G Hopf: The Long Road

“You never heard from her again?”

“No.” Haley paused, then continued. “Technically, yes, but I can tell you about her later.”

“What about your father?”

“Monday, John. That’s it. No more. I’m tired, and we will reconvene on Monday,” Haley said as she walked past him and opened the front door. Her eyes seemed weary, and her face looked almost gaunt.

“I’m sorry. So Monday it is. I’ll be here at nine a.m. sharp,” he said, walking through the open front door.

“Good, have a nice weekend,” she said, closing the door and walking back toward the den.

She opened the small box on the shelf where the compass was and took it out. She reached back in and removed a yellowed, crumpled, and dirty envelope.

She walked to her lounge chair and sat down. The compass again soothed her troubled thoughts as she rubbed it. She stared at the envelope. It had been years since she’d read the paper inside, but today seemed like an appropriate day. She placed the compass down on the small table and opened the back flap. Inside was a thin piece of paper. It too was now yellowed and stained.

As she read the words on the page, tears fell. She grabbed a tissue from the box next to the compass and dabbed her eyes.

The letter contained so much love but also pain for her mother, when she had read it.

All they were looking for as they traveled the long road was a safe place to call home. But that safe place, that sanctuary from the horrors of the world, would not be realized for some time. What was coming their way was something that none of them could ever imagine.

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ISBN: 10: 1490535357

ISBN-13: 978-1490535357