Chapter 4
Chris stretched out his stride to keep up with Janie, wondering how she wasn’t feeling the hike along the Clinch the way he was. The trail and the river were absolutely stunning, especially with reflections of spectacular fall foliage in the water. And his city legs were straining a bit after stomping up and down the steep, rocky parts of the trail.
They passed by a big open space full of grass and orange flowers that smelled of autumn, tucked in between between a row of shops and a movie theater he barely remembered operating when he was a kid. He blinked twice at the marquee, certain they weren’t actually showing both The Exorcist and Carrie.
Two of his favorite movies on his first trip back in thirty-four years?
Even with his scaredy-cat little sister along, that had to be
