Chapter Sixty-One
8 YEARS LATER
Lucy and Chief stood outside Shelter 104, enjoying the sunset. In the morning, there would be five of them finally departing for the west.
They painfully missed the others that had preceded them on this trip and were anxious to see them again. They’d never expected their stay at 104 to be this long. The assumption was that Marie only had a couple of years, at best. The unspoken plan was that after Marie’d passed, they would pack up Alex and take him with them to meet up with the kids.
Marie had a different plan and lived just short of six years. By that time, Alex’s health had deteriorated to the point where he would never be able to make the trip.
Sam and Lucy were thankful for the time they had with them, but the extended nature of their stay had been
