In the final scene at an abandoned lakeside house in Germany, Saskia, who has never fully recovered from her injuries, has reduced her bodyweight in an attempt to match Jennifer Proctor for mass. She believes that, if the match in mass is correct, she will be able to use the stolen time bracelet to return to 2023, and home, realising Cory’s dream and her own. In 2003, she has found only alienation. Jem appears and pleads with Saskia to stay. Saskia shakes her head. She has forgiven Jem for the attempt to romance her millions, but she wishes to leave. She uses the time bracelet and vanishes. On the table near the door Jem finds the list of upcoming sporting fixtures and their outcomes written by David Proctor. It is Saskia’s unbeatable gambling system. Jem smiles, but ruefully.
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Copyright © 2012 by Ian Hocking
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