Right after delivery, my husband smirked at the newborn: “We need a DNA test to be sure it’s mine.” I held the baby tightly, tears in my eyes, and whispered, “Fine, let’s do it.” Days later, the doctor stared at the lab results with a pale face and said, “Ma’am, call the police right now.”

a brutalist structure currently undergoing renovations.

“Why would she do this?” Megan whispered as we passed rows of empty, dark patient rooms wrapped in plastic sheeting. “Money? Madness?”

“Both,” I muttered, my senses heightened. The sterile smell of the modern hospital faded here, replaced by the scent of drywall dust and stale air.

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