Lilly had watched Norah turn so far inward she may as well have built a moat around her apartment and installed cannons to fend off dinner reservations. She had good reasons. Just over three years ago, Norah’s parents died in a tragic car accident. It was a shock to Norah’s system that two innocent people, headed to a routine doctor’s appointment, could suddenly cease to exist. Her psyche could no longer deal with risk, so she organized and planned the very life out of her existence.