Matt continued waiting in the exam room. The 55-year-old knew he had to take better care of his health... overweight, a smoker --although he was trying to quit -- and nearly bald too, putting him at risk for skin cancer... luckily he only had a few years left on the force before retirement.
"Sir," came a mature-sounding voice behind him, "I think you will be OK to leave...my staff will call your insurance company to get that anomaly figured out."
Matt turned to find a nurse, 50-year-old Laurie, with her tired face and dull blonde hair with greys weaving through it.
"Thank you...miss?"
"Call me Laurie," she said, extending a hand. Matt took it and shook it. They began casually chatting...
...and within 5 minutes, 58-year-old Matt and 54-year-old Laurie were talking as if they knew each other for years.
***
23-year-old Joanne was freaking out! It was her first day at the clinic and she was panicking because nothing looked familiar! She was even having problems remembering her bosses name!
"Man, I wanted to be a doctor but I am NOT ready!" she thought to herself. She found a changing room to hide in to get her bearings.
She looked in the mirror and noticed that her clothes looked way out of style for her, as well as sort of big. Then she noticed a set of scrubs on the floor that someone had discarded.
"Well, I guess I'll like, change into these," the 21-year-old thought, "until I figure out if I have the nerve to go back out there!"
***
Soon Dana arrived at the beach where she found the ring. She parked her car and headed out of the lot and toward the sand.
"OK," she thought, "let's find out if this thing really does know what happened to my mom" ...