Epilogue
Ben looked over at Carrie, sound asleep in her small double bed. Her apartment was a dump, but he had plans to rectify that. In the morning, they were moving to Boise, into his condo, until he could figure out his next steps and what the future held for him. Ben Wilde wasn’t broke, not by a long shot, so he could provide for them both for a while, and having some funds left him with options on where to go and what he could do.
He pulled the bedroom door closed so he wouldn’t disturb her, listening to the dial tone of his cell phone.
“Ben, it’s kind of late to be calling,” Verna said, sounding as if he’d woken her.
“I just wanted to make sure you were okay. I meant to call you before now.”
She sounded so sad when she sighed. “I’m okay. I’m just…”
He waited, wondering what thi
