Ocean Calling (unofficial sequel to The Lake House)

by caneeljoy

Note: this is not a Max Ride fanfic, but there was no WTWB in the archive. Warning: this story will make NO sense unless you read When The Wind Blows and The Lake House by James Patterson beforehand. Max is raising her two children Janie (Frances Jane) and Ozzy (Ozymandias) after their father Ozymandias was shot by Dr. Ethan Kane. But Ozymandias may not be gone, as they thought...

1. Prologue

She felt immense pain when he died.

She didn't quite know how she felt it, but she did: a physical SNAP inside herself, like her heart was cracking in two. Her programming told her that was ridiculous, that there was no heart to break, but that was how it felt.

Then her secondary programming kicked in. All the previous programs dominating her systems were washed away, like waves on a shore.

Her eyes opened.

So this was his backup plan, the thing he had always alluded to but never said.

She knew what had to be done.