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Content Warning: This section of the guide includes references to drug addiction and death.
Rhys Dupris, 35, is watching television at his house in Emerald Lake when the doorbell rings. He ignores it, too stiff from his recent sports injury to get up, but the bell rings several more times. He’s shocked when he opens the door to find the attractive Tabitha Garrison on his doorstep. She explains that her sister Erika Garrison is moving into Rhys’s rental apartment on the other side of his duplex. Tabitha wants him to look out for her and her son Milo. Tabitha explains that Erika lives with addiction to pain medication, and she’s worried about her staying on the right path. (Erika developed a reliance on painkillers after suffering a sports injury in high school.) Tabitha also begs Rhys to contact her if Erika ever needs help with rent. Charmed by Tabitha, Rhys promises to keep an eye on Erika and Milo.
Two years later, Tabitha goes to Erika’s apartment to clean out her things. Erika recently died from a drug overdose. Tabitha talks to her late sister while letting herself into the apartment. Then Rhys appears.
By Elsie Silver