Barbara sighed as she looked at the puppies. They were all carrying bouquets of flowers as they stood at the cemetery.

"Are you sure you want to come back here so soon?" Jenny asked.

"I'm sure", Barbara sighed. "I need to come to terms with this. Ever since this happened, I've been a horrible mother to you guys. I let you guys down. I let the new pups die. This is just something I have to do."

She sighed as she walked into the cemetery. She stood in front of Brian's grave with a heavy heart. Barbara looked at Brian's name engraved onto the stone and sighed as she sat down in front of it.

"Hello, Brian", she said. "It's been a while."

She put the flowers next to the headstone, touching the soft ground.

"I don't know what to do anymore", Barbara said. "I need you, Brian. The kids need you. Everything's gotten so bad without you. I want you back."

She looked down as a tear rolled down her face. She was so tired of crying, but she couldn't help but feel sad after everything that had happened.

"Barbara, please stop crying..."

Barbara looked up and gasped. She nearly screamed as she saw what looked like Brian floating above the grave. Her paw shook as she reached out to touch him only to find her paw went right through him.

"Brian?" Barbara gasped.

"Yeah, it's me", he said. "You've been crying way too much."

"Can you blame me?" she asked. "I lost you. I lost our puppies. What's there for me to happy about?"

"Hey, come on", Brian said. "You still have the kids. They need you too."

"But I need you. Brian, how am I supposed to go on without you? I swore I would never remarry."

"I know and it made me happy to see you're loyal to me, even in death. But you can't revolve your world around me."

"But what do I do?" Barbara asked.

"Move on", Brian said. "Be happy. Be a mother for the kids. You can go ahead and remarry if you want. I know you'll still love me."

"But I don't want to remarry", she said. "I don't want anyone but you."

Brian sighed as he watched her. Barbara looked down shaking her head. She didn't want move on and forget about Brian. She looked up a saw him sitting on the headstone.

"What do I do?" she asked. "Will you come visit me again like this?"

"Wish I could", Brian shrugged. "But I can't. You need to let me go."

"How?"

"You'll figure something out", he said. "Goodbye, Barbara."

"Will you be waiting for me?" Barbara asked.

"I'll wait for you."

She sat there watching as Brian disappeared. Barbara sighed and turned as the puppies walked to the grave. It looked like they didn't see anything that just happened.

"Hi, Daddy", Briana said. "We got these for you. We also brought some for the puppies too."

The puppies laid the flowers on the grave. Barbara smiled and wrapped her arms around them. She was proud of them. They would grow up to be good dogs like their father.

"Mom, are you okay?" Ollie asked.

"Yeah", she sniffled. "I think I'm going to be okay. We're going to get through this."

The puppies looked at their mother and smiled. It looked like she was coming to terms with this. Brian would wait for her at the gates of Heaven. That gave her some comfort. Barbara looked at the sky with a smile.

"I love you, Brian", she whispered. "Take care of our kids."

"I will", Brian said watching over them. "And you take care of ours."

He held the hands of their two puppies as they watched over their family.

Barbara will struggle to move on. How will she fair without Brian? Find out int he next story