Like Mother, Like Daughter

Content Warning: This section of the guide includes discussion of rape, graphic violence, death, and cursing.

Thirty-six hours after Katrina disappeared, Cleo wakes up early. Will is in bed with her. She opens the laptop and reviews the threatening text messages that Katrina received. Cleo realizes that whoever had been sending the text messages was stalking Katrina. Cleo searches for information on Haven House and finds an exposé in Connecticut Magazine about allegations of sexual and verbal harassment of the residents that the director, Robert Daitch, had covered up. Will wakes up and asks her what she is looking at. Cleo tells him about the extortion and that she has decided to go to Haven House to learn more. He warns her that she has “no idea what [she’s] walking into” (221).

Cleo takes the train to New Haven. She goes to Haven House and meets an elderly secretary named Rose. Rose tells her that Katrina’s file is missing. Then, Cleo questions Silas. He denies sending the threatening messages but tells Cleo that Katrina once returned to Haven House covered in blood. He thinks that Katrina snuck out to see “that college prick” who worked there (230).