Chapter 23

Winona knew her parents must have seen the news and gotten worried, hence their questions about her plans to settle down. She didn't want them to fret over this, so she decided to tell them how she felt about love and marriage. "Mom, Dad, you know my last relationship didn't end well. It took me nearly two months to move on from it. During that time, I thought about what I really wanted. Did I want a happy family or a successful career? I was confused for a long time. "Then came the day I made the first component for the rover model. My professor told me that the small, seemingly insignificant component in my hands—made with blood, sweat, and tears—would one day carry my hopes and dreams, along with those of the staff at the research facility and billions of human beings, into the mysterious, unexplored outer space. "It would capture views we can't see with our naked eye and collect all the information out there in the great, unknown universe. It'll be a big step for mankind. And on