CHAPTER 3 — THE WOMAN WHO KNEW TOO MUCH
A woman stepped inside.
Late 40s.
Calm posture.
Professional demeanor.
The kind of calm that didn’t belong in chaos—it controlled it.
Her eyes immediately went to Clara.
Then to me.
Then to the broken wedding frame on the floor.
She didn’t react.
Not even slightly.
“You’re early,” she said.
Not to me.
To Clara.
My chest tightened.
“Who are you?” I demanded.
She finally looked at me.
“I’m the person she was supposed to call two hours ago.”
Clara closed her eyes.
“I’m sorry,” she whispered.
The woman sighed.
Then walked directly to her.
No hesitation.
No explanation.
She pressed two fingers against Clara’s pulse.
Checked her breathing.
Lifted her eyelids.
Then said one word:
“Hospital.”
My stomach dropped.
“What’s wrong with her?” I asked sharply.
The woman didn’t look at me immediately.
Instead, she reached into her bag and pulled out a medical scanner.
Then answered calmly:
“She’s experiencing signs of placental separation stress.”
A pause.
“And internal bleeding.”
The world tilted.
“What does that mean?” I whispered.
The woman finally met my eyes.
“It means,” she said, “your wife and your baby are both in danger.”
Baby.
The word hit me harder than anything else that night.
I turned to Clara instantly.
Her face was pale.
Sweat clung to her skin.
Her breathing was uneven.
And suddenly, I saw it clearly.
She wasn’t hiding betrayal.
She was hiding pain.
“I didn’t want to scare you,” she whispered.
“I thought I could manage it…”
My voice broke.
“You thought wrong.”
The woman stepped back.
“We need to move her now,” she said.
“If we wait, we lose both.”
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I didn’t hesitate anymore.
Not for a second.
