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At the people who had fought for Emily.

At the town that had finally chosen truth over silence.

Then I looked at Mace.

“No.”

He lifted our joined hands and kissed my knuckles.

For eighteen years, I had believed we missed our chance.

I was wrong.

Some things weren’t lost.

They were waiting.

A breeze moved through the trees.

Wildflowers bent around Emily’s memorial.

The silence no longer felt haunted.

It felt peaceful.

Emily Ross had kept her promise.

And at last, we had kept ours.

THE END

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COLE

I’ve been in Eagle River for four days, and I already know three things about this town.

Everybody knows everybody.

Nobody minds their own damn business.

And the coffee at the Last Stand Tavern is strong enough to strip paint off a Humvee.