"They won't believe you," her mind's voice tells her after she sees a figure reclining in a rocking chair on the porch of her new home that should be empty; it disappears within seconds. Her mind's voice is right, we swiftly learn, and so Jessica smiles and acts normally. She remains silent and amenable, for a while.
Mara's relationship with Matt oscillates between intimacy and discomfort, revealing her unresolved feelings and the weight of her current mundane life, where the past looms large.