Sarah tucked Grace in good and tight into her bed when she realized something was missing as she looked under Graces' bed and around the room before turning to Grace.

"Where's Madeline?" she asked.

Graces' favorite rag doll of the popular French school girl had suddenly gone missing, and Sarah didn't want to start on the wrong foot of being fully in charge of her.

"I put her daddys' suitcase." Grace informed Sarah.

"Why would you do that?" Sarah asked.

"Cause I didn't want daddy to be alone." Grace told her.

Sarah smiled, stroking her forehead "But aren't you going to get lonely without her?" she asked.

Grace shook her head "No."

Sarah nodded "Alright." She said, leaning down to kiss Graces' forehead "Goodnight." She said before getting up off the bed and turning off the light.

She walked into her bedroom and gently closed the door behind her, getting undressed and into her pajamas.

The brisk fall day had taken a turn for the cold which forced Sarah to turn up the heat as well as force socks onto hers and Graces' feet, it had been a long day for her and she couldn't wait to go to bed, however an eerie feeling was approaching her.

Sarah felt as though she was being watched, turning around to see no one behind her, she looked out the window but the neighbors were already asleep and nobody was on the sidewalks.

She hummed, pushing the feeling away as she got into her pajamas and hopped into bed where the warm sheets welcomed her; she laid there for a moment and thought about the past few days.

Sarah sighed, hoping that everything would finally begin to settle with her living here and being a part of everyones lives.

"But I don't want to go out!" Grace insisted.

Sarah huffed "Well, I do! Come on, it'll be fun! We'll go out, maybe get some ice cream…"

"But I get ice cream with Uncle Ryan every Friday, it's our thing!" Grace persisted.

Sarah huffed, trying to think of a way to get Grace out of the house, she wasn't going to let the cold air stop her from getting out of the house "We'll go to the mall. It can be our thing." Sarah said.

"…in fact, if we go to the mall, and you're good—I will take you to the toy store!" Sarah said, wiggling her eye brows at Grace.

It didn't take Grace but two seconds to shoot back upstairs to put her boots and jacket on, Sarah gave herself a pat on the back as she took a moment to wait for Grace when she heard a loud crash come from upstairs.

"Grace!?" She called out.

"I'm alright!" the young one yelled in her high pitched voice.

Sarah took a deep breathe as Grace quickly came down stairs "Can you help me with my buttons?" Grace asked her.

She quickly buttoned up the giant buttons on Graces' Peacoat before grabbing her purse and rushing out to the car with Grace in toe.

Sarah watched as Grace put herself in her booster seat and buckled in before pulling out of the driveway and down the street where a sea of leaves began to blow around.

They were both silent, distracted by the leaves and driving in general when the Bluetooth in Sarahs' car began to go off, Sarah smiled as she answered the phone "Hello, secret agent man."

"…uh…okay." Mike murmured on the other end.

Grace gasped "Daddy!" she called out.

"Hey! What are you guys doing?" Mike asked.

"We are en route to the mall." Sarah told him.

Mike hummed "Oh that sounds like fun."

"Yeah, aside from the frigid temperatures and the hostile leaves." Sarah remarked.

"Oh, yeah, better watch out for those leaves…they'll steal your food if you're not looking!" Mike said.

Sarah laughed at his remark.

"Also, um, Grace—did you know that Madeline was in my suitcase?" Mike asked.

"Yeah, I put her in there." Grace remarked.

Sarah sighed "She said she wanted you to be all alone." She reiterated.

Mike chuckled "Okay, well I was just checking in." he said.

"Okay, how's Connecticut going?" Sarah asked.

"…it's…messy." Mike said, knowing that Grace was in the car and he didn't want to give every detail.

Sarah nodded to herself "Of course." She muttered.

"We're going to find her." Mike assured Sarah.

"I know you will." Sarah told him.

"Alright, well, I'll talk to you guys later, alright?" Mike asked.

Grace and Sarah said their goodbyes to Mike and hung up the phone, leaving them with silence once again.

Sarah had to make an effort to keep Graces' hand attached to hers as they walked along the isles, bags consuming both of Sarahs' hands as she did.

"This is fun, huh?" Sarah asked, looking down at Grace.

Grace nodded "Yeah." She said, beginning to look around the mall when she stopped in her tracks and looked behind her across the way.

Sarah noticed as she began to tug on Graces' hand, she stopped and turned behind her and looked down at Grace.

"What are you looking at?" Sarah asked.

"You don't see her?" Grace asked.

"See who?" Sarah asked, readjusting her purse on her shoulder.

Grace looked around and sighed "…there was a woman watching us." She remarked.

"A woman?" Sarah asked.

Grace nodded before turning back to Sarah "Yeah, she had hair like a boy, and looked really angry…" she said.

Sarah looked around for a moment, not seeing anyone that matched the description before looking back down at Grace "Oh, well." She said before she began to tug at Graces' hand again.

"Lets go, toy store and then home." Sarah told her.

Grace gasped "Can I get something at the toy store?" she asked.

"Well, that depends." Sarah said, shaking her arm playfully as she looked at Grace for the moment.

"Depends on what?" Grace asked.

Sarah shrugged "Well, it depends if I deem is worthy enough to buy!" she said with a smile.

Grace smiled big "Then I'm going to find something amazing—and then you'll have to buy it!" she remarked.

Sarah laughed "Okay, sure you will!" she said, continuing to walk with Grace down the isle.