“He chose which families deserved them.”
Grace stirred in the bassinet.
“Tessa wasn’t supposed to leave with the baby.”
The room became very quiet.
According to the files, Tessa was only a carrier.
After delivery, Grace was supposed to be transferred to a couple from another state.
They had paid Bellweather $240,000.
Neither did Emily.
“What happened ten days ago?” Detective Cole asked.
“Caroline called me at six in the morning. Tessa had gone into labor.”
Emily had brought Noah and Lily to me because she planned to meet Caroline at a motel.
She expected to be gone a few hours.
But Caroline never arrived.
Instead, Emily received a video.
On the screen, Caroline sat in a chair inside Bellweather.
Her face was bruised.
Voss stood behind her.
“He knew about the files,” Emily said. “He told me to come alone if I wanted Caroline alive.”
“You went?”
“I couldn’t call the police.”
“Why?”
“Because he sent me a photograph of Detective Harris standing in his office.”
Harris had led the search for Emily. He had sat at my kitchen table and promised me he would bring my daughter home.
No witnesses.
No cameras.
No clues.
He had been making sure there weren’t any.
