Chapter 19
Canada, Twenty-Eight Years Ago
Chepi and the boy had their job, too. After Noshi left each day, when the sun reached a high point, they walked out into an opening near the snow cave, banged rocks together and shouted for hours in hopes someone might hear. The boy feared mountain lions and bears. “Mommy, what happens if a bear comes?”
“It’ll be okay, little one.”
But, every morning when Daddy left, the boy’s heartbeat quickened with fear…
Northern California, Present Time
Maggie drank two double gin and tonics to forget the day. She opened the living room window to let in the fresh evening air. She fell asleep on the couch with Samantha at her feet, and Chester at her side. As she drifted off, she dreamed she flew through the open window into the night sky. It was dark, ove
