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homesite. But on their hour-long ride the sky did not darken as much as did Abby's heart. Without Hunwet, her return to the mountains would be much more difficult.
She would find a way nevertheless. She had to.

A week passed, and then another. Abby visited town several more times, but still no one knew where Hunwet could be found. She would have to go without him.
She tried hard not to listen to the small voice in her mind that warned that simply returning to the spot where she had found the magic before might not help. One incontrovertible fact remained: Lucy's journal said that she stayed in this time until the garden in the new house was growing. And then it ended.
Maybe she would never get back to Mike. She could not be certain that even using both the fossil rock and the prehistoric Indian site would allow her to make another trip through time.
She talked to Arlen often about the landmarks they had passed on the last part of the voyage to Los Angeles. She remembered well the San Gabriel Mission and the town of El Monte. But she was not certain she could trace back the entire route to the mountains on her own.
She would try, though. Only another few days, and she would be off.
One evening Lucy approached Abby as she salted beef for her journey. "You're planning on going, aren't you, even if there is no Hunwet to guide you?" Her voice sounded small and sad.

 
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