Skeleton Man

The next day at school, the nurse, Mrs. Rudder, and the school psychologist all meet with Molly and decide that her problem is “chemical” and is brought about by stress. They want to put her into therapy. However, Ms. Shabbas supports Molly’s perception, asserting that the girl’s intuition is on target and that Molly only needs hard evidence. When Molly returns to her great-uncle’s house at the end of the day, no one is there. The door to the computer room is open, so Molly quietly enters and is horrified to discover monitors displaying live pictures from hidden cameras by the front door, the back door, and the door to Molly’s room. Later, when she has returned to her room, she hears her great-uncle arrive. She calls down to him that she is sick and is going to bed. Her great-uncle hurries up the stairs and locks the door.

Molly reels with the knowledge of the hidden cameras. She is thoroughly frightened, but she remembers that her mother always told her to “think first before you try to run away from a problem” (69). Molly knows that she proceed logically in order to figure out her next move.