A Chance At Love

For three years Captain Lucas Davenport grieved for his wife Georgia who died in childbirth along with their baby. On a stormy night he save Bailey Henderson after her car runs off the road.

 The first thing Austin notice about Bailey when he save is her that A) She is very pregnant and B) Bailey has a eerie resemblance to his dead wife.

Bailey is so confused and lonely her life hasn't  exactly panned out the way she wanted. Pregnant and all alone, she doesn't have the resources to keep her baby. Her parents practically disown her and the baby father wants nothing to do with her or the baby. Giving her baby up seem like the only option until Lucas present an solution to all of Bailey problems.  

Here is a excerpt from A Chance At Love

A Chance At Love

Bailey turned the music up on the radio. Her stomach was full of nerves as she drove the three hours to the base. Her goal was to see Derrick and handle the requirements to give up their baby. She was young and not financially stable enough to keep the child. Bailey’s plans were to give birth to the baby and place it with the family she had already chosen. All she needed was for Derrick to sign his name on the letter stating that he terminated his parental rights to their unborn child.
Life was not really panning out for her like she had envisioned for herself. She was in her last semester at University of Texas when one stupid night filled with booze and fun ended with her getting pregnant. At twenty-three years old, she was not ready to be mom. 

For the past nine months, she had toyed with the thoughts of keeping her baby. She still did not know how she would give her baby, who was a part of her, to a complete stranger to raise. She cursed herself as the rain began to come down in buckets. She had procrastinated on seeking Derrick out, and now she was stuck driving in the rain so hard that she could barely see out the window

"It's okay, little one, we're almost there," She whispered to her stomach. Bailey had no idea what she was having. She was not trying to form any connection to the baby. She feared that if she did, she would not be able to let him or her go. Maybe that is why she procrastinated that long-- could it be that she did not want him to sign the papers so she did not have to give up her child? A part of her wanted Derrick to man up and tell her that he would help financially, but she knew he did not want any part of this child’s life or hers.
Bailey screamed as she swerved to miss the woman standing in the road.

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Lucas Davenport pulled the weeds that grew on his wife Georgia's tombstone.  Lucas understood the phrase “gone too soon.” His Georgia was young and had a lot of living to do. They had just celebrated their second wedding anniversary planning the arrival of their daughter only to be told that Georgia had lung cancer, even though she had never smoked a day in her life.  

Georgia was stubborn and a fighter. Instead of fighting for her life, she chose to save their unborn daughter ‘s life. Lucas remembered the arguments they had, with him telling her to fight to live. He wanted to end the pregnancy, so Georgia could have a fighting chance to survive this disease.

"I'm not scared.” Her brown eyes bore into his.

 "I’m scared, Georgia. I don't think I can live without you."

“Shh," She hugged him, “Let’s treasure the time that I have here in this earth."

Lucas kissed her eyes and prayed to God to spare his wife and child. He wanted to live forever with Georgia and to raise their kids together.

Opening his eyes, Lucas read the gravestone: "In Loving Memory of Georgia Lily Ann Davenport and daughter Holly Davenport." The rain poured down on Lucas as he placed white roses and lilies on the tombstone.

Today would have been his daughter’s first birthday. He never had a chance to hold his baby girl in his arms or teach her how to walk.

He kissed the tombstone before walking the long path back to his truck. It had been so damn hard for him.

Lucas drove the long treacherous road back to the base.  Lucas slammed on breaks when he saw what appeared to be the taillights of a car almost submerged in a retention pond. He pulled into the shoulder of the road, turned on his emergency lights, and ran across the street to the car.

 "Help!" A female voice cried out.

"I'm coming! Don't move!" He shouted as he made his way down the slippery, muddy ditch that was filling up with water quickly. The nose of the car was already in four feet of water.

"Please-- I don't want to die!"

"You won't, I promise. I need you to calm down for me." Lucas tried the handle on the car door, but it was almost covered with water. He knew it was only a matter of time before the water flooded the car. 

"I'm going to have to smash the window. I’m going to run to my truck."

"Don't leave me!" she cried out and touched the window.

"I be right back" Lucas saw the look in her brown eyes, he didn't want to leave her but he had to get her out the sinking car. Wasting no time, he climbed up the muddy hill and raced towards his truck.  He grabbed the tire iron and raced back down the hill towards the car that was submerged partially in the pond. He did not hear her screams anymore. Lucas swam to the car and climbed onto the trunk of the car. Lucas took three hard swings before the glass gave way.  The woman’s brown eyes looked into his.

"Grab my hands," he said quickly. When she reached up to him, he saw the woman's pregnant belly.  Lucas braced himself on the car and pulled her out of it.

"Thank you." She looked into his eyes before she fainted. He checked her pulse before carrying her up the hill.

"Mister, I already called 911," A man said as he rushed towards them with a blanket.