In the aftermath of Winnie’s eventful life, she soon found herself wrapping up high school, seven years later, and beginning her preparations for college. She had guiltily decided on her 17th birthday that she wanted to pursue an educational life. As much as she would have liked to become immortal at 17 and then marry Jesse, she knew that she wouldn’t have much of a future as a member of a family of wanderers and travelers. She loved the Tucks very dearly, but what would become of her whole life if she chose to drink from the spring? Winnie remembered Angus Tuck’s words, “ But dying’s a part of the wheel, right there next to being born. You can’t pick out the prices you like and leave the rest. Being part of the whole thing, that’s the blessing…,”and
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10 years of schooling went by, and Winnie found herself working as a medical expert trying to find and develop new treatments for the sicknesses and diseases the world faced. By doing all these things, Winnie hoped to find a way to keep people healthy and alive without getting them to drink from the magical spring. One cold winter morning, she received a call requesting that she examine someone who had just taken ill. When she arrived at the house, she was led through by a maid, and then she entered the patient’s room. Winnie immediately got to work checking the throat, ears and heartbeat of the person. The subject was a young man of about thirty who had curly brown hair and green eyes which resembled Jesse so much that it startled Winnie at first. The man weakly said that his name was Paul Jackson. Then, Winnie prescribed some medicine to Mr. Jackson to cure him of his cold, and she said that he should be fine in a couple of days. Paul and Winnie continue to meet each other every now and then. At first it was strictly business, but it later became more personal, and after many months Paul finally proposed to Winnie. She accepted, and they got married having three girls together which they named Jessica, May, and Millie. Everything was coming together for Winnie until one fateful day. Jessica, Winnie’s
10 years of schooling went by, and Winnie found herself working as a medical expert trying to find and develop new treatments for the sicknesses and diseases the world faced. By doing all these things, Winnie hoped to find a way to keep people healthy and alive without getting them to drink from the magical spring. One cold winter morning, she received a call requesting that she examine someone who had just taken ill. When she arrived at the house, she was led through by a maid, and then she entered the patient’s room. Winnie immediately got to work checking the throat, ears and heartbeat of the person. The subject was a young man of about thirty who had curly brown hair and green eyes which resembled Jesse so much that it startled Winnie at first. The man weakly said that his name was Paul Jackson. Then, Winnie prescribed some medicine to Mr. Jackson to cure him of his cold, and she said that he should be fine in a couple of days. Paul and Winnie continue to meet each other every now and then. At first it was strictly business, but it later became more personal, and after many months Paul finally proposed to Winnie. She accepted, and they got married having three girls together which they named Jessica, May, and Millie. Everything was coming together for Winnie until one fateful day. Jessica, Winnie’s