This text recounts Marlene's transformative experience, a middle-aged woman with a jaded view of relationships and a military background. A psychic reading reveals a powerful past-life connection with a younger man who unexpectedly enters her life, leading to significant physical and emotional changes. Marlene subsequently experiences vivid dreams depicting violent deaths, interpreted by the psychic as the culmination of past-life karma. The narrative concludes with reflections on PTSD, the nature of dreams, and the possibility of pre-ordained life events, prompting discussion among various commentators offering diverse spiritual and psychological perspectives.