Page 60 of Honoring Freedom

“Kent’s a lucky man to have survived.”

She flattened her palms in her lap. “I don’t know how I would have felt if he had succeeded in killing Kent or Lanah. I never wanted anyone dead. Yet Rigs thought he was taking care of my problems.”

Keller brought her hand up to kiss her fingers. “Don’t feel like you’re responsible. Rigs needed help, and we all missed it. He made his choices.”

“So, you really believe that Kent didn’t play a role in everything?”

“You still do?”

“I don’t know. The conversations prior to the shooting I had with him, well, maybe I just heard what I wanted to hear. But he showed me those pictures…”

“Have you spoken to your sister about them?” Keller slowed the truck as they turned into Liberty and Wyler’s driveway.

“I did.”

He turned off the engine and faced his wife. “What happened in the past needs to stay there. You and I, we’re going to have a house full before we know it. We should focus on us.”

She cupped his cheek. “How did I get so lucky to have you in my life?”

“We’re just two lucky people, sweetheart.” He kissed her on the forehead.

“Are you ready to do this?”

“Ready as I’ll ever be I reckon. Let’s go.” He winked.

Not the end but only the beginning.