Raissa closed her cell phone and tossed it on the dresser.
“Maryse?” Zach asked.
“Yeah.”
“How’s Hank?”
“Good. Helena got to see him, so she’s stopped panicking.” Raissa frowned. “There was something strange, though.”
“What’s that?”
“Maryse said when she went back to Hank’s room to check on Helena after talking to the nurse, that she ran into the woman, Lila, Hank’s boss that I told you about. Lila was standing outside Hank’s room and said she didn’t want to go in because there was a woman already in there. But the only woman who could have been in Hank’s room was Helena.”
Zach stared at her, eyebrows raised. “Maryse thinks Lila saw Helena?”
Raissa shrugged. “She can’t think of any other explanation.”
“The whole thing is just weird. So Luc used to see her but can’t now? What’s that about?”
“Luc’s a different story than the rest of us. Helena’s not the only dead person he’s seen. He’s part Native American, and apparently ghost-seeing runs in the family. But after Maryse was out of danger, he ceased being able to see or hear Helena.”
Zach shook his head in dismay. “Now that’s a hell of a thing to inherit. Maybe he and Maryse should consider adopting.”
Raissa froze at Zach’s words, her mind racing.
“Oh, hey,” Zach said, apparently noticing her lack of response. “I didn’t mean that seriously. They can have a dozen kids if that’s what they want.”
“No. I have an idea.” She jumped up from her chair and pointed at the files. “Grab those files. We have to get to the hospital. I need to check something.”
Zach gathered the files and grabbed his car keys. “What are you thinking?”
“It’s only an idea, but I think I can get proof.”
“Of what?”
“What those girls had in common. And why Hank Henry was abducted.”