Forgive me, first time poster here, longtime lurker. It just occurred to me that 402 months is roughly 33 years. Instead of thinking about it as something that takes 33 years to happen, or a possible prison sentence, has anyone suggested that this could represent something else? Like how long ago a significant event in her life occurred? This could be anything, including perhaps, a run away date.
She died in 2010, correct? 402 months in the past (depending on the date she wrote this) would have been 1976 or 1977.