I screamed so loudly that another nurse came running.
Daniel held me as I cried.
“They’ve taken her! They’ve taken my Lily!”
Meanwhile, the police reviewed security footage and discovered that a hospital employee had carried a newborn toward a waiting vehicle.
The car had left only fifteen minutes earlier.
Officers alerted nearby patrols.
For nearly an hour, I sat in my hospital bed holding the other woman’s baby, terrified that neither of us would ever see our real daughters again.
Then my hospital door opened.
Daniel stood there.
His eyes were filled with tears.
“Emily… they found her.”
I could barely speak.
“Is she alive? Is she okay?”
He nodded.
Police had intercepted the vehicle before it reached the highway.
My daughter was safe.
The chief doctor was arrested along with several accomplices, and investigators uncovered evidence of a larger illegal newborn-trafficking operation.
The other baby was returned safely to her mother.
