Complete story — includes the ending
Shelly, scheduled for induced labor because she is overdue, meets a young girl named Miranda ( Kaley Cuoco ) at the laundromat; each time Shelly goes back there that day, the girl is years older. She comes to believe that Miranda ("Randi") is somehow her daughter. Shelly then gives birth to a girl and names her Miranda. When Ruth-Anne and Walt (Moultrie Patten) are stranded on the tundra overnight after her truck breaks down, Walt reveals his feelings for her.
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