The Petersons mansion felt different in the days after Aryyah left, as though her absence had created a vacuum that sucked the life out of the already cold hallways; Jackson had become a ghost, wandering through the house at odd hours, his phone always in his hand, his face drawn and hollow. Alex noticed the change immediately when he came by to check on some business documents, and though part of him wanted to feel vindicated, wanted to see Jackson suffer the way he had suffered since learning ...