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-” His chest tightened painfully.

was joining the satellite research

wants to continue

you hide it from me?”

what? I gave you the personnel list myself.”

you didn’t-” Ken staggered backward. The list had been in

grabbed the list, his heart stopping when he saw Calista’s

only looked sooner…

quietly. “Perhaps

books, the discarded letters, her growing indifference, the returned ring. Everything pointed to Calia’s preparation

been too confident. He’d believed eight years of

he

realization tore at

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

to hear Viola’s voice inside. “Get rid of all this stuff. I don’t want to

Brown, hesitated. “But these are

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