Klaro kay Nora ang gusto niyang mangyari sa buhay niya. Magtatapos siya ng Nursing, papasa sa licensure exam at maghahanap siya ng trabaho sa ibang bansa. Magpapakalayo-layo siya.
Hinding-hindi siya magiging katulad ng kanyang ina.
Masaya niyang nalaman na magtatapos siya with honors nang masangkot siya sa isang aksidente. Nang magkamalay siya ay nasa ospital na siya. The doctors asked her a few questions and everyone seemed to be concerned with her answers.
“Can you tell me what year it is?” they asked.
“2007,” she replied
Lily and Henri gasped, exchanging worried glances. Nora looked at them, confused. “Bakit?”
“It’s 2024, Nora,” they told her.
And she was a wife and a mother—the very life she had sworn she would never live.