EPILOGUE
As many summer days can be on the east coast, the weather was stormy and overcast with a thin drizzle that had overtaken Philadelphia and Leah was worried. She stood on the sidewalk, next to her grandmother in a wheelchair, just past the giant balloon structure that had been put in place to span the finish line for all runners but her mind was out on the course instead of at the end. The conditions were bad for a marathon and she worried about dehydration and hypothermia for all the runners and one in particular: Ben.
The squirmy child in her arms grasped for purchase to get higher, digging his heels into her side.
"Me wanna see Daddy. Up, up," he demanded.
"Noah, you have to hold still or I'm going to have to put you down," Leah said, her patience running thin.
Liam turned t
