Prelude
Carly looked out the huge window and watched the white lines on the highway go by. She was thinking of all the reasons this was right for her to do. She needed to be away from Sonny for a while so she didn't get sucked back into his life and in turn back in to that place.
She never wanted to be stuck in that hospital again. Yes, she had to agree the time there did help her, but she hated being cooped up and not able to go where she wanted. Trying to keep Carly was like trying to cage a wild jaguar, but that was all behind her and now, and with each passing white line she was leaving that life further and further behind.
She was freeing herself from Sonny and all the drama that went along with him. She regretted leaving her children, but she would be back soon. She needed to build a life without Sonny so she could be a good mom to her boys. She didn't want to confuse them even more than she already had. She also regretted leaving Jason when he was so sick, but he didn't even remember her so he would not miss her, at least not the way she missed him.
Jason had always been her place of solitude and when she needed him the most. This time when she was spiraling down, falling deep into the abyss he wasn't there to catch her. He had always promised to catch her and even though she knew it wasn't his fault. It still hurt that he could not remember her of all people, but remembered Sam.
The white lines were passing more slowly now. The bus was about to stop again. She would get off and see if there was a bank near by or an ATM machine. She was withdrawing money at every other stop to try and have enough cash on her so she did not have use her credit cards. She was trying not to leave too much of a trail that Spinelli could follow. She made her way off the bus, luckily for her the nearest bank was the one she used. She went in and made a sizeable withdrawal and then placed the cash in her carry on bag. It was pretty much empty at the start of the trip, but was now becoming pretty full. She had found her had bank branches at three stops and made withdrawals at each stop. She had also made ATM withdrawals at the two other stops. A couple of hundred. She was trying to be sure to stay under the ten thousand dollar limit for the day so the bank did not make record of her withdrawals. She would catch the bus in the next couple of days going in another direction. Make withdrawals along the way and then get off some where in between and take a taxi back to where ever the last stop was for the bus she was on now would be. She had to run to catch the bus before it left, but she made it took her seat and continue too look out the window watching each white line take her further and further away from the life she had before.