"Three."
Lily held up three fingers again, patient with me, the way you are with someone who is slow to understand.
Then she paused.
"No.
Four.
One time Mr.
Victor came with him."
The room tilted.
"Mr.
Victor?"
"The tall man with the black car.
He helped carry the boxes."
I stood up so fast my knee cracked against the table.
Nora caught my arm.
"Miss Claire?"
"Ethan"
I called, already walking toward the hall.
"Ethan!"
He appeared at the end of the corridor.
"What's wrong?"
"Lily says Dr.
Vale came into the house while I was napping.
Four times.
And at least once, he wasn't alone."
Ethan's face darkened.
"Who else?"
I looked back at the kitchen doorway.
Lily stood there, still holding her crayon, watching us both.
"A tall man with a black car,"
He dicho.
"Ella lo llamó el señor.
Víctor.
Ethan se quedó muy quieto.
