Chapter 36
How to convey the effervescence of champagne in perfume? The secret is in the imagination. –DB
7 July, 1941 - Beverly Hills, California
Jon wheeled Danielle’s Duesenberg onto Santa Monica Boulevard. They’d spent the morning meeting with a relief worker who had returned from Europe, but there were no new leads for Nicky. Their search for one little boy was minuscule in comparison to the war’s scale of disaster. “You’re the only one who truly believes me,” Danielle said, thinking about her son.
“Your mother and Abigail support you.”
“They support me, but they don’t really believe. My mother even suggested that we have a memorial for Nicky.” She shook her head. “I know she means well, she thinks it would give me peace and closure, but, Jon, I know he’s alive, I can feel it. I’
