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2000s: A woman pulled over by the police on the highway with her kids….finds later they have no trace of them in the car..
Here and Gone
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Audra has finally left her abusive husband. She’s taken the family car and her young children, Sean and Louise, are buckled up in the back. This is their chance for a fresh start.
Audra keeps to the country roads to avoid attention and finds herself on an empty road in Arizona, far from home. She’s looking for a safe place to stay for the night when she spots something in her rear-view mirror. A police car is following her and the lights are flickering. Blue and red.
As Audra pulls over she is intensely aware of how isolated they are. Her perfect escape is about to turn into a nightmare beyond her imagining…
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Arizona
Imagine driving along a random and remote country road in Arizona, a woman alone in her car with two small children in her care. Stopped by the police on a charge of the car being overloaded, the woman is nervous as she is fleeing her abusive ex husband. Tension and fear drive along with her, the nighttime shadows reminding you of the bogeyman when you were a child yourself. Driving long distance to rescue your children and save yourself. From New York all the way to California it’s in Arizona where the problems start and the nightmare begins
The locations are deliberately vague and for good reason but the hospital where they go is in Scottsdale and the sheriff involved is based in Elder county (fictional but also Arizona) The locations and the road trip is described very clearly and with a sense of freedom in every sense of the word, but this is no road trip that is going to end well…
Booktrail Boarding Pass: Here and Gone
Author/Guide Haylen Beck Destination: Arizona Departure Time: 2000s
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