Doc has a secret, one he's never fully told anyone. When he was a young medical student, he fell in love.
Abigail was the love of his life. The long awaited mystery of why Abigail broke things off with Doc, is finally revealed.
The call from Ellie, that a guest at the lodge needed assistance, wasn't a surprise. He helped out whenever he was on the mountain. The surprise came when he found out the name of the guest.
Suddenly, coming face to face, with the only woman he'd ever truly loved, was almost too much to bear. He still wanted answers, and this time she wasn't running way from him.
Learning the extent of her illness, nearly brought him to his knees. How could fate be so cruel? In their last moments together, he learned the truth about her hasty retreat from his life, that he or they, had a son together.
Not wanting to waste the little time they had together, on reproaches and reprimands, he forgave her.
Meeting his son for the first time, after Abigail passed, was intense, and only the tip of the iceberg.
What followed was life altering, for everyone. Believing that his son could possibly be involved with the very people that almost cause Tillie to lose not only her life, but those of her twins as well, rattled him to his core.
