The Au Pair

Isabelle Chartier wanted a woman she could shape, not an agency stranger. Camille Brunet arrives at the fourth-floor apartment in Lyon with a watercolor under her arm, kneels to speak to three-year-old Hugo, and within two weeks the household runs like clockwork. Then the family photographs move. Celine repeats phrases she was never taught. References dissolve at the first phone call. By the time Isabelle understands what has moved into her home, Camille has already planned her exit — and the children's.