Carl and his wife and son family made it across the border, where they found friendly smiles, clean streets, and beautiful blue skies.

Carl and his wife and son family made it across the border, where they found friendly smiles, clean streets, and beautiful blue skies. As soon as they stopped worrying for their lives, they realized living without constant supervision was not only possible, it was liberating! Patrick graduated from the local college and became a successful architect, building gorgeous and comfortable houses. (He could never bring himself to design an apartment building.) Eventually, the family saved up enough to open a small café, which Anna managed. Carl's experience in cataloguing data and observing others came in handy, too, as he is now the best librarian in the country. His work cannot keep him from seeing his daughter's smile, though, and he often goes to a secluded spot in the library where he can be alone with his broken heart and cry tears he wants no one to see...