AFTER THE CHAPEL SERVICE, the limo carried Bella, Nathan, Rick and Faith to the cemetery. A brief summation and prayers, a formal g*n salute and presenting of the flag to Bella to honor Max’s military service, and it was done.
“Please come to my office this afternoon,” Mr. Strader said. “All four of you. Max had some very specific things lined out, and he wanted all four of you present for the reading. Three o’clock.”
“We’ll be there,” Nathan assured him, and shook hands before the lawyer walked away.
He turned to his wife. “Now what?”
“We go have a meal at Max’s favorite restaurant,” Bella said simply as she held the flag tightly against her chest and tried her best to smile. “To celebrate him. I think he’d have liked that very much. He said more than once that the only thing better t
