The narration flashes back to the late 1980s when two twin toddlers named Mushroom and Moonbeam were living with their mother Alicia, along with other adults and children, on a commune in New York. One day, most of the adults are high on LSD and distracted in a barn when two men—a younger man named Tom and an older unnamed man—arrive in a car. They find Alicia, Tom’s ex-girlfriend and the mother of his children, Mushroom and Moonbeam. Tom and the other man kill Alicia and some witnesses. They take the twins, start a fire in the farmhouse, and drive off.

Back in the present, it’s been a few weeks since Kylie returned home. Pete is now in a romantic relationship with Rachel and lives with her and Kylie. He’s also in a methadone program to recover from a heroin addiction. Rachel saw her oncologist, had a surgery, and is now in chemotherapy again. On Thanksgiving, Rachel, Pete, and Kylie visit Marty, whose girlfriend Tammy recently broke up with him because she had to move to another state (which Rachel later links to The Chain). Rachel receives a threatening message from the distorted