March 2029 - Brindleton Bay, Connecticut
Norman household: Jessica is 43, Richard is 38, Tyler is 9, Grace is 9
“I have an idea,” Tyler Norman says one morning at breakfast. “Or really, Grace has an idea.”
Grace shoots her brother a scowl across the table. “No, you promised to say it.”
“Say what?” Jessica asks her kids before they can start an argument first thing in the morning.
“That we should get a dog,” Grace says.