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Angela
The corner of the Cottonwood cemetery where the McAllisters were always laid to rest had a new headstone, although there were so many floral arrangements surrounding it, you could barely see the simple marble monument, engraved only with the dates of Boyd’s birth and death, and “Beloved Father and Husband” inscribed beneath those. No doubt if Boyd had been there, he would have shaken his head at what he would have considered the waste those expensive floral arrangements represented. For the rest of the clan, though, it was the least we could do to pay our respects.
Boyd’s wife Meredith was pale-faced but calm. She’d made her peace with his death before we ever set foot in the cemetery, and his two sons were likewise stoic, their faces almost expressionless. It was only when yo
