Chapter 11

Ken’s tears fell freely as he opened his trembling hand. There lay the gold ring.

“This was my mother’s. It means everything to me. And you’re the most important person in my life, so I want you to

have it.”

He could still see Calista’s shy smile at those words.

But now she was gone.

Ken slammed his fists into the mud, his anguished roar echoing across the empty landscape. But Calista would never

return.

The next day, he drove back home in a daze. One look at his son’s face told Uncle Johnson everything he needed to know. They stared at each other for a long moment before Uncle Johnson spoke. “Remember to complete the transfer paperwork.”

stopped him. “Dad-”

was joining the satellite

wants to continue her parents‘ work.

hide it from me?”

“Hide what? I gave

backward. The list had been in his hands. He just hadn’t believed

list, his heart stopping when he saw

only looked sooner…

it go, Ken,” Uncle Johnson said quietly. “Perhaps you two weren’t meant to be.”

he’d missed came flooding back: the satellite research books, the discarded letters, her growing indifference, the

of memory meant she would never truly leaye, no matter

much he hurt

at

he heard movement in Calista’s room. His

hear Viola’s voice inside. “Get rid of all this stuff.

Brown, hesitated. “But these

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