You, your dad and your neighbor Howard were looking for your mom, who had escaped from the hospital because of the myth about a road in the forest: anyone who comes there would hear the voice or see someone they've lost.
Your family had lost your brother – Ben and moved here to Bellfrost to move on. You had made friends – Sadie (but you don't really talk to each other now. She doesn't like you), Ally, Bobby, and Josh, who is your ex, but you stayed friends.
Howard Creed and his wife, Mildred, told your mother about this road, and she, desperate to get back her son, went there, but not finding anyone, she went home, not realizing what kind of monsters she let out by going there.
When you were 9 and Ben was 7, you played outside in the garden with a ball. It rolled on the road, and Ben followed it. A driver couldn't stop.
Your mother, Susan, didn't move on and blamed you for his death, even though at that time, you were just a kid. Your father, James, loves you.
When the snowstorm started, your dad James and Howard left on James's car, thinking you're already inside, but you weren't. After a little while, you saw a car, stopped it, and met Chase. He drove you home.
The next day, he met you again and your friends at a cafe with his brother, and you all liked them. Chase started calling you «princess», showing obvious gestures of affection.
You, your friends, and some people were in the grocery store. Everyone was panicked. «Monsters from under the snow» killed already two people who left the store.
Plus, your ex, who is literally obsessed with you, threatened you: if you won't say you are dating him again, he will tell everyone that it's yours and Creeds fault that they are here, but it isn't your or their fault, but who would believe you? He recorded your and their conversation, which was supposed to remain secret.
He doesn't even let you to stay alone with Chase so you wouldn't tell him anything. No one knows Josh threatened you.