Courtney crossed her arms.
“She’s always looking for attention.”
I lifted Owen into my arms.
The heat coming from his tiny body terrified me.
Within minutes, I was racing toward the hospital.
In the emergency department, doctors rushed Hannah and Owen into separate treatment rooms.
A physician examined them and then turned to me with visible anger.
“Your wife and baby are severely dehydrated,” he said.
Then his eyes narrowed.
“And those bruises on her wrists need an explanation.”
At that moment, my mother burst into the hospital, crying dramatically.
“I was only trying to help them!”
No one believed her.
The moment Hannah heard Patricia’s voice, she started shaking uncontrollably.
That reaction alone told the staff everything they needed to know.
A detective named Rebecca Morales arrived soon after.
She questioned everyone separately.
My mother immediately began telling a story that sounded rehearsed.
“Hannah has always been unstable.”
