Carrie sat at her little table pretending to cry, luring the woman into her room.
"Hey", she heard.
She looked up to see the woman kneeling in front of her.
"It's alright", the woman said. "It's alright. I'm not going to hurt you. What's your name?"
Carrie didn't dare answer that question. She knew how things went. If Carrie told the woman what her name was and if she escaped, she would tell the police her name and find her family.
She looked at her doll and looked at Tex who was standing behind the door. Carrie could lure the woman toward him. She held out her doll.
"Sally", she said.
The woman took the doll and stared at the tiny skull that was used for the head. Carrie looked down at the table and saw the little wooden knife she used for her little tea parties. She picked it up and stuck it in the woman's leg.
The woman screamed in pain and dropped the doll as she backed away from Carrie. She pulled the knife from her leg and looked at her. Carrie picked up the doll and shook her, pretending she was talking.
"Yakitty yak, don't talk back."
The woman dropped the knife and backed away in fear. Carrie looked at Tex who opened the door and turned on the light. He wrapped his arm around the woman's neck, keeping her from running.
"Girl!" he said. "Sorry if I did, but looks like you've had yourself a little mishap here tonight."
Tex grabbed her face forcing her to look at him.
"You know you're late."
He smiled as he turned to look at Carrie.
"Don't they just get dumber and dumber?" he asked. "Don't they?"
Carrie smiled and nodded as she tucked the bloody knife into her doll's dress.
"Don't they?" Tex repeated, making Carrie giggle.
She continued giggling as he pulled the woman out of her room. Mindy watched as Tex took the woman downstairs to the kitchen.
"Carrie, what happened?" she asked.
"I caught one, Mommy!" Carrie cheered. "I caught my first person!"
"You scared me!" Mindy said grabbing her. "I heard you crying and I saw you going into your room with a stranger alone! What am I supposed to think of that? I thought something happened to you!"
"I'm sorry, Mommy", Carrie said. "I wanted to catch her."
"Well, if she's here then that must mean your father's on his way back. I'll be having a talk with him about this."
Carrie looked down at her feet knowing she was in trouble.
"After we're done, we need to have a talk with you about something important", Mindy added.
"What?" Carrie asked.
"It's something important", Mindy said. "You'll know when we talk to you. Now go downstairs and help Tex."
She watched Carrie go downstairs into the kitchen when the woman screamed in fear. Carrie was becoming just like them. She was going to fit in the family just fine. Now if only she would be more accepting of the new baby.
Mindy looked up as she heard the back door open.
"Tommy?"