Mabel walked up to Dan, pressing ghostly lips to both his cheeks. “Bye, handsome.”

“Thank you, gorgeous,” he whispered in return.

Likewise, Gray said goodbye to Katie, hugging her, glancing at Dan mischievously, and kissing her on the lips.

“Thank you!” she told him. “For everything.”

“Well, I don’t want to be a cliché, but... Love, it’s eternal. It never dies. We’ll bring yours with us!” he promised.

“And we’ll feel like fools, sweetie, if we don’t go anywhere!” Mabel said.

But they did go. They stood hand in hand in front of the family tomb.

“It is light, sweet, dazzling, kind, gentle... I can feel it!” Mabel said.

Katie wasn’t sure if she really saw the light, but there was a streak, perhaps the setting sun. They were about to throw anyone remaining out of the cemetery. It was late and closing time.

So it was there. That sweeping shaft of light.

And they were gone, and Katie was there alone with Dan, smiling, holding his hand.

He looked down at her and smiled. “Love. I love you.”

She smiled in return. “And I love you. Go figure! How the hell did that happen?”

“Because I was always dashing and wonderful,” he said. “You were just too busy hating me to notice.”

She groaned. Hand in hand, they exited the cemetery and headed across the street. Jeremy had managed to organize a dinner party with George, Benny, Matt and Lorna. A goodbye dinner.

Because in the morning, they’d be leaving NOLA.

Dan looked at her.

“We’ll always be back,” he said.

She nodded. “Want to know what else?”

“What?”

“I think I’m going to teach you to dive.”

“I know how to dive!”

“Good. I won’t need to teach you too much, then!” she told him.

Laughing, they headed across to the restaurant.

Whatever their tomorrows might bring, they’d be facing them together. They’d both faced the past, and it was time for the future.

Katie smiled.

Go figure.

It had been in putting her past to rest that she’d found the most amazing future.

She looked up to the sky. It was still blue here and there as the sun fell. The stars were coming out. She liked to think her parents were there, riding the night sky.

And that, somehow, they saw.

And they were happy.

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CHAPTER ONE

Mark Gallagher spoke softly to his dog as he pulled his phone from his pants pocket to call his partner, Ragnar Johansen, who was sitting at a bus stop within shouting distance.

“Act chill for a minute, Red,” he told the dog.