She wakes to children calling "Mom" and is confused until they plead not to be sent away, offering to drop out and work to keep the younger kids. The woman realizes she has time-traveled into the famine drama she once starred in and recognizes the family names Justin, Zack, Yara, and Henry. A narration outlines her destined role as Lena Yale, a vicious stepmother who abused four kids during a three-year famine, drove them out, and was later guillotined. Shocked, she faces a turning point just as someone shouts, "Don't hit them!", leaving her choice and the children’s fate unresolved.