Epilogue
THEY got married beneath her father’s willow tree the following fall. Just like Marian said they would. After her mother’s leg healed. After Trevor started kindergarten officially on record as the son of Sawyer Grant. And after her sister unexpectedly returned home for the wedding. Thinner and tremulous with more missing months she refused to talk about.
But Thel threw herself into serving as Willa’s maid of honor. Making all the arrangements, and even volunteering to babysit Trevor—though Grace and The Admiral quickly squashed that notion.
They’d just returned from their own unexpected honeymoon, after deciding to elope while they were on vacation. And according to The Admiral, he and his new wife were owed a week or two with their grandson.
So same old Admiral. But not re
