“I heard Grandma on the phone,” she whispered. “She said everything would be handled today. She said you wouldn’t be a problem anymore.”
My heart slammed so hard I thought it might tear through my chest.
Linda Reynolds, my mother-in-law, had never liked me. She blamed me for Mark leaving his high-paying corporate job to start his own business. She resented that I had a child from a previous marriage. And she had made no secret of her feelings about this baby. Another child meant Mark would be tied to me even more firmly.
Still, this was a hospital. Cameras. Nurses. Rules.
This couldn’t be what it sounded like.
“Emily,” I whispered, forcing my voice to stay steady, “adults sometimes say strange things. You may have misunderstood.”
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