Where the River Ends

Nobody fights forever, so I prepared myself for two battles. The first was fighting alongside her.Weve done that.As well as two can.But, as the years have ticked by, Ive seen a second front coming - and its the tougher of the two. Abbie might still be swinging but she was beat. To be honest, I think she was still in the ring fighting, simply for me. Lately, the thing that had been keeping me up nights was wondering what would happen if I told her that she could let her guard down - that she could stop fighting. What if she was just waiting on me?

Chris Michaels and Abbie Colman should never have met let alone fallen in love. As the only child of South Carolinas most senior senator, Abbies father had wanted better for her than Chris, who grew up in a trailer park next to the St Marys river. Abbie and Chris had married quickly and secretly, returning to face her parents objections that havent faded even after over fourteen years of marriage.
But now Abbie and Chris are coming to the end of the road. Diagnosed with breast cancer four years before, Abbies case is now terminal and theyve run out of options. Rather than letting Abbie spend her final days in a cold, sterile hospital room, Chris packs their bags and steals away with her in the middle of the night.

They carry with them Abbies wish list - ten things she wants to do before she dies. The wishes are simple, normal; because after four years of non-stop invasive medical treatments, normal is a fleeting memory. Along with taking a final trip with Chris on the river that holds so many memories for them both, Abbie wants to dance with her husband, drink wine on a beach, laugh until it hurts. But as they head for rivers end, racing against weather and time, Abbies father, the press and the police are determined to find them and bring Abbie home...