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Alex raises their camera. Takes one last photo. Not of Rachael. Of the open front door, sunlight spilling in.

Rachael leans close. “Look at me. Really look. This is what family feels like. The terror. The devotion. The cage that looks like arms.” Rachael Cavalli - We-re Family Now - APovStory

Alex confronts Rachael. The mask doesn’t drop—it transforms. Rachael admits everything without shame. “Yes, I collect people. I save them. You were nothing before me. You’ll be nothing after. Unless you stay.” Alex raises their camera

“We’re family now… she said. And for one perfect, horrible second—I believed her.” Of the open front door, sunlight spilling in

Alex walks down the hill, no phone, no money, no proof of what happened. Behind them, Rachael watches from the window. She does not chase. She smiles slightly, then turns to Nina: “Find me another one. Start tomorrow.”

Alex gets a cryptic DM from a Nina, offering $5,000 for a single day of private photography. Client: Rachael Cavalli. Alex, who grew up with no family and only fleeting memories of late-night cable, vaguely recognizes the name. The money is impossible to refuse.

Rachael Cavalli: We're Family Now