The Widow's Husband's Secret Lie

As Alice drives into Marnie’s neighborhood, she is surprised that Grant would allow his children and their mother to live in such a downtrodden area. In Marnie’s driveway, she again has the sensation of being watched. When Marnie lets Alice into the house, Marnie mentions again that Grant would not want his family to suffer financially after his death. Alice thinks that, up until today, she believed herself to be Grant’s only family, as he told her his parents were dead and he was an only child. This was why Grant had always been desperate to have children—Alice is just shocked that he would choose to do so with another woman.

Marnie shows Alice into the living room, where she is in for another shock: There are so many children that she initially has trouble counting them all. The eight children range in age from a teenager down to an infant. All look like Grant, and there are many family photos on the walls that feature these children with Grant. One of the youngest children complains about having gone to bed hungry the night before, and Marnie uses this to pressure Alice again about the money. Alice agrees that, if Marnie will have the children take a DNA test to prove they are Grant’s, she will give them part of Grant’s estate.