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. “You

was joining the satellite research base.”

firmly. “She wants to continue

you hide it from me?”

exasperation. “Hide what? I gave you

in his hands. He just hadn’t believed Calista

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

only looked sooner…

said quietly. “Perhaps you

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

He’d believed eight years of memory meant

much he hurt

at his heart.

he heard movement in Calista’s room. His

her door, only to hear Viola’s voice inside. “Get rid

“But these are

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