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Jenna Davey had it all. A wonderful husband, two great kids, and a beautiful Victorian-style house in the suburbs. Then came the knock on the door that changed her life. Her husband, Gary, was dead; the victim of a drunk driver. The next few days were a blur, but what would become a horrifying reality sets in all too quickly when, on the night following the funeral, both of her children awaken to find their father standing over their beds. Not possible, right? Gary was dead. Humoring her terrified children-and maybe herself-Jenna speaks to the darkness. "If it is you, Gary, you have to stop. You're scaring the children. I love you, I will always love you, but please...just go away." It works, or at least for a while. But then strange things start happening again. The phone is discovered in the microwave, the silverware drawer now holds eight neatly arranged juice glasses, and the missing silverware tray is found on top of the kitchen cupboard. Even more scary are the disembodied footsteps that traverse the upstairs hallway and always end in the slamming of a door. Strangest of all, though, are the roses Gary gave Jenna a week before the accident. They were dead when he left for work that last morning. She meant to throw them away. When the police came to notify her of his death, though, the roses were very much alive. Six weeks later, they had not even wilted. Next came the "entity." The dense black mist that hovered near the ceiling in her living room-and mere feet from her ten-year-old son. The terrified Jenna had had enough. She contacts Abraham Rollins, a psychology professor from California who is one of the few in the country to teach a class on the paranormal. In fact, he supervises a group of students who have formed a paranormal investigative team. It doesn't take long for Abe to realize what's going on. When Gary died, a portal opened to the "other side." When he didn't cross over, the portal stayed open and other, more sinister