"I'm going to find him," she announced. "Who?" The cat wheeled round and round. Connor's cheeks were flushed pink. "I'll only tell you this: In 1978, I'm going on a long trip." She hung up.
Outside her window, cries resounded: The New Year had arrived. In the midnight sky above Central Park, stars flickered and shifted, promising good fortune, strange encounters, and a wish fulfilled. ("Just don't overindulge," she could almost hear Larry scold.) As the heavens' minute-hand passed midnight, Connor Blakey was on the cusp of an extraordinary adventure, one that would be set in motion not by the stars but by a simple act of will. And a gold credit card.
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