"Well, kids, there it is!" said Christine Coleridge, as the car entered the expansive grounds. "Karnstein House!"

Laura Coleridge glanced out the car window at the decrepit mansion and frowned. "This place sucks." She leaned her blonde head back on the car seat and shut her eyes. "It sucks ass."

Her younger sister Lucy frowned. "I like it!"

Laura gave her sister a withering glance. "Luce, it looks like the Addams Family used to live here. Only, they got foreclosed and were thrown out on their spooky asses."

Lucy pouted and looked away. "You're just mad because you won't be seeing that creep boyfriend of yours anymore."

"Oh, I'm mad for a lot of reasons," muttered Laura. "I'm mad because I had to pack up my life on a moment's notice, and leave everything behind to move to this godforsaken hole in the middle of no--"

"Laura, please!" snapped Christine. "We have all made sacrifices here. After all, Lucy was forced to change her college plans, and you don't hear her complaining, do you?" Their mother took a deep breath. "I know we've all been... out of sorts since your father died. And that things have been tight. But... look, this is a great place for us to live for a while, and... get our bearings back. Okay?"