Chapter 6

The party hall fell silent, as if someone had hit the mute button.

The people who had just been calling me insane froze in place.

Ethan stared at the police badge, his Adam's apple bobbing.

"Is there some mistake?" Ethan asked.

Anthony pulled a few photos out of the folder.

"These are cloud backups from the delivery room's side door surveillance," he said.

Nina gripped Ethan's sleeve, her hand trembling.

"Ethan..." she whispered.

In the first photo, a nurse was carrying my daughter out.

The next photo showed Nina's personal assistant carrying the baby with the red mark into another…