Kathy shrugged, her own smile a little crooked now. "Not sure," she said. "They moved out years ago. But the old woman who lived a couple of floors above us? She remembered them. Even had my mom's kimchi recipe."

She tucked her hair behind her ear, dropping her eyes so he wouldn't see how they glistened. "She wouldn't tell me much about them, saw right through the bullshit I was spinning. But...I think they are. I'm pretty sure that that version of me is just finishing up her junior year of college. That Sarah is getting ready to graduate. And that's...that's kinda all I needed, you know? The promise of a world where things turned out okay."