He had just taken a few steps when his cell phone rang, it was from Hustleburg.

His dad had remarried and wanted him to come back for a New Year's Eve dinner.

He'd only contacted the man two days ago, and he'd wanted to stay in Havenbrook for the rest of his life, but after Molly disappeared, it suddenly seemed pointless to stay here.

He quickly went through the process of leaving his job, and the night before he went back to Hustleburg, he wrote a letter very carefully and left it under the rug outside his door.

Molly would see it if she came back here, I suppose, if...