CHAPTER 2 — The Hospital's Secret
The emergency room exploded into motion.
Doctors rushed Megan through double doors while nurses kept me outside.
Minutes felt like hours.
Finally, an obstetrician approached.
"You brought her in just in time."
My legs nearly collapsed.
"Our baby?"
"The baby is alive."
I burst into tears.
Then the doctor's expression darkened.
"But your wife..."
He lowered his voice.
"...has signs of repeated physical trauma."
Repeated.
Not accidental.
Not once.
Repeated.
"Has anyone been hurting her?"
I couldn't answer.
The doctor handed me a report.
The injuries stretched back weeks.
Some older than a month.
Someone had been abusing my pregnant wife while I worked twelve-hour shifts.
A detective entered the waiting room.
"We need to ask your wife a few questions."
Megan looked terrified when she saw the detective.
Then she saw me.
"Please don't let her near my baby."
My stomach twisted.
"Who?"
She whispered only two words.
May you like
"Your mother."
Everything inside me shattered.
