Date: 12-18-2026

Sarah's p.o.v

Blessings, not curses, escape Pandora's box. My precious nine-pound baby girl was worth the pain and sacrifice sixteen ongoing seventeen years ago. I remember she was born on Sunday, December 20,

2009. Kitty Riley Hope Reese has now grown into a beautiful teenage girl. "My head hurts!" my blue-eyed angel complains to me in the present time. I am busy with cooking dinner. She is hunched over the

kitchen counter table. Chocolate locks cover her red puffy eyes. "You should take Advil" I suggest stroking her long brown hair. "I need a nap" she assumes looking up at me. I am immediately lost in the

ocean, those kind big blue eyes of hers. Like John, She reminds me of her father greatly. "I can carry you to your room" Kitty's father, Kyle Reese offers. Willingly, Kitty allows herself to be carried away

by Kyle. They pass by Derek on their way out of the kitchen. Derek turns around for he thought he saw two ghosts, twins. "What is kit's problem?" Derek wonders getting a beer out of the refrigerator.

"Derek, Kit has a migraine" I explain. "I hope my niece feels better. We need her help to fight Skynet" he stresses. Kyle's screams sends us running upstairs. My heart falls to the floor at the sight of seeing my

daughter convulsing. This situation has happened before in the past. Kitty has both dyslexia and epilepsy. Having her at 44 or how she came out the womb (lopsided) are possible causes. Thankfully, medication

and tender loving care are able to stop Kitty's seizure. I look outside the window and catch the shadow of a sixteen year old boy leaving the backyard. I recognize him to be Kitty's boyfriend, Jasper Collins.

Jazz comes from a family of murders, starting with Charles Fisher. His uncle, Charles Fisher tortured and murdered several resistance fighters including Derek. Jazz's parents, Leslie (Charles' sister) and

Leonard Collins tried to kill Kyle and me once. Derek protected us from them. Sadly, Leslie and Leonard died when Jazz was nine. Leonard committed suicide. Leo's loss was so unbearable that Leslie had a

heart attack and died exactly on the same day as her husband. Charles raised Jazz until the judge (John) gave James Ellison full custody of the little boy. The "court of law" considered Charles to be an unfit

parent because he lacked wisdom. James Ellison led Jasper back into the right direction.