On the way back to the hotel, Kate told Remy all about what she called their escape from winter. The power went out shortly after he called Wednesday evening asking about the divorce decree, so she hadn’t been able to scan in the document to email to him. She and Mike were packed and ready to leave at a moment’s notice, but they didn’t want to use their phones too much, because they didn’t want to drain the batteries. They checked with the airport every so often to make sure they didn’t miss their rescheduled flight, but anything more than that was curtailed until the power came back on.
Luckily Kate’s neighborhood was fairly close to a large shopping center, and they were only out for little more than twenty-four hours. “Still, it was bitter cold in the house,” she told Remy, her words a
