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.”

his father turned to leave, Ken’s hoarse voice stopped him. “Dad-” His

joining the satellite research

said firmly. “She wants to continue her parents‘ work. I support

did you hide it from me?”

what? I

The list had been in his hands. He

the study and grabbed the list, his heart stopping when he saw Calista’s name on the first page.

only looked sooner…

quietly. “Perhaps you two weren’t

books, the discarded letters,

Ken had been too confident. He’d believed eight years of memory meant she would never truly leaye, no

much he hurt

realization tore at his heart.

evening, he heard movement in Calista’s room. His heart leaped–could she

her door, only to hear Viola’s voice inside. “Get rid of all this stuff. I don’t

“But these

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