Jump Rope

After ten years of marriage and six children, Amanda was shocked and surprised when Alex apparently committed suicide. But, how could he have slashed his wrists in the bathtub and then slit his own throat? And why did the police not recognize that a rope around his hands had been removed? Young, sensitive Haley had seen the rope and "the other", but kept it to herself. When her 15-year old sister Cassie led the older kids to try to contact Alex through a séance, an apparition suddenly appeared. It looked exactly like Haley, and was singing while jumping rope—a red and white striped rope with red handles. Could this be a doppelganger?? Although forbidden by her mother, Cassie wanted to date Shawn, and they agreed to meet at midnight in the woods. When Cassie and Shawn did not return, Haley was suspicious and frightened. You see, the apparition had appeared again singing its mournful song. Rachel, living with the family to watch the kids in the mornings, also saw the apparition and became concerned that something strange and evil was occurring. Surely, it could not be just coincidence when new deaths followed Alex's death so closely. What could possibly be the motivation for these violent deaths? What had really happened to Alex in the bathtub? Haley was too scared to tell what she knew …