Part Two, Past Imperfect, Chapter Three, The Minister's Cat, Chapter Four, A Blast from the Past, Chapter Five, Two Hundred Years from Yesterday Summary

Boston, Massachusetts, June 1969

The phone startles Brianna Randall out of her sleep, and she is both excited and nervous to hear Roger Wakefield's voice on the other end. They are speaking through a time difference; he is in Scotland and she in Boston. They have a slightly awkward conversation that ends with Brianna accepting a visit from Roger in a month. Roger spends part of his time in Boston working as a musician, and he takes Brianna to a Celtic music festival. On the drive they speak briefly on the subject of Brianna's parents, the source of the awkwardness...