Chapter 6 Summary

In chapter six, Trixie is running away. She catches a ride with some cows and runs away when they arrive at their destination - a slaughterhouse. Daniel rushes back downstairs and tells Mike that Trixie is gone. Mike's first thought is to wonder why Trixie would run if she were innocent. His next is to remember what it's like to discover a child is missing. Mike tells Daniel to "sit tight," and promises to find Trixie.

Trixie winds up in Santa's Village in Jefferson, New Hampshire. She has hair dye in her backpack and she dyes her hair in the restroom. Daniel goes to the store where Zephyr works but she claims not to have seen Trixie. Laura arrives home and checks Trixie's room, hoping there'd been some mistake. Laura says there is "so much to be fixed," but doesn't say what those...