Chapter 6 - Packing Up For An Urgent Road Trip North
The digital alarm clock on the kitchen island read 4:30 AM when Julian finished packing two duffel bags with clothes and snacks for Maisie.
He carried his sleeping daughter down the stairs, wrapping her snugly in her favorite yellow blanket to shield her from the morning chill.
Maisie stirred sleepily as he strapped her safely into her car seat in the back of his midnight-blue SUV.
“Where are we going, daddy?” she asked, rubbing her heavy eyes with the back of her small hand.
“We’re going on a road trip to find someone very special, sweetie,” Julian promised, kissing her forehead gently.
The SUV tires crunched softly against the gravel driveway as Julian backed away from Celeste’s estate for the very last time.
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He checked his rearview mirror, watching the imposing iron gates recede into the gray morning fog.
He had two hundred miles to drive through the winding mountain roads of New England before the sun reached its peak.
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