Contents

Prologue

Mind if I turn on the TV?”

Chapter One

Another day, another dollar…

Chapter Two

Peeking into her daughter’s room for what must be the…

Chapter Three

All morning and well into the afternoon, people have been…

Chapter Four

The drive up I–95 through Rhode Island and Massachusetts is…

Chapter Five

Caroline can’t sleep.

Chapter Six

Watching his wife cringe as she steps out of the…

Chapter Seven

In good weather, the view from the Gold Star Memorial…

Chapter Eight

On the west side of Broadway between Seventy-third and Seventy-fourth…

Chapter Nine

The sky opens up in earnest as Elsa and Renny…

Chapter Ten

Driving down the Saw Mill River Parkway, Marin can’t stop…

Chapter Eleven

Located almost midway between New York and Boston on the…

Chapter Twelve

Despite the crummy weather, it seems that a good portion…

Chapter Thirteen

Not even five A.M., yet the sky above Regis Terrace…

Chapter Fourteen

Striving for normalcy—for Renny’s sake, and their own—Elsa and Brett…

Chapter Fifteen

Why aren’t you talking?” she asks the child strapped into…

Epilogue

The airport is packed on this Friday morning, with the…