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(Winona)

I sit at the dining table, laptop open, and browse through cruise options, trying to piece together a plan. that makes sense. Every search result that pops up seems to end in Florida.

The very name of that state sends a shiver down my spine. Cancun isn't all that far from Florida, and the memories of Cass's kidnapping creep back in, making my stomach clench. It feels like a warning, a reminder that danger is never far away.

I guess that was one disaster that Judy didn't have her hand in. Gus took the fall and is headed for jail as a traitor to stop the crime syndicate from targeting his family.

But the fact is, that smuggling ring runs deep and wide. They are still in operation and Greg's secret Cuban family have direct links. Nothing has been proven against Gabriel.

I don't know what the situation is with him and Cass. But I force myself not to stress over that now.

I sigh and click on another tab, this one for a road travel planner. Flying directly from Florida to our final destination in the States seems almost unavoidable, but I may as well just fly from here and cut out the middleman.

And the idea of facing a long road trip with three kids and a baby makes me exhausted just thinking about

1. it. That's a definite no.

rub my temples. My head is spinning with questions I don't have answers to. Should I take the kids back to our old neighborhood,

go somewhere entirely new, somewhere we can start

be separated, and they need to not

We know Judy has contacts here. But we're betting she

we all need to do to start fresh again. Especially if we end up back over here. But that is a future can't stress

revisit where Jayden and

for their opinions. They deserve a say. We don't have to leave tomorrow, so there's no great rush for this decision. Maybe taking things slower is the

wide, innocent eyes that never fail to melt my heart. "Mommy," she asks softly, "did Daddy do something really bad to make us go away?" I take a deep breath. I know we told them we had to be convincing with

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could very well be a real conversation. How much separation affects kids is clear, even though

of something I did, too. So it isn't just his fault, and it definitely isn't your fault or Sarah's or Bobby's." Abby fidgets with the

I assure her, my voice steady but soft. "Daddy and I will

beside me speaks up now.

know how to

love doesn't just disappear. Sometimes adults need to figure out how to get along better, and that can take time. During that time, living together might not be so

what happens between me and Daddy, both of

touch his shoulder gently. "We're going to figure this out, okay? You help the girls stay on track and we'll

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