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could have easily triggered Jess’s water to break. Lisa had been using the spray because the hormone could play a pivotal role in the successful bonding between newborn babies and their mothers. Lisa believed Thomas was her baby.
    She wrapped Thomas in his blanket and reached for the diaper bag which she’d already packed with diapers and formula, then left quietly through the patio doors at the back. Her original plan to leave at night when everyone slept had changed. She figured the upsetting news of the crash that was supposed to have taken all lives, would give her the control to take care of the baby while Tom took care of Jess. She’d planned to offer to take the baby upstairs with her for the night and sneak out later. Now she had no choice. Mike would soon arrive.
    The car she had arranged to arrive at the end of the driveway would not be there until the middle of the night. She knew she couldn’t go far on foot with a newborn in this weather. Lisa walked down to the beach and turned toward the Roberts’ house. She remembered Jess told her it was only a few hundred yards up the beach.
    “Lisa? What on earth are you doing out in this weather with the baby?”
    Henry Roberts opened the patio door.
    “They’re dead! All of them!” Lisa stumbled over her words through tears. Mrs. Roberts gasped and went to reach for the baby but Lisa turned quickly to prevent her.
    “What do you mean, they are all dead?” Henry wrapped a blanket around Lisa. Her drenched body shivered. She removed the blanket and wrapped it around the baby. She sat down in the chair beside and placed the diaper bag beside her. She unzipped the bag and she pulled out the gun she’d hidden inside it.
    Marilyn Roberts gasped and brought her hands to her face.
    “What the hell?” Henry stepped in front of his wife.
    Lisa smiled. She pointed the gun at them. “A little cooperation here will be appreciated.”
    “Did you hurt Jess and her family?” Marilyn’s words were shaky.
    “No more questions. I just want your cooperation,” Lisa demanded as the Roberts stood there with looks of horror in silence. Lisa told them to get in the car and Henry would drive.
    “Where do you want to go?” Henry asked.
    “I said no more questions.” Lisa waved the gun at Mrs. Roberts. “Now move.” She wasn’t sure herself. She’d originally planned to have a car drive her and the baby to the airport at three o’clock in the morning. She had booked a flight out of country. Her flight wasn’t scheduled until six o’clock. Now she had too many hours in between and she’d have too many people searching for her and the baby. Desperate enough to keep Thomas with her, she knew she’d have to kill the Roberts once they were safely out of Vineyard Haven.
    Lisa heard sirens in the distance as Henry drove down the road. “If you stop this car or warn them in any way, I will pull the trigger.” Lisa pointed the gun at Marilyn’s head.
    Henry nodded in agreement.
    Lisa slouched down in the back seat as the headlights came closer to them. The darkened night and rain helped, but she wanted to be certain she wouldn’t be seen in the back seat. She warned Henry once more as the headlights from the oncoming car passed them. She raised herself in the seat again and turned to watch the police cars move in the opposite direction. She breathed in a sigh of relief but knew her time was running out. Lisa reached for her phone in the diaper bag.
    “Change of plans. I have the baby, but need another way out of Martha’s Vineyards. I definitely can’t take the chance on the six o’clock flight.” Lisa agreed and she ended her call. “Take me to Oak Bluffs, to the docks at the harbor front. One false move and I will pull the trigger,” Lisa threatened Henry as she pointed the gun at Marilyn.
    Henry nodded again.

Chapter Nine

    “What the hell?”
    Mike jumped out before the car completely stopped. Gina raced after him. Mike passed the cop cars parked in front of