After school, one day, Maria walked into the house and heard her mom on the phone talking to someone about a meat delivery. "Yeah, it will be there in a few days, Mae. Do you think you have enough on the island until the shipment arrives?" her mom wrote something down while looking at some files "No Mae I haven't been keeping in touch with the others since Yaz and I have a daughter to care for. It's just been hard since everything happened." Maria watched her mom's shoulders sag as she said the last sentence. She seemed more tired than she was just a few seconds ago. "I have to go, Mae, I'll try and call you later." Her mom sighed as she hung up. Her hand now moved to her side as if she were struck by something. "Mom, are you okay?" Maria asked. Her mom jolted a little hearing her daughter's voice "Yeah I'm fine, Maria, just a bit stressed. That's all."

As her mom got out of her chair, she stretched her back, causing the shirt she was wearing to ride up a little, exposing a puncture mark on her side. Maria saw the mark and wondered what caused it. "What happened to your side?" She asked curiously. She saw her mom's eyes dim with hurt as she looked at the mark, "They were from an accident that happened years before you were born." Unsatisfied with the answer, Maria asked."But what caused the mark?" Her mom replied in a stern tone."I don't want to talk about it, Maria. So please let's drop the subject." Maria shook her head."You kept the secret that you survived Isla Nublar from me. So why can't you tell me what really caused the scar?" Her mom stared daggers at her." Fine, you want the truth. It's because it still hurts to remember what happened. And don't you ever ask about what happened again. Am I clear?" Maria flinched away slightly before replying,"Yes, mom," before going to her room.