Wright Family

The Wright Family were a family of three who visited the Inn in 1999, becoming the Cahills.

17-year-old daughter Dina became 10-year-old Mindy Cahill. She was described by Jessica, years later, as being very immature at this time, fighting publicly with her mother in the Inn, wearing ripped jeans, a t-shirt with "some rapper's face on it," various facial piercings and a streak of blue in her hair.

The new "Mindy" was encouraged to act like the person she appeared to be by her parents, who extended this treatment to the new Jessica despite her having been contemporaries with them, citing it as "bad practice" to offer Jessica special treatment. Mindy was sent to a private school where she wouldn't know anybody and therefore not arouse suspicion.

Despite not attending the same school, the two became friends, acting as the only available means of emotional support to each other. They "did little girl things" like ride bikes and write in diaries, and on one occasion stole beer from a parent, only to be made sick by it.

After Christmas 1999, "Mr. Cahill" got a new job in Chicago, and the family moved away without Jessica even being able to say goodbye. Mr. & Mrs. Cahill prevented their daughter from sending letters to her old friend, which she only learned years later when Jessica tracked her down during the road trip.

As Mindy, Dina grew up interested in the supernatural, both attempting to reclaim her original life and as a way of irritating her parents. She retained an antagonistic relationship with her parents, fearing that if she "screwed up" they would take her back to the Inn and make her 10-year-old again. She was an Honors student and, as of fall 2007, was attending Northwestern University.