Plot doubt (spoiler)

[George]

Is it me or the whole cook hat/Hilary's room invasor business ended lost and unanswered?

[Irfan]

George wrote: "Is it me or the whole cook hat/Hilary's room invasor business ended lost and unanswered?"

I think Hillary explained about that "invasor business" in her "evil gloating" just before she try to kill her step mother (which is futile in the end)

about the cook hat. Maybe pennik drooped it during his visit to Hillary's room.