Julia bit down on her lower lip. "I was wondering if Emily is not that old of a ghost. You know? Maybe she only recently died, or a few years ago. Who knows. She seems to really hate our parents and us, and likes to call us "children", "little sister, big sister, big brother" and so on.

"I'm just a kid and maybe I read too many fantasy books, horror ones at that, but what if she is OUR sister. Half sister, at least." She blushed, ducking her head in her book. She hoped they did not think her idea was too crazy. "I mean... one of our moms and one of our dads could be her parents?"

Sarah's face went pale. "Okay, are you saying they had an affair and killed Emily to cover it? But she is at least six, how did they hide her for six years?"

"She really seems to target our house more," Nathan put in, "so maybe she kept in a secret room."

"It sounds like a movie plot, not real life, but she's here, so she had to come from somewhere, right? And she has to have a reason for hating our parents so much and resenting us as well." Julia walked over to the clubhouse window and looked over toward their home. She shivered when she saw Emily looking out one of the windows, giving them almost what looked like a forlorn expression, for a split second, her child side peeking through.