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They skipped the breakfast buffet and got bagels and coffee to go from the coffee shop in the hotel, and were on the open road by nine o’clock. Jake was relieved to see that Addie seemed subdued but calm enough that morning as they packed up their few belongings. She made no mention of the confidences they’d shared the night before, and he decided it was better not to bring up the subject. If she wanted to talk, he would be there for her, but he also understood how hard it could be when someone kept trying to force a dialogue when you didn’t want one. Her grief was still fresh and raw, and yet it seemed to him as though she was doing her best to come to terms with the loss of her mother and the way her world had abruptly shifted on its axis.
Saturday morning, and traffic was thick. Luc
