CHAPTER 2 — THE FILES THAT VANISHED
CHAPTER 2 — THE FILES THAT VANISHED
Three hours later, federal investigators sealed Daniel's office.
Computers.
Phones.
Financial records.
Everything was cataloged.
Everything except one thing.
"The abuse reports are gone," an analyst said.
"What?"
"The entire employee complaint database."
Another agent frowned.
"It was erased twenty-three minutes before the arrest."
My stomach tightened.
Someone inside the hospital had helped him.
Meanwhile Claire recovered in her private maternity room.
She refused to let anyone except female nurses near her.
Every time footsteps approached the door, she instinctively covered her stomach.
"I'm sorry," she whispered.
"For what?"
"For hiding it from you."
I held her face gently.
"You stayed alive."
"That's not something you apologize for."
She broke down crying.
Later that evening...
A young nurse slipped a folded note beneath Claire's door.
It contained only seven words.
He kept videos. Don't let them disappear.
When I looked up...
May you like
The nurse was already gone.
To Be Continued...
