Epilogue

Max’s father married Nancy. They named their first child Max.

Max’s mother married a director of the National Leukemia Foundation.

Hannah lived to be thirty before a recurrence of the leukemia killed her. She had two children, Max and Leah.

Sherry Smith grew up and married a physician. She had three children. She kept a lock of Max’s hair on a chain around her neck as long as she lived.