• Chapter 50 "Get Famous"

    When she was a little girl, Amelia Burden used to watch the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade on television every year, mostly because of the balloons. Those great gas giants, hoisted high above the crowd,...

  • Chapter 49 "Unlisted"

    Bea was at a park, relaxing on a blanket in the sun. She was wearing a cute dress and a big floppy sunhat, with large sunglasses. The camera was fixated on her, and she hadn't noticed until just now....

  • Chapter 48 "Put Your Tray Tables up"

    Eliza didn't want to be here. The one and only time she'd been to a funeral, it had been for her mother. Now, here she was, standing outside the church, while Casey's service was underway indoors. She...

  • Chapter 47 "I Guess You Should Know"

    Liam was sitting in the pizzeria, watching the animatronic band. He had been coming here a lot lately, trying to grapple with his mortality. He was holding his cane in his lap, his other hand gripping...

  • Chapter 46 "Survivor's Guilt"

    Beatrice woke up that morning to the smell of coffee. She slowly sat up, pulled her silk robe on over her night shirt and sleep shorts and headed out into the living room, where she found Leslie standing...

  • Chapter 45 "Doggy Paddle"

    Casey Kochawski was 15 years old, and she was sitting on the hood of a strange mans car as it was parked on the side of very tall bridge. The man in question, whom she only knew by the name of Nick, was...