Episode: 3
Mom, Dad, and Emma arrive home after the fireworks display. Stella's ghost floats toward Mom and tries to hold her, but her paws glide right through, making Mom shiver from the cold air. Dad reminds Mom that Stella never ate dinner. Mom complains as she walks to Stella's bedroom. Finding Stella motionless at her desk, Mom treats it as stubborn defiance, ignores ghost Stella's desperate pleas, and slams the door.
Mom, Dad, and Emma walk through the front door after watching fireworks. Stella's ghost drifts over to touch Mom, but her paws pass straight through her body. A sharp chill hits Mom, while Dad asks her to go check on Stella.
Mom grumbles about Stella faking sickness as she enters the bedroom. Stella lies unmoving over the desk, but Mom assumes she is pouting. Stella's ghost yells that she has died and begs for a touch, yet Mom only scolds her and shuts the door.
“Mom, I don't hurt anymore. I'll be good.”
“Go check on Stella. She never came out to eat.”
“Still sulking, huh? Think if you lie there long enough I'll carry you to bed? Stella, you're ten, not five.”
“Mom, I'm not sulking. I'm dead! Look at me! Touch me! I'm cold!”
After scolding the lifeless form at the desk, Mom bangs the bedroom door shut from the hallway. Stella's spirit lingers inside the dark, left unheard and devastated. Will Mom or Dad ever open that door again and discover that their daughter is not misbehaving, but has truly passed away?