Linnet was in her living room slumped over on the couch exhausted she was holding the book her daughter brought the book that started her daughters nightmares and made her yell in the middle of the night saying something is going to take her Linnet remembered the book it was the same book her little sister Bonnie had before going missing along with Bonnie's friends Linnet thought nothing of it thinking Bonnie ran away from home since they're parents didn't want to let her go because they hated her and her sister growing older and her friends following after because they were kind of like they're own family. She may not have understood Bonnie that well but she loved her sister and named her daughter after her she missed her so much she took Bonnie's old baby toys and painted her son's room to be the exact replica of Bonnie's old nursery and when Bonibell was born she had to name her after Bonnie but when her hair started coming out as brown she went on a rampage yelling about how could she have a different color than Bonnie eventually Linnet dyed it blonde to match Bonnie's linnet's husband got sick and tired of her trying to make their daughter live the life of a missing person so he tired talking to her trying to get her to understand her sister was gone and she's making a little girl live in the Shadow of someone who was no longer there linnet lost it and shouted at him saying saying he was trying to erase her sister and threw a base at his head and a lamp saying he was cruel to even think about erasing her sister from her life her husband wanted to divorce her and take the kids but he knew it would just break her more so he stayed talking care of the kids trying to comfort them when linnet wasn't looking it got so bad that Bonibell stopped talking because linnet would comment saying she didn't sound like Bonnie linnet's husband couldn't stand by and watch her break their daughter so he tried getting her help but at the end she would physically hurt him so he left he tried getting custody of the kids but she ended up winning and keeping them he only got to see them on Mondays it was heartbreaking seeing the kids look so broken while with their mom. Linnet had the urge to burn the book seeing the signs her baby sister Bonnie went through and was about to get to throw it into the fireplace until her 16 year old son Neal came running down panicked saying he heard Bonibell crying but when he checked on her she was gone Linnet instantly ran up stairs yelling Bonnie opening the door to her daughters room frantically searching throwing things around crying and screaming where was her baby then she went to Neal slapping him saying it was his fault she went missing he should have checked on her sooner she pushed him away running down stairs and out the house yelling "Bonnie baby where are you!" Neal didn't see his mom for the entire night when it was the afternoon linnet finally walked in dirty tired her feet bleeding from how much running she did without shoes she sank to the floor sobbing Neal slowly went closer to his mother and got on his knees hugging her from the side she just ignored him he knew he wasn't his mom's favorite but he loved her he knew she needed help but he saw what happened to his father so he silently sat there hugging her even if she didn't care about him at least she knew he was there for her later they were outside hanging posters of Bonibell. 2weeks went by thing's got worse Neal would see his mom in his sister's room dancing with a photo of his late aunt sometimes seeing her tucking the photo into his sister's bed saying goodnight and placing a kiss on the photo before walking out the room he was scared his mom was getting worse and he didn't know what to do he tried asking her if they should go look for Bonibell but his mom would just laugh saying Bonnie was already home he felt uneasy always hiding from his mom when he could but one night he woke up his eyes only slightly open but he could see the silhouette of his mother standing above him staring he didn't move he tried acting asleep the best he could until she shuffled out the room when the door closed behind her he immediately bounced up grabbing his phone and backpack making sure to pack his things as quietly as he could. He heard his mother coming back and quickly his in the closet when she entered should was holding a meat hammer violently hitting where his head would be on the bed he saw the opportunity and bursted out the closet scaring her as he quickly ran out the room and down stairs as she tried chasing him but as he ran the fainter her shouts were he didn't stop running until the shouting was gone he looked behind him seeing nothing there before walking towards his dads house using his phone to call his dad his father answered after a few rings asking what was wrong Neal couldn't keep it together he started crying and talking to his dad about what happened shaking asking if his dad could pick him up of course his father instantly said yes and to stay on the phone after an hour waiting by a bus stop he saw his dad's truck pull over and get out the car his father was still in his pj's looking worried he hugged Neal saying he was so sorry leaving him in the house with her Neal's father had eye bags most likely staying up late looking for Bonibell ever since she went missing he never stopped looking never stopped asking people holding a photo to see if they recognize her he even went snooping threw people's garages and trash he got in trouble having to stay in the county jail for 2weeks Neal felt safer with his dad not knowing someone was watching in the dark waiting happily as it plays with its food.
