Though Kara’s car was now motionless, the engine still huffed and the car shuddered violently; one particularly vicious shudder caused the dashboard to spring open and its contents to spill onto the floor.

Seemingly on instinct, Ethen attempted to catch the objects one-handed, but only managed to grab onto a dream catcher – one that always used to hang from her car mirror. It was a very delicate thing, and had started to fray at the strings holding it together.

Impulsively she asked, “Do you remember?” It was the first question she herself had proposed since they had started this road trip. And as though a dam had opened the questions continued to slip out. “Do you remember being in that store on our anniversary? We had both forgotten to get a present so we said we would both...

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