Maria Rose

Fourth & Lexington Maria Rose

What if you had the opportunity to talk to your younger self? What would you say? Would you reveal who you are? 78 year old Mora was riding the subway to get home as she did every day; passing each building with flashbacks of regret. She walked out of the subway and walked up to a machine that took paper money. Wondering if she was losing it Mora asked someone the date. It was sixty years earlier, August 12th, 2012. She went back to the very day she ended her pregnancy. Mora immediately searched to see if she existed dually. After retracing her steps her heart dropped as she stared at herself sitting down reading a magazine. Mora told her younger self gripping stories and advice. Eleven hours later they went their separate ways. Her younger self decided to keep the baby. Does she go on to listen to the older woman's advice? Would her life turn out the way she thought it would having not made that one mistake? Read "Fourth and Lexington" and find out if regret and fate are one in the same.