Abby doesn't have high hopes when she enters the psychic parlor, even though she truly wants the séance to work. She believes in the existence of ghosts, although she never expects to find a real one - especially not one who walks, talks, and breathes. Nathaniel's spirit defies everything she knows, bringing her joy in ways she can barely comprehend, but also raising unrelenting questions. Abby wants to know where Nathaniel came from and why he's here. She wants to know why she's the only living person who can see him. Most of all, she wants to know if he can answer the question that brought her into the psychic parlor in the first place, because it could be a case of life and death - her own.