| It was the day of her rehearsal dinner and she couldn�t find Sully anywhere. Her mother stood in front of her telling her that she had been stood up.
�Face it Michaela you�ve been stood up.� �No mother. I�m sure he has a reason.� �Yes, he�s had second thoughts and has decided not to go through with it.� �Mother enough! He might be hurt, he might need help, I have to find him.� �Oh Michaela! When are you going to face the truth?� Michaela felt her blood start to boil. She was about to respond to her mother�s cruel words when she woke up. The first thing she did when she finished getting dresses was call Dorothy. �What if her mother had been right?� �What if they were rushing into things?� �Hello� Dorothy answered in a sleepy voice. �Good morning Dorothy.� �Michaela? What�s the matter?� �Dorothy do you think my mother�s right?� Dorothy noted the worry in Michaela�s voice. �Oh Michaela.� �It�s just that what if we are rushing things? I mean I hardly know him.� Dorothy was fully awake now and she knew it was time to tell Michaela. �Michaela� have you heard the legend about the Mountain Man and the Lady Doctor?� �Yes I have Sully told me.� �Did he mention their names, or any details?� �Now that you mention it. The only name he told me was Sully and that�s because I asked him how he got his name.� �So he didn�t tell you the Lady Doctor�s name?� �No.� Michaela was starting to wonder what Dorothy was getting at. �Well, Katherine told me the same story that night of the storm and she told me all of the details. I have been waiting for the perfect time to tell you and it looks like that time is now. Michaela the Lady Doctor�s name was the same as yours. Michaela Quinn, from Boston.� �What? Dorothy you�re making this up.� �I�m afraid not Michaela. Did he tell you about the promise Sully made to her before she died?� Michaela thought back and remembered Sully telling her. �Yes, he promised her that they would always be together.� �Right. You know those dreams you�ve been having? Have you ever wondered why they involved Sully? Or why it is that sometime you feel like you�ve lived it before?� Michaela was silent. Everything Dorothy was telling her came to her as a shock. �Michaela I told you before that your dreams were trying to tell you something and you were going to have to get all the pieces before you figured out what it was.� �I think you have all the pieces, but you�ve been so close to the truth to see it.� �What are you trying to say Dorothy?� �Michaela you and Sully belong together. Don�t you see? You�re souls are those of Michaela Quinn and Byron Sully from the legend. You were destined to find each other.� �Don�t let your mother keep you apart. Listen to your heart.� Michaela wanted to believe Dorothy was pulling her leg, but everything she had said made sense. Since the day she first met Sully she had felt a connection to him and as time went by that connection only got stronger. She was also right about the dreams. For example when she dreamed about her birthday she felt like she could go inside that clinic and point out where everything was. She couldn�t believe it. With that realization she knew that Sully and her were meant to be. If only she could make her mother see that. NEXT |