The Price of Silence and the Betrayal That Tore My Family Apart
“Did anyone see you?” I asked, stepping out of the elevator.
“No,” he said. “The street is quiet. The rain is heavy enough to cover any noise.”
I walked down the long corridor toward Sam’s room.
“Leo, I just got a text,” I said. “An anonymous text with a photo of Josephine’s handwriting.”
There was a brief silence on the line.
“What did it say?” he asked.
“She wrote about me,” I said. “She wrote that I was unstable. It looked like a diary entry.”
“I’m in her office now,” Leo said. “Her mahogany desk is right in front of me.”
I heard the sound of metal clicking.
“The drawers are locked,” he said.
“Can you open them?” I asked.
“I have my pocket knife,” Leo said. “And a small pry bar from my truck.”
I reached Sam’s room and pushed the heavy wooden door open.
The room was dimly lit.
Sam was sleeping in his metal crib, his small chest rising and falling.
A thin plastic tube was taped to the back of his tiny hand.
“Be careful, Leo,” I whispered, sitting in the vinyl chair beside the crib.