he looks me in eye and wipes my tears. "You're going to tell her how strong her mother was. How her mother did everything in her power to protect the people she loved, that she died protecting the people she loved and cared about. You're going to tell her that her mother was an incredible person."

His words help soften my cries. But they didn't help the heartache that I felt.

It felt like forever, like I was sat in my brother's arms forever. But it was most likely only 5 minutes. For the first time in god knows how many years have I cried, and it's probably the first time Alex has ever witnessed me Cry.

"Come on, it's raining like hell right now." He lifts me. "Everyone is waiting for you back home. Your daughter is waiting for you back home."

Ivy was all I had left of Sophia. Ivy was the only thing that was going to get me through this.

• • •

This was actually going to be the original ending. Actually, I wasn't going to kill her, I was just going to make her and Carter split so they go their own way. But I decided on this right now.

I know for a fact that if I had made this the original ending then my heart wouldn't be able to take it and some of you might of tracked me down and probs stabbed me in my sleep for doing this to you.

Also, I have a new book coming out so keep your eyes open.

If you would like any more chapters then let me know what you would like them about.

Thank you and i love u all💓💓💓💓