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Epilogue 1985
Attorney Chris Chambers fatally stabbed in Restaurant
I set the paper down and looked out the window, remembering Chris's
face, always happy.
Last I had heard Vern had gotten married, had four kids, and is now
the forklift operator at the Arsenault Lumberyard.
Gordie became a writer writing the story that happened to him when
he was twelve.
Teddy tired to get into the army, but didn't get in. He got arrested
and now is doing jobs around Castle Rock.
Chris became a lawyer when no one thought he would. But then he
died, and will never live again.
I spent the last summer with Teddy, Chris, Gordie and Vern, talking
about life and what we wanted to do. Mel and I did travel around and when we
went back to Castle Rock everyone was gone. Mel and I moved into a little
apartment together, we both kept in touch with the four boys over the years, but
soon the letters came less and less, then eventually stopped. Every night Mel
and I would go out and we would meet new friends. But I never met four boys like
I did in Castle Rock. But like every story that is told, they must all come to
an end…