Episode Five

Ikebukuro Let me start by saying that Bob and I did not intend to lose our granddaughter in the middle of Tokyo during a national emergency, even though she was behaving like an enfant terrible. We were just trying to get some rest. How could we have known what...

Episode Six

Evolution “We have to tell her parents,” Bob whispers. I blink and turn from the view of soaring evergreen trees and wide-open road, breathtakingly free of crushing crowds and frenetic traffic; just the odd white Tesla whooshing past or a semi-trailer slowing us down...

Episode Seven

Trajectories Wednesday, 3 a.m. Tomorrow, really this afternoon, would be the day. The day Lucy would carry out her plan involving the Lee-Enfield rifle and revenge. But tonight, her beat-up black Honda Civic is rolling slowly along the deserted street beside the...