# Chapter 26: The Fake Profile and the Restraining Order
Hello everyone, it's me again! How are you all doing? Today I will continue to walk with you and review Chapter 26 of "Forget You Saw Her free digital audiobook." This chapter is tense, heartbreaking, and quietly hopeful all at once. It is a chapter about a mother who refuses to stop searching, a dead girl who refuses to leave her side, and a killer who keeps hiding in plain sight. So settle in, and let's step back into Ogden, Utah, where the truth is getting closer to Dennis Beaumont—even as the law begins pushing Sabina away.
The chapter opens with Sabina sitting at the kitchen table, sipping coffee from a "Ski Utah" mug. She texts Nadia to thank her and Paloma for the updated Facebook page and the new missing posters, promising to stay in touch with anything she learns. Then she calls her husband, Joel, and tells him everything: what happened at the police station yesterday, what she has uncovered about Isabel Palphreyman, the Beaumonts, and the butterfly earring. Andrea, invisible beside her, listens to the call. She tells herself Sabina put it on speakerphone so Andrea could hear too, even though Andrea could have listened by leaning close. With the phone face-up on the table, Sabina drinking coffee, and the two of them sitting side by side, Andrea pretends for a few minutes that they are just a mother and daughter calling home.
For the first time, Andrea lets herself believe Sabina really might sense her presence. That feeling alone makes being dead less lonely. She remembers how Sabina whispered "Sweet girl" the night before, and how this morning Sabina spoke directly to her for the second time. In some ways, it feels better than anything Andrea experienced while alive. It makes her wonder whether there is more to life after death than she ever imagined. She had figured that if anything existed beyond death, all the mysteries of the universe would unravel the moment she crossed over. That did not happen. But the more she pays attention, the more the mysteries open like puzzle boxes. It makes her grief and loss just a little lighter. It will not bring back the years Dennis took from her, or the now-dashed possibility that she might have found her way back to Sabina in the living world and met her for real. But it is something.
Joel says he can call back later because his mom needs lunch and her afternoon meds. Sabina tells him not to bother. She is going to study the dossier he sent and follow more rabbit trails, hoping tips come in from the new missing posters Nadia put up. Joel pauses, then says, "Okay... but Sabina? Be careful, okay? This could turn ugly. If you're right about this guy, he's done some awful things and has a lot of reasons to make sure his secrets stay hidden." Sabina nods slowly, and Andrea is glad to see she is not dismissing his worry. Joel is right. Dennis is dangerous, and they are only a few blocks away from his house. If he feels cornered, he will not go down without a fight.
As Joel and Sabina say goodbye, Andrea studies his tiny thumbnail photo on the screen: a smiling man with short dark brown hair, a deep dimple in his left cheek, and wire-rimmed glasses glinting in the sun. Andrea has already pieced together that Joel is not her biological father, but the warmth and kindness in his voice make her wish he were. She decides that when Sabina goes home, she will follow her to Oregon—even if Andrea's body still lies undiscovered beneath a layer of cement in Ogden, Utah. For one thing, she is pretty sure Sabina will not leave without answers. But most of all, Andrea wants to be where Sabina is. She wants to sit beside Sabina and Joel at dinner, tuck herself into a spare bedroom, and walk down the beach by their house in Neskowin that Joel mentioned on the call. Haunt them, basically. But she does not think they would mind.
Sabina spends the next two hours at the kitchen table combing through Joel's dossier. She copies and pastes information into a new document: places to visit, people to speak with, leads to follow, questions to ask Nadia and Paloma. The lists include Andrea's school, teachers, classmates, and anyone she might find from their old church. Sabina hesitates over the homeless shelters and food pantries Joel flagged, then skips them. Andrea does not blame her. Andrea is not in any of those places. She is in the ground.
Andrea watches in fascination as Sabina works, brow furrowed, fingers tapping the keyboard, creating a game plan and organizing her thoughts. She only pauses when a new text chimes from Nadia. The new missing posters have been shared more than fifty times. Comments of support are flooding in from old classmates who remember Andrea, and even a few church members who recall Isabel Palphreyman. Nobody knows where Isabel is, but Nadia is hopeful the right person will see the Facebook page soon.
After reading that text, Sabina turns to the Facebook page. She scrolls back three months, to when Nadia and Paloma first created it. Andrea rests her arms on Sabina's shoulders, not wanting to miss a second since she cannot exactly jump on the computer and cyber-stalk it herself. The page shared the first news article where Bunny and Dennis were interviewed, claiming Andrea had run away from home. Then there was a post asking the community to help bring Andrea home, prompting messages of love and encouragement. Sabina slowly scrolls up, methodically opening comment threads, noting anyone who left a particularly heartfelt or personal message.
She stops on a post that got a lot of attention. Andrea whispers, "Oh shit," gleefully. The post was written by a neighbor Andrea barely recognized. Andrea had only seen her a handful of times in passing, but apparently the woman had paid more attention to her than Andrea realized. Sabina whispers, "Holy shit," almost in echo.
The neighbor writes: "To Andrea, if you're reading this: I hope more than anything you come home. You were such a lovely girl. You kept to yourself, but you were always kind, and I always got the impression you had a good heart. Maybe this isn't the place to say so, but nobody is saying it so I'm going to: I don't think you're coming back. It hurts my heart to make this accusation, but I've met Dennis and Bunny Beaumont. I wouldn't trust a dog with them, let alone a child. The police should be doing a better job investigating their BS story about their daughter 'running away.'"
Beneath it are comments ranging from shock to agreement to "this isn't the place for speculation like that." Then there is the comment that got the most reactions. A profile named Jenny Johnson writes: "STFU Keyboard Karens, trying to ruin the reputation of her poor parents. You should be ashamed of yourselves. Pretty sure I saw her in line at the soup kitchen a few weeks ago. Looked strung out."
Sabina clicks on Jenny Johnson's name and finds a generic profile with zero friends. The photo is a cutesy image of two dogs, a German Shepherd and a corgi, sitting in a bathtub full of bubbles. Andrea moves closer, bristling. She is sure she has seen that photo before. Her memory opens its vault at lightning speed. The photo is from a calendar called Dog Days, from April of this year. Dennis gave Bunny that calendar for Christmas. Bunny flipped through the photos that morning, exclaiming at the cute dogs, but they never hung it up. It was tucked in the junk drawer. And Andrea has seen that image more recently, too: on the workbench in Dennis's shop, the day Sabina showed up at the house.
"Jenny Johnson is Dennis," Andrea practically screams.
Sabina narrows her eyes, studies the photo of "Jenny," then clicks back to the main page and keeps scanning JUSTICE FOR ANDREA. When she reaches the latest post about the new missing poster, she draws in a quiet gasp. There are many shares and comments, just as Nadia said. But the one that draws Andrea's eye first is Jenny Johnson again. She has copied and pasted the exact same comment from months earlier, claiming she saw Andrea "strung out" at the soup kitchen. Sabina scowls and writes, "Jenny Johnson. Fake profile?" in her notes.
"Damn right it's fake," Andrea huffs, ready to rage. "It's Dennis."
At first Andrea thinks the phone trilling is one of her own sound tricks, fueled by the anger flooding through her. But no—Sabina's phone really is lighting up. It is an 801 number. Utah. Sabina answers distractedly, still finishing her note. The caller identifies himself as Detective Barker. Andrea leans so close she is practically wedged between Sabina's chin and the phone. Had they arrested Dennis? Was the earring the ace in the hole after all? Sabina clearly thinks the same, because she closes the computer and sits up abruptly, hurrying to put the call on speaker.
"Oh, hi, yes! I didn't recognize the number. What's happening? Did you arrest him?" Sabina squeezes her eyes shut and holds her breath.
Detective Barker sighs. "I'm calling to inform you that a temporary restraining order has been filed against you."
Sabina's eyes pop open. She fumbles the phone and nearly drops it. "Wait, what?"
Barker explains that she is legally required to stay at least one hundred feet away from Dennis and Bunny Beaumont and their residence. They submitted the request for a protective order yesterday, shortly after Barker spoke with her. The judge just approved it. They have footage from a doorbell camera showing Sabina stepping into their yard and looking around. Both Bunny and Dennis sent statements claiming she refused to leave and made threatening statements.
Sabina stares at the wall, chest heaving. "You have got to be fucking kidding me! I wasn't 'looking around their property.' I took maybe one or two steps off the sidewalk into the weeds when I saw Bunny standing on the porch. And I didn't make any threats. That's bullshit. Bunny invited me inside to talk, and I left their house when Dennis got home and asked me to."
Barker says he understands her frustration, but the footage clearly shows her standing in their yard, peering around. He also mentions that she just rented an Airbnb a few blocks from their house. Sabina protests that she had no idea the Airbnb was near them when she rented it. Ogden is not that big. Barker interrupts: the video can reasonably be interpreted as stalking, and the Beaumonts are within their legal right to seek protection.
"Dennis Beaumont is a murderer," Sabina interrupts, seething.
There is a commotion from the house next door, like a load of bricks hitting cement. Andrea wonders if it is real or if her anger created the cacophony. She does not look out the window. She is too mad.
Barker says he is legally bound to uphold the order. If Sabina goes within one hundred feet of the Beaumonts or their property again, they can—and probably will—call the police. Sabina clenches her jaw. "Fine." Barker lets out another pained sigh and says he needs verbal confirmation that she understands. "Oh, I understand," Sabina bites out. Then she hangs up before he can reply.
For a few minutes, she sits at the table with her eyes closed, inhaling and exhaling in a slow, steady pattern that somehow makes Andrea feel calmer too. Finally, Sabina whispers, "I see you, Jenny Johnson." Then she stands, scoops her laptop under one arm, grabs the car keys, and stomps outside. Andrea has no idea where they are headed, but she is definitely not staying behind. Wherever Sabina goes, Andrea is going too.
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## Reader's Impressions & Star Rating
This chapter hit me hard. The fake profile reveal is chilling because it shows how far Dennis will go to control the narrative, even from behind a computer screen. The restraining order is infuriating, especially because the system is being used to protect a man who Andrea knows is a murderer. But what makes this chapter truly powerful is the quiet, ghostly intimacy between Andrea and Sabina. Andrea pretending they are mother and daughter, wishing Joel were her father, deciding to follow Sabina to Oregon—it is all so tender and tragic. The chapter balances investigative momentum with deep emotional longing, and it ends on a note of quiet fury that makes you want to keep reading immediately.
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Rating: 4.8 / 5 Stars
## Next Chapter Prediction
Sabina has just whispered, "I see you, Jenny Johnson," and stormed out with her laptop and keys. I predict she is about to investigate the fake profile more aggressively—perhaps by taking screenshots to Detective Barker, contacting Nadia and Paloma, or even driving somewhere connected to Dennis's calendar and shop. The restraining order raises the stakes: if Sabina gets too close to the Beaumonts again, she could be arrested. Meanwhile, Andrea's anger is growing stronger, and she may try harder to communicate with Sabina or even physically affect the world around her. I think the next chapter will bring a dangerous new clue, a risky confrontation, or both. Dennis may realize he is being watched, and the butterfly earring could become even more important.
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