"I didn't freak out, though. I kept my cool and figured that when I fell asleep again I'd wake up and everything would be right again. But it wasn't. The next day I was still here. And that's when I freaked out. I tried to explain to my parents that I was from the future. Try as I might, they wouldn't believe me.

"My parents were never quite the nurturing types. Mom came from a wealthy family, and it was pretty evident that my dad only married her for the money. He took very ...