When the candles went out, Hazel gave a delighted squeal, and everyone clapped.

PART 21

A year after the road encounter, Megan told me she was considering returning to school.

She had never finished the accounting certificate she’d started before we married.

“You told me it would be a waste,” she said.

“Remember?”

I did.

I’d told her she’d never need to work while I was around.