Chapter 2: The Call That Went Silent
Part 2 ⬇️
"I'm on my way to you," I said.
"Claire, what is going on?"
She didn't answer right away.
I could hear her breathing.
Fast.
Shallow.
"Mom…
Jason didn't mean for you to see that list."
"What previous pregnancy, Claire?"
Silence.
"Claire."
"It was before we got married." Her voice dropped to almost nothing.
"I lost a baby.
Jason was the father.
We never told anyone."
My chest ached.
My daughter had carried that alone for years.
But something still didn't fit.
"Then why would the doctor react that way?
Why would she tell me not to confront Jason?"
Another long pause.
"What did she say exactly?"
I repeated it word for word.
Claire went quiet in a way that frightened me.
Then I heard something in the background.
A door opening.
Jason's voice.
"Who are you talking to?"
Claire's tone changed instantly.
"No one.
Just my mom."
"Give me the phone."
"Jason—"
"Give me the phone, Claire."
The line went muffled.
Like a hand pressed over the speaker.
Then the call ended.
I sat in my driveway, hands shaking on the wheel.
The doctor had told me not to confront him.
And now my daughter wasn't answering.
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