CHAPTER 3 — The Husband Who Wanted Her Silent

At 2:13 a.m., Emma woke to the sound of whispering outside her hospital room.
Her husband’s voice.
Daniel was speaking to someone on the phone.
“She can’t find out,” he said quietly. “If the doctors tell her what’s really inside that file, everything is over.”
Emma froze.
Her hand moved instinctively to her belly.
The baby kicked once.
Then Daniel said something that made her blood turn cold.
“Do whatever you have to do before the surgery.”
Emma wanted to scream, but fear locked her throat.
When Daniel came back inside, he smiled like nothing had happened.
“Get some rest, honey,” he whispered, brushing hair from her face.
But Emma saw it now.
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The man holding her hand wasn’t afraid of losing her.
He was afraid she would survive.