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Sam stands under a painting of a man and a dog and remembers her father’s story about meeting her mother under that same painting. He said that her mother died happy because baby Sam was in her arms. She goes to her grandmother’s hidden study and reads her journals, which say Charles, Sam's father, won’t come back to Salem because he fears the curse, and that Mable, Mrs. Meriwether, is helping her with research. She found that members of the families involved in the witch trials die every 100 years, and she wants to break the curse before it gets to Charles and Sam. Sam is horrified to find her suspicions of being cursed may be true. She falls over a book that appears out of nowhere. Later, a rock with the word “die” written on it is thrown through her bedroom window. Sam tells Vivian about the boy with the dark hair, the book, and the rock. Vivian angrily checks their security.
Mr. Wardell asks the class for the causes of the Salem Witch Trials. Lizzie says Cotton Mather was the cause, and no one disagrees. Sam runs into the Descendants and the dark-haired boy in the hallway.
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