Chapter 4Fort Keeps, NY — Adirondacks
“Does any of it look familiar?” Jack smiled.
Jeremy didn't think he'd recognize a thing, that he'd been gone far too long to remember. He felt a comfortable squeeze as they crept through the mountains. It was almost as if the mountains were a protective entity but could easily have been mistaken as foreboding or constricting. Tall leafy trees lining either side of the road softened some of the phobia.
Through breaks in the trees was nothing but placid water. They were almost home. Jeremy pointed out the window. “Fourth Lake?”
“That's right.”
He felt like a child again. In a good way. In what he perceived was a normal way. He found he was breathing more evenly. The knot he'd had earlier in his gut suddenly splintered apart and faded away.
Home.
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