Excerpt from Chapter One
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The low sound of a vehicle motor behind her interrupted her one-sided conversation. She turned around and saw a low, black car creeping carefully through the gates of the cemetery entrance. It turned down a gravel path several plots away, where she saw a grave still piled high with dying flowers. Apparently, she wasn’t the only person visiting today. Another mourner was returning for a private farewell. She could understand that. Whoever it was, that person would not be interested in her. Her visit would not be disturbed.

“I’ll finish the house for you and Gumbel if I have to wire it myself,” she continued. “We got the rest of the roof sheathing on last week. We had one dry day. But the shingles and custom work will have to wait.

“Here’s some good news. That young man you pulled out of the trench, he and his wife have a baby due this fall. They wrote me a really nice long letter, and they’ve decided to name the baby after you.”


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