Jack loved it. Utterly loved it, watching Reinette with her fascination and awe. It was like seeing the world for the first time. Fresh and renewed and with brand new eyes. And it was all beautiful again.

For that moment, as he watched her, he could think it was beautiful too.

"Pretty neat, huh?" he said to her before fastening his seat belt and gesturing for her to do the same.

"Hold on tight."

And on that, he put his foot to the pedal, and none too slowly, he careered in the car away from the drive and away from the cottage, fast along country roads and off towards somewhere else.

A journey.