Mark Fife

Mark is the protagonist of the novel. The narrative point of view is a very close third on his perspective, and all of the events are filtered through his lens. Because of this, most of the story is about Mark's thoughts, feelings, emotions, and memories. He is a skeptic and an atheist and he has trouble believing the ghost story, even though it makes him very happy for a short time

Mark went to college to be an artist, but halfway through he realized he would never be good enough to do anything professionally artistic, so he became a website designer. He met Chloe in college, and feel immediately and irrevocably in love with her. He proposed to her and they got married. When his mother died, Chloe was there, and she helped him take care of his father afterwards. His mother left him an inheritance, and...