Lila wakes up a little before her alarm, as usual on a school day, and spends a few minutes thinking through what things might be happening today.  Nothing special in school... Mom had been acting a little preoccupied last night and wouldn't say why; if the two of them can have breakfast together she might try asking again... She and her friends hadn't made any plans for the afternoon; hopefully they'd come up with something at school.  Or if not, she could always read a good book.

As she walks down the hall to wash her face, she notices that the door to the guest bedroom is closed.  And what was more, it has a strange bracelet hanging on the doorknob, almost like someone was there.

She blinks, wonders what Mom was doing in there in the middle of the night, shrugs, and doesn't think any more of it.

At least for the moment.