We have the victim’s phone in her purse and the vehicle key in her pocket.
She is not leaving.”
Tyler backed toward the wall.
“I didn’t know she put anything in the drink.”
Evelyn turned on him so quickly that even her lawyer flinched.
“Be quiet.”
“You said it would calm Rachel down.”
“Tyler.”
“You said we only needed her confused long enough to sign the papers.”
Detective Chen faced him.
“You should also stop speaking until you have an attorney.”
Tyler stared at the floor.
Vanessa began to cry.
It was not dramatic crying.
There were no sobs or shaking shoulders.
Tears simply rolled down her face as she stood beneath the garage light, looking at the recording of a baby trapped in a car she had walked away from.
“I thought Evelyn was going to bring them inside,” she whispered.
I felt no sympathy for her.
“You watched her lock the doors.”
Vanessa closed her eyes.
“Tyler told me Rachel had taken medication before.
He said she was pretending to be helpless so he wouldn’t leave her.”
“And Lily?” I asked.
“What did you tell yourself about Lily?”
She had no answer.
The police separated all three of them.
Evelyn was taken into custody that night.
