“I believe you,” Dr. Ortiz said.
Outside the room, Eric was still shouting at Daniel. Every person in the hallway had turned to watch the man they already believed had harmed my child.
Dr. Ortiz lowered her voice.
“The laboratory ran the sample twice. Sophie has a significant amount of pregnancy hormone in her blood.”
I gripped the side of the bed.
“What happens now?”
“We need an ultrasound immediately.”
“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.
