Kelly had learned to live with the silence—the empty space in bed, the missing voice at the dinner table. Two years had passed since Jeremy’s accident, and grief had become a quiet companion. But one night, as she walked past her daughter Sophia’s room, she heard something impossible: Jeremy’s voice.
It wasn’t a memory or a trick of the mind. The words were clear, soft, and achingly familiar: “I love you forever.” Her breath caught in her throat as she pushed open the door, expecting—what? A ghost? A hallucination? Instead, she found Sophia asleep, clutching a teddy bear.
When she pressed the bear, the voice spoke again. Then came the realization—this wasn’t magic or madness. It was a gift from Gloria, Jeremy’s mother, who had painstakingly extracted his wedding vows from an old video and hidden them inside the toy.
Tears welled as Kelly held the bear close. Anger, gratitude, and sorrow tangled in her chest. But as Jeremy’s voice filled the room once more, she understood: love doesn’t disappear. It finds its way back—sometimes in the most unexpected places.
