The Housemaid: “Welcome to the family,” Nina Winchester says with a smile as I shake her well-groomed hand. I smile back, taking in the grandeur of the marble hallway.

Working for the Winchesters is my chance to start over and reinvent myself. Every day, I clean their beautiful home, pick up their daughter from school, and cook a delicious meal for the family before retreating to my small room at the top of the house to eat alone.

I try to ignore Nina’s habit of creating messes just to watch me clean them up, her bizarre lies about her daughter, and Andrew, her husband, who seems to grow more broken each day. But when I look into Andrew’s eyes, filled with pain, I can’t help but wonder what it would be like to live Nina’s life—the walk-in closet, the fancy car, the perfect husband.

Soon, I realize that the Winchesters’ secrets are far more dangerous than my own.

I once try on one of Nina’s pristine white dresses just to see what it feels like, but when she finds out, everything changes. By the time I realize my bedroom door locks only from the outside, it’s too late.

I try to reassure myself—after all, the Winchesters don’t know who I really am.