She saw her mother, ten years younger, crying in a car that Mila recognized as the one that had been sold after the divorce.

She turned the phantom key in her mind, and the image jumped again.

It’s not a television, she realized, her blood running cold. It’s a window.

A low, rhythmic knock came from the other side of the screen.

The final image before the screen went white was her own reflection—except her reflection was smiling, and Mila herself was not.