When they had left Richmond, the temperature was just below freezing. They’d taken Lane’s Jeep to the airport because it had a remote starter, which let it warm up while they finished getting ready to leave. Because they had to get such an early start, Braden had slept over; Remy was glad he only had to make a mad dash for the Jeep once, and didn’t have to get out at Kate’s, run through her cold garage to retrieve his son, then run back to the idling Jeep to warm up again. Two of Lane’s employees would drive out later in the day to retrieve the Jeep and park it at his office instead, so he wouldn’t have to pay premium rates to leave it at the airport.
The heavy jackets Remy, Lane, and Braden wore into the airport were quickly shucked off and stowed in their luggage before they checked the
