Chapter 2018

His gaze darkened, and he turned back to the rented car. Approximately twenty minutes later, Carter saw Fabian carrying Lillian back into the car. His car was parked behind Fabian's car so that he could easily observe Fabian and Lillian's movements. After a while, Fabian started the car and Carter followed behind. He saw Fabian leading Lillian into a toy store that sold Barbie dolls. They then went to sit at a dessert shop for a while before they finally went back to the villa. After a few days of observation, Carter realized that this was the sequence in which Fabian took Lillian out of the house every day. As for Carter, he had completely figured the sequence out. What Shirley could not figure out was what Carter was doing when he went out at such a time every day. Intentional or otherwise, she had probed and asked him before. However, Carter, who evidently did not want to tell her, would muddle over the topic or change the subject each time she asked. The more Carter behave