Into the Cold

Epilogue

Amelia stood on the tarmac, waiting impatiently for the bush plane to crest the horizon.

Though Caleb had made this trip several times over the last five years, she was never truly able to shake the memories that haunted her of her plane going down.

Her dark thoughts were interrupted by the four-year-old boy hanging onto her pant leg.

“Pane!” he yelled. “Pane!”

Looking to where he was pointing, she caught a flash of light as the setting sun reflecting off the plane as it began its descent.

“Yes,” she smiled, lifting the excited boy into her arms, “that’s daddy’s plane.”

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After the birth of their son Brooks, Caleb and Amelia had tried living in together, but it didn’t take long for them both to realize that he was no longer cut out for a domestic lifestyle.

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