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.”

leave, Ken’s hoarse voice stopped him. “Dad-”

joining the satellite research

Uncle Johnson said firmly. “She wants to continue

did you hide it from me?”

what? I gave you the personnel list

Ken staggered backward. The list had been in his hands. He just hadn’t believed Calista would actually leave.

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

only looked sooner…

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

he’d missed came flooding back: the satellite research books, the discarded letters, her growing indifference, the returned ring. Everything pointed to Calia’s preparation to leave.

had been too confident. He’d believed eight years of memory meant

much he

realization tore at

room. His heart leaped–could she have

inside. “Get rid of all this stuff. I don’t

“But these

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