After the eye-opening chat with Cristal and Jayson, Twyla paces in front of the parlor fireplace with the steamer trunk on her mind. She glances at Tessa’s picture above the mantel, working up the courage to do what she believes she wanted her to do. “You left me the locket for a reason, didn’t you, Grams?” she mutters, thinking about the panic attacks whenever she nears the trunk. “Why didn’t you leave the locket to Mom?” For months, Twyla considered giving Skylar the key inside the locket, but suspects Grams wanted her to confront her childhood fears. But after talking to Cristal, she surmises there’s another reason.
, Grams and Young George were the only ones who knew of her scare in the storage room. When she described the specter woman’s raven hair, widow’s peak, and pale skin, Tessa
