Neither of us addressed Vanessa.

I rose up from the seat. “What’s in your folks’ cellar?”

His stillness responded before his lips did.

“Emily…”

“What is it?”

He massaged both palms over his face. “It’s not what you imagine.”

“Then inform me.”

He peered toward Lily’s resting shape before dropping his tone.

“My dad began a ‘firm’ during the plague.”

“What sort of firm?”

Daniel paused too long.

“Identity theft,” I breathed.

His eyelids shut.

I almost crumpled.

“Oh my God.”

“It began tiny,” he uttered rapidly. “Phony jobless claims. Credit cards. Tax filings. Vanessa became entangled after her split because she required funds.”

“You realized?”

“I discovered it a year ago.”

Fury erupted through me so quickly I could hardly inhale.

“You permitted our daughter near them?”

“I was attempting to mend it silently.”

“You were shielding them.”

“No!” he snarled. “You don’t comprehend my father.”

I moved nearer. “Then assist me comprehend why your sister almost murdered my kid over card packets.”

Daniel’s pitch broke.

“Because Lily viewed the archive room last month.”

The chamber suddenly seemed chillier.

“What archive room?”

His gaze found mine.

“They store files there. Thousands of them. IDs, social security digits, monetary records… everything.”

I watched him in terror.

“This clan is operating a felony ring.”

He muttered the following terms so quietly I nearly failed them.

“And currently Vanessa believes Lily can recognize what she viewed.”

At that precise instant, my mobile buzzed.

Unidentified caller.

I responded warily.

A female’s tone murmured pressingly, “If you desire your child living, cease posing inquiries regarding the cellar.”

Then the connection turned silent.

I didn’t slumber during the following thirty-six hours.

Every noise outside the clinic chamber made me twitch. Every strange countenance in the corridor felt menacing. After the telephone call, I requested clinic guards to position someone near Lily’s space. I also summoned Columbus police despite Daniel pleading me against.

“You don’t realize what my sire’s capable of,” he cautioned.

“I recognize precisely what he’s capable of,” I retorted. “I witnessed what your sibling performed to my child.”

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