When there's been an accident and Cappie gets hurt, what will happen?
Casey and Cappie haven't seen each other in fourteen years. Will a long drive to see Cappie be what is needed to bring the truth out to their daughter.
"Catherine, wake up," she heard her mother say. She looked at the clock.
"Mom, it's 5:00a.m."
"Get up and pack enough clothes for a week."
"Why? Where are we going?"
"I'll tell you once we leave."
Her mom left the room and Catherine got out of bed. She dragged herself over to her closet and started grabbing clothes out of it. She got dressed and found her suitcase under her bed.
She threw practically the entire contents of her closet into the suitcase along with some undergarments. She grabbed three pairs of shoes and threw those in there as well.
She then dragged herself and her bag downstairs to the kitchen.
Her mom was pouring some coffee into two travel mugs.
"You ready to go?"
"All set. Where exactly are we going?"
"I'll tell you once we're on the road. Okay?"
"Okay," she said and dragged her suitcase to the car. Once she had managed to get it into the trunk she went back inside and grabbed a piece of toast.
"C'mon, let's go," her mother said.
They got in the car and pulled out of the drive way.
"So, are you going to tell me where we're going or am I going to have to figure it out for myself?"
Her mother seemed to debate for a while about whether or not to tell her. She could see the indecision in her mother's eyes.
Finally after half an hour Casey said, "We're going to see your father."
"You told me that my father died before I was born."
"That's obviously a lie, isn't it?"
"Why'd you tell me he died?"
"So you wouldn't go running off looking for him. In the case that you did that I wouldn't want you to be disappointed which you probably would be."
"I guess I can see why you told me he died then."
They sat there in silence for the rest of the hour. Neither one of them admitting that they actually wanted to talk about this more.