Epilogue
Dace Marshall found Mary Ayek in her home on the outskirts of Bethel.
“Dace?” she said. “I didn’t think I’d see you so soon!”
Dace opened her arms and gave the woman a hug. “You promised me I could fly in for a visit if I brought your grandson for an art festival weekend,” she said.
Mary hugged her back. “Paul is here, too?”
Dace nodded. “Yes, and Sarah and Mary Abbott came too. Paul said he was going out to see your dogs and talk to the man who manages the kennels?”
“You’ve recovered?” Mary asked.
“I have,” Dace said. “But he only had me for a day, Mary. The other women? Some of them he had for months. And they have no place to go. Not like your Sarah.”
Sarah Itee came flying around the corner of the house from the direction of the kennels, laughing. “Grandmother!” she ex
