The door to Violet's room banged open, and she almost fell off her chair. Sara was standing in the doorway, looking surprised and even more twitchy than earlier.
"You are here?" Sara asked, her voice sounding hollow as if she was not completely there.
Sara would know how to get in touch with her father, or at least how to get a message to him. Violet jumped to her feet and rushed over to her.
"Where is my father?" Violet asked, grabbing Sara by the shoulders. "How do I get in touch with him? I need to speak to him. Now!"
Sara cringed away from her, and for a moment Violet worried she had gone too far, but Sara didn't run away.
"The lighthouse," Sara whispered. "He has been expecting you. Go to the lighthouse."
Violet pushed past her to get through the doorway. As she ran down the hal
