Back in Nebraska, Albert met a girl named Renee, whom he married. Cleo and Albert’s little sister, Clementine, was ten. She and her mother worked their pasture with the help of farmhands. Albert and Renee moved to her family’s farm where he farmed the land. Cleo entered their minds from time to time, but Albert didn’t care to see his brother. Clementine was glad Cleo left, hoping he would never return. Emma was heartsick since the day her husband died in the car wreck. The morning she discovered Cleo gone, she became more heartsick than ever. Emma turned inward, searching for answers to get through it. Cleo was her firstborn, her boy; she loved him though he had always been different. Most times, she tried keeping herself busy not to miss them. Running a ranch is hard work, even with farmh
