After losing her adopted daughter Emily in a tragic car accident, Ally descends into a world of paralyzing grief. The vibrant little girl who once filled her home with laughter is suddenly gone, leaving only silence and unanswered questions. Months pass in a haze of sorrow, with Ally barely functioning for the sake of her young son, Ben. Then, one quiet night, Ben whispers something that chills her to the bone: “Emily waves to me every night from the window across the street.” At first, Ally dismisses it as a child’s way of coping with loss—a dream,
a fantasy, a hopeful illusion. But when Ally glimpses a girl in the neighboring house who looks exactly like Emily—same dark eyes, same shy smile—her world turns upside down. Haunted by what she’s seen, Ally becomes obsessed. She watches the house across the street, desperate for confirmation, and the truth she uncovers is more shocking than anything she could have imagined. Emily is alive. The betrayal cuts deeper than any loss. Ally’s husband, Matt—the man she trusted with her heart and her children—faked Emily’s death. In a desperate and heartless bargain, he returned Emily to her wealthy biological mother, trading her away for a sizable payout and the promise of a more secure future for Ben. To protect his secret, Matt staged everything: the accident, the funeral,