In the twisted new reality, James, now age 13, finds himself in a home with his mother, his sister and a stepfather. The stepfather is a drunk who has designs on his sister. In the madness that followed James discovering the power of the stone, James doesn't know whether the stepfather has yet made a move. The idea horrifies him, and he decides that it will be better if his sister didn't exist. Logically, it might have been better to remove the stepfather, but the irreversible action takes place.