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was not an improvement to her features that was for certain. Derek waited patiently and at last she said, “I didn’t know him all that well. I was only involved in a few of his cases. He liked having a midwife there when the birth involved multiples.”
    “Why is that?”
    “It just seemed to help the mothers. Giving birth to more than one child at a time can be a long, trying experience. I was trained to make that experience more bearable.”
    “Did the doctor deliver many stillborn babies?” Derek had already done his homework there and found out that Dr. Hayward had in fact, lost an astonishing number of babies in his career.
    “Not that I recall...” she was looking thoughtful again and then she suddenly said, “I’d offer you some coffee, but I don’t get my state check for another week and I was really too broke to buy any...”
    Derek pulled out his wallet and laid a hundred dollar bill on the table. “Will that help?” he asked. Her eyes were wide as she looked at it, but greed got the better of her and she said, “Maybe a bit. It’s been a long month and my son usually sends me money but he got laid off...”
    Derek laid two more bills in front of her and said, “If you tell me anything that I don’t already know, I’ll leave those here. If not, they go with me.”
    She nodded and smacked her lips together before saying, “Dr. Hayward was an evil man. I hope that being locked up in that crazy head of his is God’s punishment for the evil things he did in his life.”
    “What kinds of things?”
    “Do you work with the police?” she asked, looking out her window like she expected them to be at her three story window.
    “No, I’m a real estate agent. I’m just trying to help out a friend. Edith, if you took part in any of Dr. Hayward’s “evil” this might be a chance for you to redeem yourself.”
    “I wasn’t any part of any of it. But I figured out what he was doing. He threatened me if I told anyone. My husband had cancer at the time...he was dying and I had a son to support...”
    “Did he buy your silence?” Derek asked her.
    “He threatened me, like I said. The money was...a back-up plan, I guess. There wasn’t that much of it and I refused to work with him again...”
    “What did he do with the babies, Edith? They weren’t dead, were they?”
    Derek was brought back to the present by the sound of footsteps on the deck. He looked up to see Chloe.   Beautiful Chloe. He went back and forth in his head and his heart about what he was doing here. He knew she wasn’t Sarah. They looked exactly alike, but everything about them was different. Where Sarah had been all sweet and sunshine and goodness, Chloe was edgy and hard in places. Sarah’s mannerisms had always been cultured and lady-like and she’d been a little shy with her sexuality even after they were married for two years. Chloe was a sexual being whether she wanted to admit it or not. Everything about her exuded sensuality and it was hard for him to even look at her without getting turned on. But, he also knew the situation was strange and it lent itself to more than one problem if he took things with her any further. He just couldn’t seem to help himself.
    “Hi,” she said.
    He stood up and went towards her. She took a step back. They were back at square one.
    “Hi,” he said, stopping about a foot away. “I’m glad you came. Come on, I have some coffee made downstairs.” He led and she followed. He offered her a seat and she perched herself on the edge of it like she was about to take flight. He poured their coffee and sat down. “How are you?” he asked her.
    “I’m okay,” she said. She was clutching onto the cup and he noticed the bandage across her knuckles.
    “What happened to your hand?”
    She glanced down like she’d forgotten it was there and said, “Some guy got fresh.”
    Derek tried not to laugh out loud but he couldn’t help but smile. He’d be willing to bet that guy didn’t get