Lily’s father stared at the woman in disbelief.
“Emma?”
She nodded, unable to stop crying.
“I searched for you for twenty years.”
Lily looked back and forth between them.
“Someone tell me what’s happening!”
Emma took a deep breath.
“The hospital fire wasn’t an accident.”
Everyone fell silent.
“They told us both babies were dead.”
She looked at Ethan.
“But someone stole one child.”
Then she looked at Lily.
“And gave the other to another family.”
Lily’s father’s hands shook.
“I found Lily… but they told me Ethan never survived.”
Emma slowly pulled another envelope from her purse.
Inside was a sealed hospital document.
Across the front, stamped in bold red letters, were the words:
CONFIDENTIAL — DO NOT RELEASE
She handed it to Lily.
“You deserve to know the truth.”
Lily opened the envelope.
Her eyes widened.
Inside was a list of names.
At the very top…
Her father’s name wasn’t listed as her father.
It was listed as…
The man who took her.
