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Chapter 3: What Was Inside

Chapter 3: What Was Inside

Nurse Sarah handed Emily the trauma scissors.

The room became strangely quiet.

Emily knelt beside Lily.

“I promise nobody will hurt you.”

Lily looked at her.

“Mommy said if anyone finds out… he’ll get angry.”

Emily froze.

“Your mommy said that?”

Lily nodded.

“She told me to keep them safe.”

Slowly, Emily cut through the rubber.

The moment the boot opened…

Everyone stopped breathing.

Inside was not a toy.

Not a sock.

Not anything a child should have been carrying.

There was a small plastic bag wrapped tightly around a folded piece of paper.

And a tiny memory card.

Sarah looked at Emily.

“Doctor…”

Emily picked up the paper.

The handwriting made her blood run cold.

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It was signed:

“If something happens to me, protect Lily.”

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