Disclaimer: I do not own Lost or any of the characters that you recognize. No copyright infringement is intended. All plots and subplots are original.

Author's Note: Okay here it is. The epliogue. Not sure if it resolves anything, but it wraps things up...Well okay not really. Just read it. Then leave me a review. It's been fun. Enjoy!
Epilogue

The rain hadn't stopped all morning. The local meteorologist had predicted it would rain for the next three days and said that low-lying areas would probably be flooded by the following afternoon. Kate had expected it to rain that day; not because of the nature of the day, but because it was the beginning of April, although the rain seemed appropriate for the atmosphere at the time.

"Mrs. Shepard?"

Kate had been zoned out most of the day. She had hardly noticed the people floating about at the funeral home, and hadn't particularly wanted them to notice her either. Staying towards the back of the semi-crowded room, she had cradled her son, Dimitri, and had avoided being asked too many questions about how she had known the deceased. That was the way she had wanted it.

Now, she glanced up at the young woman standing in front of her. She was tall, slender, and had sandy blonde hair. Sawyer had never mentioned his younger sister on the island, but he had had dozens of photos of her in his tiny apartment in downtown Houston. Kate had contacted his sibling with the bad news and helped her plan Sawyer's final arrangements.

"Angela, how many times do I have to tell you to call me Susan?" Kate questioned, giving a practiced smile. She hated lying to Sawyer's sister, but it was for her own safety, and the safety of her child.

Although the local post offices were calling Kate a deceased fugitive because of the marshal's presumed death, she knew she wasn't completely out of danger of being discovered yet.

Jack had contacted a friend at the local police station, and that friend had said her file was listed as a closed case. But she was still uneasy about staying in one place for too long. It would only take one person to recognize her from a wanted criminal poster and she would lose everything all over again.

She and Jack had decided it would be best to move to Canada after the funeral and put the past behind them for good. He had already purchased a new home in a rural area of British Columbia, complete with a duck pond.

The goal was to stay low-key and distanced from society. With these new living arrangements, Kate thought that they would be able to start over easily. They would have left for their new home as soon as they had entered the States, but she had wanted to attend the funeral service. She couldn't leave without paying her final respects.

"Are you going to be alright?" Angela's question brought Kate back to the present.

Again, she lied. "Yes, I'll be fine," she answered. As she said the words, a tear slid down her cheek and fell on the crown of Dimitri's head. She gently kissed the spot where it had landed and whispered an "I love you" into the sleeping child's ear.

Sawyer's casket was lowered into the freshly dug ground while the priest made the sign of the cross in the air. Everyone repeated his movements and Kate sent up a prayer for Sawyer's soul. He might not have been the most ethical or even good-natured person when he had been alive, but after what he did for Kate, Jack, and Dimitri, she felt he deserved to be given a reprieve from his past transgressions.

Jack pulled her into his side, offering the little comfort he could give. She rested her head on his shoulder. "Do you want to leave now?" he asked.

She didn't answer in words, but nodded her agreement. Everything had gone by so quickly today. She wanted to go up to their hotel room and sleep for the rest of the dismal afternoon.

They had an early flight to Toronto the following morning and then they would pick up a rental car and drive the rest of the way. It was going to be a busy day, so she wanted to get some sleep now, because she wouldn't sleep at all on the five-hour flight or while she was navigating the route to their new home from the passenger seat.

She wasn't looking forward to the plane ride, but Jack had said it would be too risky to cross the border any other way. Although they checked passports at the airports, it would be easier to slip past unnoticed because of the Easter rush.

"I'm going to go and get the car," Jack said, kissing her before walking away.

Kate said her goodbyes to Angela, and then froze.

Ben was staring at her from the other side of the mourners.

Her first instinct was to sprint across the lawn, but her feet were sinking into the ground, her whole body growing heavier and heavier with every breath. She needed to get away, to run to Jack and warn him to stay away.

With that thought she clutched Dimitri to her chest and began walking, but only at a calm, brisk rate so she wouldn't attract anyone else's attention. She couldn't expose herself for who she really was. She would go to prison if she tried to get help now. Her best and only option was to find Jack and get to Canada.

Ben was following her across the grass of the cemetery. As she walked through the crowd she noticed other people moving too. At first she thought she was being paranoid, but when the faces of the people came into view, she almost tripped. Cane, Jeremy, Bert, Tom, and Juliet were surrounding her on all sides and closing in for the kill.

She was trapped.

When they had effectively circled her, Juliet leaned forward and whispered in her ear:

"You may have passed Ben's test…but you failed my final exam."

End Note: How's that for a cliff-hanger? Nice, huh. Unfortuneately this is the end. I never really considered doing a sequel, but maybe...I guess I wouldn't be that closed to the idea. But I'm not sure where the story would go. If anyone has any ideas, I'd be glad to hear them! Just leave me a review or e-mail me to properly thank all of my readers. First, thanks to everyone who read it, even if you didn't leave a review. But a big thank you goes to all of the people who did. Thank you:

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I'd also like to thank my two Beta readers, Jane and Elizabeth! You helped me so much! Thanks for putting up with me. : )

Okay, I think that is all I am going to say now. I've rambled on long enough. I hope you enjoyed the story! Adieu.

--Trish