While the drama unfolds in 1990s Willowbrook, Mona Williams has married Irving Greymont - who faked his death - and become the well-known author M. Birdie Greymont. Living in relative isolation in the Pacific Northwest, events unfold that make her realize it is her time to return to Willowbrook and make a difference. This novelette sets up the events that will lead to her return to the town she never thought she'd see again and the distant relations she left behind.