February 2029 - Pine Hollow, North Carolina Sutton family - Sinjin is 49, Audrey is 39, Beatrice is 7
Audrey
is finding herself hungry these days. Starving almost. She wakes up
during the night and gets a snack, but she’s still hungry for breakfast
when she wakes up again later.
February 2029 - Arcadia, North Carolina Gates Household: Nathan Gates is 39, Terri is 39, and Phoebe is 17
Phoebe
can hear it starting already as she gets breakfast. She sits down at
the table in the kitchen because she doesn’t need to be in the dining
room with her parents.
Lucas Craig is finishing out his last year of college at PSU, but he lives with his family off-campus in the house he and Andrea have just bought. He and Andrea got married in a small ceremony right after their baby was born. Lucas isn’t yet working full-time, but Andrea still does acting jobs and brings in the money they need to raise their son Elliott.
January 2029 - Paradise City, Nevada Tang/Lloyd - Suzie Tang is 64, Sunny Lloyd is 64
Suzie Tang is working on her next novel, which is set in a quiet small town sitting out in the desert away from other cities. In the book there is a strange mystery to be solved in between the romance, and so Suzie decides to visit the small town of Paradise City, which sits alone in the Nevada desert.
