Sophie excuses herself to go to the bathroom. She should have guessed that the baby would be at the dinner table with them. They coddle him too much! She quickly rushes down the passage to where Tricia said the bathroom is.
Her boots echoing on the wooden floor, she tries her best to make sure where she has to step so as not to make them creak during the night when she returns. She notices the baby’s room in an instant. No need to go in, thanks to his parents.
These stupid people think that she doesn’t know why they invited her over! They are pretending to be so nice, but all the while wanting to find out if she stole the boy at the picnic. Fine, so, she didn’t think things through that day, but her story wasn’t that unbelievable!
When she walks out of the bathroom, she finds Tricia in
