Thank you Mike for the clarification to the "conspiracy" seekers, as well as those who didn't have a clear understanding of the process. Also, thank you for the words of condolence. A huge influence into who made me what I am today, good or bad (dependent upon who you might ask) was destroyed on Sunday night, but the memories I have of that place I called home will live forever in my heart, and for my two children, they will also carry those memories. I'm sure my sister Cary and brother William would also say something very similar.

I think all the Hurt-Foust descendants would say the novel ended just as it should have. No one can ever again pillage and destroy what was our special place. Thank you again Mike for your place in that novel, and keeping the memories alive. --Fondly, Laura