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The clock strikes midnight on Christmas Eve. In the dim bedroom, Carol lies rigid, the festive cheer outside a cruel mockery of her hollow heart. The divorce is final; her daughter is gone. She rises, the silence deafening. A cigarette is lit, the flame flickering in her grey eyes. A sudden noise from downstairs shatters the quiet. Wrapping a silk robe around her trembling frame, she descends the stairs, drawn by an unknown presence.