Summary

All the adults at Tisdale talked to Hanna like she was stupid. She was surrounded by weird kids all the time. Mommy looked happy when she picked her up, so she told her that she would cast a spell to kill the other kids if she was sent back. Mommy ignored her, and drove her to the house of a strange, skinny woman named Beatrix. She was left alone in a room full of toys.

Suzette found Dr. Beatrix Yamamoto’s office cozy. Beatrix was calm and friendly as she explained Hanna’s silence and new invisible friend Marie-Anne. Beatrix left to talk to Hanna on her own, and Alex arrived and joined Suzette. Though the psychiatrist had been kind, Suzette felt as if she was on trial as a wife and mother. When Beatrix returned, she explained that she believed Marie-Anne was...