Chapter 326 Epilogue: Kayla and
Calvin XV
“Kayla, Charlie made pizza.”
Kayla thanked him and took a bite. “This is delicious!”
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Charlie Russell, only twenty–two, blushed at her compliment.
“Glad you like it.”
Charlie was an interesting guy. Every time Kayla talked to him, his cheeks turned pink.
One night, as the group gathered to watch a meteor shower, Charlie mustered up the courage to sit beside her. “Kayla, I like
you.
“You make me feel like I’ve found my first love. Would you be my girlfriend?”
A meteor streaked across the sky as if granting his wish.
But wishes made on shooting stars were just fairy tales. Kayla shook her head gently, apologetic. “I’m sorry, I’m not thinking about dating right now.”
Charlie didn’t lose heart.
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She’d only said she wasn’t ready now. Maybe one day she would be.
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The sunny, bright young man didn’t let rejection dim his spirit.
Kayla continued traveling with their convoy toward the
Rockies.
The temperature swung wildly between day and night, so Kayla pulled out her heavy down jacket.
When they spotted the snow–covered mountains in the distance, her fellow travelers shouted her name in excitement.
“Kayla, look! We’re almost there!”
Kayla’s spirits soared.
*****
After learning Kayla had gone skiing alone, Calvin pushed his driver to hurry.
He’d brought a driver and kept a close eye on the latest weather updates.
The woman who used to scream at the sight of a spider was now off on a solo road trip without a second thought
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Sometimes, Calvin felt like he’d been in love with Kayla for years but never truly knew her.
Over the past six months, he’d watched her bloom, more radiant than ever.
Calvin realized he loved her even more now.
Staying abroad these six months had come with heavy
pressure.
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His mother didn’t care for Kayla and was still sulking over the arranged marriage he’d turned down, but she couldn’t do much
about it.
Henry was still annoyed that Calvin had nearly emptied his collection, but he also wanted Calvin to settle down soon, if only to stop Allen from bragging.
Allen had been showing off his grandkids lately, which only made Henry more eager for Calvin to marry.
*****
Three days later, Calvin’s car stopped at the foot of the mountain.
The road didn’t go further, so Calvin asked the lodge owner 377
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about Kayla. The owner nodded. “You mean a pretty young lady?
“They went up the mountain today.”
Calvin dropped his bags, geared up, and was about to head out when he overheard the owner on the phone, sounding urgent.
Every so often, he caught the word “help.”
A bad feeling hit him. “Did something happen?”
“Sir, I’m sorry, but no one can go up now. There was a small avalanche, and I’m calling the rescue team!”
Calvin barely registered the words as he bolted toward the
mountain.
*****
Kayla’s group, bundled in thick down jackets, had just entered the snowy mountains when big, fluffy snowflakes began to fall.
“How’s the weather today?” someone asked.
The group leader stayed calm. “No worries, the forecast says everything’s fine.”
4/7
At the midpoint checkpoint, Kayla was thrilled.
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She snapped tons of photos–at least a hundred by her rough
count.
Charlie, still a bit shy, sidled up. “Kayla, can we take a picture together?”
She smiled warmly and nodded, “Of course.”
No one could’ve known that right after that photo, someone screamed in panic, “Avalanche!”
Kayla saw Charlie pull out his phone, ready to record.
Without thinking, she grabbed him and yanked him along.
“Stop it, Charlie!”
If he kept filming, they might not make it.
The group sprinted toward the safety cabin. The stunning scenery was swallowed by a rush of snow, cascading down the slope like a fast–forwarded wave.
“Did those people get out?”
They were talking about the first couple who had shouted for
help.
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The pair had been walking ahead, closest to where the avalanche struck.
The group exchanged uneasy glances.
The dim safety cabin didn’t hold their faces.
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Some of the younger girls couldn’t hold back their tears.
This was the closest Kayla had ever come to death.
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Her heart pounded as she realized that if they’d been closer, if they hadn’t run in time, she might’ve been buried under the
snow.
She looked at Charlie, her face serious. “Charlie, that was dangerous. If you’d kept filming, you might not have made it in here.”
But Charlie gave her a smile she couldn’t quite read.
“Thanks, Kayla. Thanks for caring.”
Kayla understood then: if another disaster struck, he’d still choose to capture the moment over saving himself.
She realized she’d misjudged him.
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Despite his youth, he carried a kind of detachment, as if he had
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already made peace with life and death.
The avalanche had blocked the entrance. Calvin, frantic, couldn’t get through and had to wait for rescue.
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The rescue team leader, Bruce Ridley, said, “There’s a small path around the back, but it’s a detour, and we don’t know the conditions there.”

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