Chapter 144

“Honey, are you ever going to let this girl go? She’s gone. I know what happened was terrible but she’s been gone almost six years. It was a tragedy but I’m sure she’s in a better place and would want you to move on. She wouldn’t want you to be sad all the time or lonely for the rest of your life.”

“She’s not dead, Mom. I know she isn’t.”

“There’s no way for anyone to know that, Kevin.”

“There is when you talk to her, which I have. Andy didn’t tell you, did he?” Kevin asked.

“Tell me what, honey?”

“He didn’t tell you that I’d talked to Renee, did he? Did he tell you why I even gave up my search and came home?”

“He just said that you were tired of searching and you were going to come home. I was happy because I finally got to see my baby boy again. I didn’t think much of it because I knew you’d been searching for a long time. Are you telling me something else happened to make you come home?” his mother asked.