Clem rubbed at her face with her cuff and gave a quick, rueful smile. 'It's just so sad. It's the umpteenth time I've read it, and I will always think it will have a different ending. But it never does.

I want an ending when the woman is happy instead of good.

It is time to end a story that began in sorrow and ordeal and has ended in a deep and lasting happiness. May it be so for others.