Here One Moment
by Liane Moriarty
Contents
Chapter 66
Overview
Paula, desperate for reassurance about Timmy's drowning prediction, calls a wedding acquaintance who consults a clairvoyant. She learns that predictions can supposedly change with altered circumstances and hopes that Timmy's new swimming ability might invalidate the prediction. Despite her skepticism toward psychic language, Paula resolves to track down the death lady herself for confirmation.
Summary
Paula calls the cousin of a groom from her sister's wedding — the same woman who had forwarded the car accident video and who regularly consults a clairvoyant. Paula asks whether psychics ever change their predictions if circumstances change, specifically because her baby boy Timmy has now learned to swim, which directly addresses the lady's prediction that he would die by drowning.
The cousin tells Paula that predictions can change if circumstances shift or if a person makes a different choice. She explains that her own clairvoyant shows her different scenarios and that outcomes depend on what she manifests. She also mentions that a person might simply have a "different energy" on a given day, which could alter a prediction.
Paula finds the "woo-woo" language ridiculous but is desperate enough to seek reassurance. Despite her skepticism, she realizes she needs to hear directly from the death lady herself that the prediction has changed. The chapter ends with Paula resolving to find the woman who made the prediction on the plane.
Who Appears
- PaulaTimmy's mother, skeptical of psychics but desperate to hear the drowning prediction has changed.
- TimmyPaula's baby boy who has learned to swim; predicted to die by drowning.
- The cousinA wedding acquaintance who regularly consults a clairvoyant and advises Paula that predictions can change.