


You see, the apparition had appeared again singing its mournful song. When Cassie and Shawn did not return, Haley was suspicious and frightened. Could this be a doppelganger? Although forbidden by her mother, Cassie wanted to date Shawn, and they agreed to meet at midnight in the woods. It looked exactly like Haley, and was singing while jumping rope-a red and white striped rope with red handles. When her 15-year old sister Cassie led the older kids to try to contact Alex through a séance, an apparition suddenly appeared. But, how could he have slashed his wrists in the bathtub and then slit his own throat? And why did the police not recognize that a rope around his hands had been removed? Young, sensitive Haley had seen the rope and “the other”, but kept it to herself.

After ten years of marriage and six children, Amanda was shocked and surprised when Alex apparently committed suicide.
