Needless to say, life went on. Benny kept workin' for his father on the ranch until he eventually owned it again. It took him quite a few years, but I think he learned an important lesson. Belle got more and more interested in journalism and after she graduated college took a full-time job at The Gazette. That wasn't all she got interested in, but I'll tell you that in another story.
Maudie, well Maudie took a different direction when she met someone new. Ginny made a whole business out of chickens and eggs, and Bret had to listen to all the clucking, whether he liked it or not. Beau got closer and closer to Casandra and began courting her mother. Doralice and me? We're still here watching our own little chickens grow up. And we're still as close as we ever were.
Thank God.
The End