17 Chapter 17: Over and Out

Owen

As expected, their flight was delayed and they won’t be making it here until around noon today. Which is a lot earlier than I expected after last night’s winter storm that barreled through, leaving us with a foot of fresh snow on the ground. Luckily, the kids are young enough that they didn’t know any differently. They’ll just be happy when their parents walk through the door, whenever it is.

The walkie talkie crackles and I smile, knowing who’s on the other end trying to reach me.

We talked a few times in the evening. She was loving the quiet of the snow fall and told me she’d never felt the level of peace that she was feeling. Even though I have nothing to do with it, pride swelled in my chest knowing that The Escape had a little bit of a hand in that.