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“To find the baby?”
Dr. Ortiz looked at Sophie, then back at me.
“To determine whether there is a baby at all.”
Chapter Two
The Man Everyone Blamed
The hospital separated all of us.
Sophie remained with me. Daniel was taken to a consultation room at the opposite end of the pediatric wing. Eric refused to leave the hallway until a security officer warned that he would be removed.
A social worker named Marissa Cole entered Sophie’s room carrying no notebook.
She sat beside the bed and spoke gently.
“I’m going to ask Sophie some questions alone.”
Sophie tightened her arms around her stuffed rabbit.
“I want my mom.”
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