Linda’s only child Rachel, was taken into care when social services deemed she was at risk of abuse. Linda had been a single mum with problems; but after a course of treatments, Rachel was returned home on her sixteenth birthday with Linda; now attached?
Carl is a divorced man, who is spending the night before Halloween alone because his daughter decided to go to a party instead. But when shopping he sees a rabbit costume, so decides to crash the party and check up on her. This is an extended version of my earlier story "Harvey". Most of the story is the same, but the ending is different. In short, it is no longer a "Dark Tale" in the same way as I gave it a happier ending.