Epilogue
The morning of winter solstice had dawned cold and clear. Snow blanketed the landscape of Diamond Creek. Hannah and Luke were married late that afternoon, almost exactly six months to the day that they’d met on that cool summer morning. The ceremony was simple, and they were married in front of the local judge, who’d been a friend of her father’s. Susie, Emma, Faye, and Luke’s family, parents and all, were witnesses. Hannah had kept her wedding dress simple—a cream colored silk sheath. She paired it with a string of her mother’s pearls and matching earrings. Luke had worn a dark navy suit that brought out the green of his eyes. After a wink and a promise that she’d behave, the judge had allowed them to bring Jessie in the courtroom since Jessie’s wandering had brought Luke to
