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Behind me, the desert stretched endlessly beneath a fading orange sky.<\/p>\n

Ahead of me waited a black leather seat, cool air drifting out from the sedan, and a man whose name sounded like it belonged on buildings, contracts, and newspaper headlines.<\/p>\n

\u201cMommy?\u201d Lily whispered.<\/p>\n

I looked down at her.<\/p>\n

Her cheeks were pale from hunger. Her curls clung to her forehead from the heat.<\/p>\n

She was trying so hard not to complain.<\/p>\n

Beside her, Noah stared at Nathan with the protective suspicion of a child who had spent too much time watching adults disappoint his mother.<\/p>\n

The desert wind swept dust across the shoulder of the road.<\/p>\n

I glanced behind me.<\/p>\n

There was nothing there\u2026<\/p>\n

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