Epilogue‘And peace on earth will last for a thousand years or more?’
Lael sent Rick a squint-eyed look that told him not to be a smart-arse, and kept walking.
‘We should be so lucky, I suppose?’ Rick stopped walking and looked out over the valley that fell in neat folds before him. A river wound through it, black and silver, narrow and rocky in sections, wide and smooth in between. He could hear laughing, children playing, and birds, and music being played. He’d already passed by some kangaroos and some deer, and a wombat with a dignified if somewhat baleful stare.
‘I thought, when I saw this place before, that it was someone else standing beside you, not me.’
Lael looked over her shoulder. ‘And now?’
‘If this is Heaven, bring it on.’
Lael laughed and the sound dropped over him with
