Fifteen Years in a Night

In a fit of anger, I bought a train ticket and rushed back to my hometown overnight.

But I never expected the train to enter some kind of time tunnel.

I only slept for 8 hours on the train,

yet fifteen whole years had passed in the outside world.

"Your parents died ten years ago. Is there anyone else we can contact?" the police officer asked.

Dead?

Just the day before, I had talked to them on the phone. Mom even said she was going to make my favorite pizza. How could they be dead?

I held back my tears and gave them my husband's number.