Michael freezes.
Grace doesn’t panic. She simply smiles. “You’re very brave, Leo.”
But someone is watching from upstairs. And that presence is not pleased.
A week later, everything changes.
The doorbell rings. Michael returns with a woman who looks exactly like Hannah.
Same hair. Same eyes. Same voice.
Leo screams.
“Hi, sweetheart,” the woman says softly. “Aunt Rachel is here.”
She kisses Leo’s forehead. He shakes uncontrollably.
Michael introduces them. “Grace, this is Rachel—Hannah’s twin sister.”
Rachel’s smile is cold. “I trust you’re taking good care of our family.”
The word our lands wrong.
After Rachel’s arrival, Leo regresses completely. He stops eating, stops responding. Grace senses fear—not sadness.
One day, she overhears Rachel whispering to Leo, telling him his crying distracted Hannah during the crash. That if he talks, bad things will happen.
Grace’s blood runs cold.
Soon, Rachel starts poisoning Michael’s trust. Subtle lies. Twisted stories. Fake notes. Michael becomes confused, overwhelmed.
Grace is restricted from being alone with Leo.
The boy deteriorates.