The Lake

Esme looks forward to spending the day at the lake with the kids, playing volleyball, and eating hot dogs. On the beach, she sees one of the girls trip, and despite the girl being fine, it sends Esme into an internal panic. It reminds her of Lillian, the girl that Kayla and Esme met on the night of the fire. Esme and Kayla built their fire too large, and when Lillian appeared out of the woods, she claimed to have run away. She invited the girls to see something “horrible.” Kayla pushed her, and Lillian knocked the logs off the fire. The fire spread, and Kayla and Esme ran, not knowing if Lillian got away safely.

Esme and Kayla talk about that night. Kayla tells Esme that she believes Lillian got away and insists that Esme stop worrying about it. She insists that what happened wasn’t their fault. When Kayla drops her water bottle, Esme knows she’s hiding her anxiousness again. At the