(Kelly is written by Kelly Blanchard. Caden is written by Kristen Moger)

As Caden sat resting on her bed, she shivered a little and pulled the ragged remains of her blanket around her shoulders.  She stared up at the ceiling, losing herself in the images she had pasted there–images of an endless sky, pathways through forests strewn with leaves, and the ocean, a vast body of water making huge curling waves frothing with white.  The idea thrilled and frightened her.              

Teddy believed they would get to be there one day—they would get to smell the scented air and feel the cool, fresh water on the skin.  But he was a dreamer and she found his optimism annoying…and unsettling.     

She pushed those thoughts aside and shifted her position, the tightness in her chest making breathing difficult.   …