" You know how I knew my mother was going to die? " " How? " he questions " It was only a matter of time until she did. " " And how exactly did you know that. " " I could hear the ticking of her deathwatch. " I explain " What's that? " " It's like a countdown to the day you die. " He just stares at me with perplexed, baffled gaze. " We all have one, we just don't know when it will start ticking. "