With all the bad news and stress, it was nice to give her this unforgettable experience. Even if Amy wouldn’t get to remember it for very long. Sadness crept in with the realization, but Sophie fought it back, trying to savor the moment. They both deserved to lose themselves in this brief, happy escape before they’d have to return to reality. So they flew for hours and hours, until the sun was long gone and the blue-black sky twinkled with the flickers of early stars.

