Chapter 5Jesse felt there should be more. He wore a pair of jeans, a T-shirt, and a light jacket. He had insisted on carrying a small bag, though both Gideon and Michelle told him it wasn’t necessary. He wasn’t traveling to an unknown universe, after all. It was just Chicago. A Chicago they would recognize. A city Gideon would know intimately. Only what they wore or carried would pass into the other dimension.
Jesse watched Michelle make her preparations in the middle of the abandoned street. She didn’t look like the woman he had known for almost five years. She looked younger, like a mask had fallen from her face, but at the same time, each line of her body seemed ancient. His hand was folded in Emma’s, and he didn’t want to let her go. Waves of reassurance passed from her, keeping him c
