Chapter 2 - Ethan Finally Sees the Hidden Camera
Diane entered the hospital room smiling.
Then she saw Ethan standing beside my bed.
Her smile tightened.
“Ethan, sweetheart, Lily is emotional. The doctors warned us—”
“No,” he said.
One word.
Quiet.
Different.
Marcus appeared behind her with the leather folder.
I could see the papers inside.
My signature was on the top page.
Except it was not a signature I had given freely.
Ethan looked at my legs again.
“Who held her down?”
Diane sighed.
“Nobody held anyone down.”
I pointed toward the ceiling vent.
“Then let’s watch.”
Marcus followed my finger.
For the first time, he looked afraid.
Diane recovered faster.
“What is that supposed to mean?”
“A camera.”
Ethan stared at me.
I told him I had installed it weeks earlier after Diane began making
comments about my fitness as a mother.
The footage uploaded automatically to encrypted cloud storage.
Marcus moved toward my phone.
Ethan stepped between us.
“Don’t.”
Marcus stopped.
I opened the app.
The recording began.
Diane’s voice filled the room.
After delivery, the baby comes home with us.
Then Marcus:
Sign it, or we file for emergency guardianship.
May you like
Then two nurses entered the frame.
And Ethan watched his family pin his pregnant wife to a hospital bed.
