When Marie Hemingway awoke on January 24th, 2014, she did not think her life would change so radically. She knew that it will be an ordinary day, or at least she thought so. She knew that she would take the subway, she would arrive at the School of Biological Sciences, she would have a test at 0910hs and that she would approve, her mastery of the subject was valuable. She knew that she would have lunch by 1230hs, leave her faculty at 1330hs, that she would walk to the subway, come to her home, greet his neighbor Joe’s Airedale Terrier, then suggest him to go for a coffee in a couple of hours to talk for a while. Then, she would go to the elevator, open the door of her apartment, the 1-8-3 of the Stü tower, and find a dead body in her carpet, completely soaked in a bright crimson; well, she did not really know that last thing.

Joe Hanson was a 23 years old man who lived in southern Maine. He was training to be an interpreter in conflict zones. Every morning he woke up at 0445hs. Monthly he listened and learned a whole album in any language he wished to practice. Also, he was constantly exercising, jogging 5 kilometers in the morning and running another one in the evening. He enjoyed spending time with his pet, Roger, and he definitely loved to eat. He worked as a security manager at a hospital located 20 minutes from his apartment and used to saw Friends with Swedish audio. He was a normal guy, always tidy and punctual. His first (and last, unfortunately) "unpunctuality" at work was on January 26th, 2014, arriving 13 minutes late; only to receive a bullet three hours later, piercing his left lung and leaving Roger ownerless. The murder weapon was not found until 10 days later, and in another continent. Roger feels a change in the air’s tension, an emptiness on his chest that carried him to howl nonstop for hours. Marie caresses him blankly.

Ulrike Müller holds his sister’s baby in arms as she walks to the reception. The baby cries and he tries to calm him down. The baby continues crying and he keeps trying to keep him still. The baby falls silent with a blank stare. Ulrike looks toward the receptionist, looking for Monika. Monika is lying on the ground, breathless and with no trace of a wound. Witnesses say she just collapsed without any cause. The baby laughs. 1995 was a different year for Ulrike and her newborn nephew.

Dr. Hemingway thinks about how he should tell Mrs. Francis that his husband’s son suffers from dissociative identity disorder, seeking for the subtlest way to do it, because such a revelation in holiday season can ruin the celebrations. 23 days later, his wife is boarding a train that then has an accident. An accident without survivors.

Lena Newman, a waitress in a small café located in Bonn reads a headline while waiting for the coffee machine to start. "Dr. John Hemingway was found guilty of the US minister Phillip Johnson’s assassination. At the trial, the judge sentenced the defendant to spend 25 years behind bars." The newspaper also states the current date at the top: June 6th, 2010.

Maurice Kramer is happy to see his new wife playing with his 3-years-old little Timmy. "Finding love again is wonderful.", he thinks as he smiles. Josh Fisherman cheats on Marie with her 'best friend' Anne.