She took my hand.

We continued down the boardwalk.

And I decided I would stop waiting for my family to agree that something wrong had happened.

I would find out what the hotel had recorded.

Then let the evidence speak.

PART 4 — THE HOUSEKEEPER WHO WROTE DOWN THE TIMES

Tanya Ruiz answered the phone on my second attempt.

I introduced myself again.

“Claire Bennett. Lily’s mother.”

“I remember.”