CH 23: Epilogue
10 Years Later…
"What did you do to your hair," the beautiful young blonde asked her younger brother.
"I gelled it. Why?" the nine year old frowned.
"You look like such a ferret. Mess it up some," she stated and rubbed her hand in his hair so it spiked up just enough.
"Hey," he frowned then grinned in the mirror, "Actually that looks pretty good."
"Great now come on we're late already. Mum and Dad are meeting us at the hotel," she stated walking out of his bedroom.
The boy ran down the stairs and hopped in his sister's red convertible Volkswagen beetle and cranked the engine.
Five minutes later his sister came out of the old house with their five year old brother and 6 month old sister she strapped in the back and sped off to the Crab Apple Cove Hotel.
She parked and greeted their parents in the parking lot.
"How was work guys?" she asked.
"Busy," Margaret sighed reaching to take her baby out of the car seat, "How was daycare?"
"Same old same old," Candace shrugged, "Sometimes I wonder if it's because I own the daycare that Jordan and Bridgett are the best behave," she laughed nodding to her youngest siblings.
"I'm sure it's your mom putting the fear of God into them hon," Hawkeye laughed lifting his youngest son out of the car.
"You may have a point dad," Candace laughed, "Well shall we go in? I'm dying to see Grandpa Potter."
"Yes let's go in," Margaret nodded excitedly grabbing the baby bag.
The Pierce family entered the hotel in their hometown; the site of the 10th annual 4077th MASH Reunion. At the Reunion the family mingled and danced and laughed with old and new of the gang greeting them all.
As Margaret and Hawkeye watched their 21 yr old daughter Candace dance with 18 yr old Nathan Hunnicutt (the nephew of BJ Hunnicutt) they reflected on what the child had done to them and resolved that without Candy two soul mates might never have discovered what was at the end of their nose; so it could be said that Candy is very good for some and that Candace Pierce was an extraordinary little girl that made herself a family in the midst of a conflict of nations because she was one very clever little girl that saw the world beyond what others saw.
THE END