“He claims she was concerned about being implicated, so she asked him not to tell anyone she was there that night.”

“Why would she lie about it? Unless she had something to do with it.” All of a sudden, panic seized Kate. Georgina had Annabelle.

“Don’t worry, I’m on my way over to question her now.”

Her voice rose in alarm. “She has Annabelle. She has my daughter! You’ve got to get over there before she can hurt her.”

As soon as Anderson had left, Kate had jumped from the bed, almost colliding with her father as he came back into the room.

“Kate, what’s going on? You need to be in bed.”

“Georgina! She was there that night. We have to get Annabelle!” Her breath came in ragged gasps, and she began to cough.

“What are you talking about? Georgina was where?”

She pulled the hospital gown more tightly around her, and then grabbed the blanket from the bed to put over it. “She was there the night Mother died. Randolph lied for her, but he just came clean.”

Harrison’s mouth dropped open. “I don’t understand.”

She grabbed his hand. “Come on, we need to get over there. Now!”

“But you haven’t been released.”

“Dad! What if she had something to do with Mother’s death? What if she hurts Annabelle? We need to go!”

It finally seemed to register in his brain, and they both hurried from the room, Harrison helping her as she favored her good ankle. When they got downstairs to the hospital entrance, he turned to her. “Wait here. I’ll get the car. It’s too cold for you to come outside, dressed like that.”

She couldn’t stop rubbing her arms up and down as she waited for him to pull the car around. It was taking forever. Why had Georgina hidden the fact that she was there? Had she been a part of it? It made no sense, but Kate worried that Georgina could be crazy. Jealous of Lily. What if she decided to use Annabelle as a hostage when the police arrived at her house?

Harrison finally pulled up, and she ran and jumped into the passenger seat of his Infiniti, shivering from the cold. “Hurry, Dad.”

“This makes no sense. There has to be a reasonable explanation for why Georgina lied.”

Kate tapped her foot nervously. “I can’t think of any.”

They were quiet the rest of the way, both lost in their own thoughts. He drove just above the speed limit, reaching Georgina’s house in under fifteen minutes.