EPILOGUE

Four years and three weeks after that weekend, Kellie Graham received a bachelor’s degree in Psychology from Hood College, a local institution founded in 1893. Along with Nick and Lacette Rawlins, Cynthia Graham and Marshall Graham stood side by side as their daughter received her degree. As firm in his resolve to avoid contact with Lacette as Marshall Graham remained in his decision not to resume his marriage with Cynthia, Douglas stayed away from the commencement exercises and the celebratory dinner that followed.

“I love you, Lacette,” he assured her, “and I’d do anything for you but that.”