5
The door to the lounge car was shut, but Ginny managed to get it open. She peered around the darkened car, with the curtains closed, which looked empty until she spotted someone seated at one of the tables toward the back.
“Hello?” Ginny said, pulling back the curtain.
The figure moved, and Ginny now saw that it was a woman, and her hair looked blonde.
Was she hiding from the police inside the car?
The blonde woman started to rise from the table, as though she might try to bolt. Ginny stepped in front of her.
“My name is Ginny Weltermint,” she said, immediately recognizing the woman as the one she’d been searching for. “I believe we know each other.”
The young woman looked down at the floor then looked up but wouldn’t meet Ginny’s gaze. “I have no idea what you’re talking about. E
