holding him until a private adoption could be finalized out of the country! She said a wealthy family in Montreal was adopting him through a private agency. She said it was for the best, that Vanessa couldn’t handle being a mother!”
“An illegal, unregistered adoption,” Marcus corrected bluntly. “A payoff. Child trafficking under federal law.”
“And Lily?” I asked, my heart breaking. “Why was my daughter outside on the driveway?”
Rachel, the middle sister, broke down first, unable to stomach the police presence any longer. “Lily heard him crying through the air vents, Daniel! She went upstairs to look and saw Leo. She recognized Thomas’s teddy bear from the photos on your desk. She told Grandma she was going to call you on her tablet and show you the little boy. Grandma took her tablet, smashed it, and shoved her out the front door to keep her quiet while they
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