Chapter 1 - The Flight to Nowhere
The airplane tires hit the freezing tarmac with a heavy thud.
I pulled Leo closer to my chest and inhaled the sweet scent of his baby shampoo.
His small chest rose and fell in a steady, peaceful rhythm.
We had finally made it to Toronto.
The absolute nightmare at the lake house was supposed to be completely over.
I reached into my oversized tote bag and powered on my cell phone.
The screen instantly lit up with a barrage of terrifying notifications.
There were thirty-two missed calls from Nathan.
There were fourteen voicemails from my mother-in-law, Patricia.
I ignored every single one of them and quickly opened my banking app.
I needed to check the balance of my secret emergency fund to secure a hotel room.
The screen loaded for a second before displaying a bright red error message.
Access denied.
My heart skipped a beat as I hastily typed in the credentials for our joint credit card.
The account had been entirely frozen by the primary cardholder.
A cold sweat broke out across my forehead as a text message popped up from an unknown number.
It was a screenshot of an official police alert.
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Nathan had not just canceled my credit cards out of spite.
He had reported me to border authorities for international parental kidnapping.
