Chapter 34 - Margaret's Forgotten Memory
Margaret began remembering.
The hospital.
The operating room.
Her father's voice.
A nurse carrying two babies.
And a man standing behind the glass.
She couldn't see his face.
Arthur asked:
“What did he say?”
Margaret closed her eyes.
“He said…”
Her breathing stopped.
“I agreed.”
Arthur stared.
“You agreed to what?”
Margaret couldn't answer.
Then another memory surfaced.
A signature.
Her own.
A promise.
One child would be protected.
The other would disappear.
Margaret collapsed.
She remembered why.
Someone had threatened Emily's life.
Margaret had made a terrible choice.
But there was something she had forgotten.
She had never agreed to Claire being given away.
She had agreed to hide her temporarily.
Someone had changed the agreement.
Someone had stolen Claire.
Margaret opened her eyes.
“I know who.”
Arthur whispered:
“Who?”
May you like
Margaret said:
“Walter.”
