Chapter Thirty-FiveSea Scope: Present day
“What should we do with it?” I asked. “Should we bring it back to the inn and show Wanda?”
Russell considered. “Do you think Wendy was carrying the doll around with her? If she believes she's your brother as a child, maybe the doll was her connection.”
“No. That's not it, Russell. She lost the doll years ago. After the police found Michael's body and were questioning us all back at the inn, I saw that she didn't have it. She even looked for it with me afterwards.”
“What are you talking about?” Carolyn asked, still holding the dirty and half-disintegrated corn husk doll.
“Wendy always carried around that doll,” Russell explained. “If she lost it the day Michael died, you know what that must mean?”
“It means she was here at the lighthouse and n
