Used and Discarded for Her Angel

Agatha Carper has built an online following by documenting her devotion to her adopted daughter, Bonnie Lowe, whose rare blood disorder requires constant transfusions. The only matching donor is Agatha's biological daughter, Julia Lowe, whom Agatha treats as a walking blood bank while the internet praises her as the perfect mother.

When Bonnie relapses, Agatha storms the hospital with reporters and cameras, demanding that 800 cc be drawn from Julia on the spot. The head nurse instead presents an official death certificate: Julia was forcibly drained a month earlier, developed complications, and died alone in an alley behind the hospital. Agatha dismisses the document as a fake bought to dodge responsibility, and the reporters press her for the story.

Julia's fiance, Jonah Samson, and her brother, Zack Lowe, tear the certificate in half, certain Julia is hiding nearby to force their attention. Jonah orders his assistant, Elijah Thorne, to freeze her bank cards, predicting she will crawl back within three days. Only Julia's ghost, watching from the ceiling, knows the truth.