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Sandy and Ben’s sitter called in sick so, against Sandy’s better wishes, they left their ten year old son and his grandfather alone while they went to the wedding. Ben kept telling Sandy not to worry so she worried more and called home often until it became too late to call. Texts went unanswered.

Sandy’s concerns made them both have a miserable time at the wedding so they drove home silently, in the middle of the night, instead of staying over as planned. She never forgave Ben or their son for her father wandering away and her never seeing him again.

Emma used to say she’d move to California, though she would have moved anywhere. But it sounded better to have a particular destination to aspire to, not just “anywhere but here.”

She saved her coins in an old jelly jar, savoring the delightful clink of each one as it found the bottom of the glass. She stopped counting years ago; now it was more about the ritual. It was Emma’s proof that she hadn’t given up, that she could still leave one day.

But then Ryan had asked her to marry him, and weddings aren’t cheap. She smashed the jar open.