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stayed way too long in town. We're already so late for dinner with Grams. We gotta move it. The diaper bag is by the door.”
    They stepped into the fading sunshine together. Danae hopped into the sedan's front seat and watched David wrangle Alba into the car seat through the mirror. Their blond heads rubbed together, and Alba squealed in delight. He finished buckling her in, dropped a kiss on her forehead, and then settled in the front passenger seat next to Danae.
    “Which way should we go, David? I know we're in a rush.”
    “Not that big a rush. You know my mom, she'd scold us for not taking the scenic route. I love watching the sun set into the sea.”
    She said, “And since you're always driving, you never get to just stare at it, like I do.”
    “I shall enjoy every moment!”
    Danae looked at him, and smiled. “I love you, honey. I still wake up and can't believe how lucky I am.”
    “I love you, too.”
    “WUV YOU! WUV GWAMS!” Alba's tiny voice piped in from behind them. David and Danae laughed.
    “I believe those are our marching orders. To grandmother's house we go!”
    Danae pulled onto the road, taking in the lovely view for a moment, before threading the car through the curves.
    “Oh, it's just lovely out there, Danae. Let's grab the overlook.”
    “Sure thing, boss.”
    As the overlook came up, the sky suddenly darkened, and Danae slowed the car down to a crawl.
    “David, this isn't natural, is it.”
    “No, something is wrong. Maybe we should...oh, is that Lori's car on the side? What the hell is she doing out here?”
    Danae looked ahead, and saw Lori's car on the shoulder, snug against the cliff.
    “I think it is. Let me pull over next to her. I hope she's okay and this isn't more of her random crap.”
    As Danae pulled alongside the car, David started to roll the window down. A massive black and violet beam of light erupted from Lori's car and smashed into the David's side of the car. The car skidded sideways, the force tearing through the metal. It smashed the car into the rock wall opposite the overlook and Danae's world went black.
    Danae started to rouse and looked around her, confused by what had happened. She couldn't see anything, she just heard a woman's voice screaming, “No, no, you were supposed to drive. Not her, you. She knew, she knew, she did this.”
    She shifted in her seat and the pain made Danae black out again.
    She opened her eyes again to a scene lit by red and blue lights. She could hear whirring blades against metal as she was being cut out of the car. She reached back trying to reach Alba and started screaming. She couldn't see Alba or David. She finally managed to turn and saw David. His head tilted at an unnatural angle and his face was covered in blood. Time stood still and Danae knew. He was gone. She reached her hand out and rested it on his cheek. It was ice cold. She couldn't move any other part of her body. There was just her hand resting on his face and growing pain spiraling through her body.
    From a thousand miles away, a worried voice drifted down to her. “Can you hear me? Danae! It's Jon, keep listening to me. Talk to me.”
    “David is gone. He's gone. Alba.” She tried to twist, to see, to hear, where was Alba? She didn't hear any crying, she couldn't see.
    “Danae, was she in the car?”
    “Jon, where's Alba? Car seat. Alba was in her car seat.” A harsh pain ripped through her body. Danae couldn't tell if it was physical or if this was what a heart breaking in half felt like. David was gone. She panicked. If Jon was asking about Alba, who he should see, because he was standing right there, next to her. Why couldn't he see Alba?
    “Danae, just listen to me. Danae, listen to my voice.”
    “Where is my baby? Where is my Alba?” He didn't answer. She knew and finally broke. She started screaming as the pain washed over her and through her. Her beautiful family was gone, everything she'd ever wanted and loved was gone. She turned away from