Bitsy and Walter live in Los Alamos, New Mexico also known as The Hill. They meet Davey and her family at the airport and start the two hour long drive to their house. Davey is amazed by how clear and blue the sky is, as she and Jason ride in the back seat of her uncle's Blazer. Davey happens to look back and notice a rifle in the trunk where their luggage is packed, and her breathing immediately begins to falter. "'Is there a lot of crime here?' I feel myself breathing harder, faster." Davey tries to relax her mind and drops the subject because Walter's attention leaves the road when he is talking to her. As they get closer to Walter and Bitsy's house, the roads get extremely curved and the altitude.....
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