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The clockworks Michael constructed and the unfinished engines in his garage workshop ticked by themselves for weeks after his death, then were silent. In 1974, his wife packed them up and brought them with her, their son, and the cat to their new home in Calder.
Troy had bonded with Rocker more than with Angus, in any case, and the dog went to a good home. Two more breaks with the past, Scarlett said to Nancy, and Nancy agreed it was a good thing when she accepted the dog and bird into her little grey stucco house by the Municipal Airport. Rocker prowled and meowled for a few days, searching for Angus, and the house seemed silent without Max’s constant singing. But Scarlett felt she had made the right decision.
“It’s time to move on,” her friend said, hugging her. “The past is done wi
