Read Online SCARRED - Part 2 (The SCARRED Series - Book 2) by Kylie Walker - Free Book Online Page B
Authors: Kylie Walker
Ads: Link
fresh with anyone else for a very long time. He took a sip of his coffee and said, “I found out some things, if you want to hear them.”
She was staring into her coffee cup as she nodded. He could tell that this was hard on her and his heart hurt as he said, “The first thing you need to know is that Trevor and Samantha thought that one of their children died. I saw the death certificate. They were told that she strangled on the cord in utero and was dead at birth. The doctor who delivered the twins was not Samantha’s regular doctor. He was out of town and this doctor told her she needed to have a cesarean section.”
“They didn’t ask for proof? They didn’t want to hold their dead baby, or at least see her?”
“You have to remember a couple of things, Chloe. This was twenty-four years ago. They did things differently then. The doctor was still the master of his domain back them. Then you also have to take into account that this was not a natural birth. Samantha was put under anesthesia and by the time she woke up, they’d taken both of the babies. They just brought Sarah back and that’s when they told her the other twin had died. They still grieve for her, Chloe. When I was asking questions and they had to remember the specifics of that day, their hearts were breaking.” He waited a few beats and when she didn’t say anything he went on, “The doctor who did the delivery has Alzheimer’s and can’t remember shit, but the midwife...she was a wealth of information.”
“Like what?” Chloe asked.
“She admitted to knowing that the doctor was “selling” babies. She said that he “stood in” for the regular OB/GYN when he knew multiple births were involved. Out of fifty-six deliveries in a five year period, fifteen babies were born stillborn. They were all children of multiple births.”
“No one questioned it?”
“I found evidence that the good doctor was relieved of his privileges at St. Peter’s about two years after Trevor and Samantha’s children were born. The records of that incident are all sealed however so I cannot find out the reason. He went into private practice after that, General Medicine. He developed Alzheimer’s at a fairly young age.”
“Good,” she said, almost so quietly that he couldn’t hear. Those were his sentiments as well. They were both quiet for a while and then she said, “So the odds are pretty good that these people are my relatives?”
“Yes, better than good,” he said. “What about your adoptive parents?”
She jerked her head up and looked at him sharply. “What about them?”
“I was just wondering if they were still living. Maybe we could get some information from them about the adoption...”
“No!”
He waited for her to expound on that, but she didn’t and the “No” was final.
“Okay, I have another question.”
“What’s that?”
“Can I tell Trevor and Samantha?”
Chapter 10
––––––––
C hloe was quiet for so long that time that Derek thought she wasn’t going to answer him. When she finally did, she said, “And then what? We re-unite one big, happy family? I doubt that I’d be what they were expecting.”
“Chloe, they don’t have any expectations. Finding out their child is alive after all these years is a miracle on its own. These people are the kindest most non-judgmental people that you would ever want to meet. Their life was centered on family. Their family was taken from them way too soon. Besides, I think they would love you even if they didn’t suspect you were their daughter.”
“I don’t know how to be anyone’s daughter,” she said.
Derek wondered what else had been done to her. It made his chest hurt to imagine and he was almost thankful that she didn’t seem to want to tell him. “You don’t have to be anything to anyone that you choose not to be, Chloe. All I’m asking is that you let me tell them and that you agree to meet them...someday, when you’re
She was staring into her coffee cup as she nodded. He could tell that this was hard on her and his heart hurt as he said, “The first thing you need to know is that Trevor and Samantha thought that one of their children died. I saw the death certificate. They were told that she strangled on the cord in utero and was dead at birth. The doctor who delivered the twins was not Samantha’s regular doctor. He was out of town and this doctor told her she needed to have a cesarean section.”
“They didn’t ask for proof? They didn’t want to hold their dead baby, or at least see her?”
“You have to remember a couple of things, Chloe. This was twenty-four years ago. They did things differently then. The doctor was still the master of his domain back them. Then you also have to take into account that this was not a natural birth. Samantha was put under anesthesia and by the time she woke up, they’d taken both of the babies. They just brought Sarah back and that’s when they told her the other twin had died. They still grieve for her, Chloe. When I was asking questions and they had to remember the specifics of that day, their hearts were breaking.” He waited a few beats and when she didn’t say anything he went on, “The doctor who did the delivery has Alzheimer’s and can’t remember shit, but the midwife...she was a wealth of information.”
“Like what?” Chloe asked.
“She admitted to knowing that the doctor was “selling” babies. She said that he “stood in” for the regular OB/GYN when he knew multiple births were involved. Out of fifty-six deliveries in a five year period, fifteen babies were born stillborn. They were all children of multiple births.”
“No one questioned it?”
“I found evidence that the good doctor was relieved of his privileges at St. Peter’s about two years after Trevor and Samantha’s children were born. The records of that incident are all sealed however so I cannot find out the reason. He went into private practice after that, General Medicine. He developed Alzheimer’s at a fairly young age.”
“Good,” she said, almost so quietly that he couldn’t hear. Those were his sentiments as well. They were both quiet for a while and then she said, “So the odds are pretty good that these people are my relatives?”
“Yes, better than good,” he said. “What about your adoptive parents?”
She jerked her head up and looked at him sharply. “What about them?”
“I was just wondering if they were still living. Maybe we could get some information from them about the adoption...”
“No!”
He waited for her to expound on that, but she didn’t and the “No” was final.
“Okay, I have another question.”
“What’s that?”
“Can I tell Trevor and Samantha?”
Chapter 10
––––––––
C hloe was quiet for so long that time that Derek thought she wasn’t going to answer him. When she finally did, she said, “And then what? We re-unite one big, happy family? I doubt that I’d be what they were expecting.”
“Chloe, they don’t have any expectations. Finding out their child is alive after all these years is a miracle on its own. These people are the kindest most non-judgmental people that you would ever want to meet. Their life was centered on family. Their family was taken from them way too soon. Besides, I think they would love you even if they didn’t suspect you were their daughter.”
“I don’t know how to be anyone’s daughter,” she said.
Derek wondered what else had been done to her. It made his chest hurt to imagine and he was almost thankful that she didn’t seem to want to tell him. “You don’t have to be anything to anyone that you choose not to be, Chloe. All I’m asking is that you let me tell them and that you agree to meet them...someday, when you’re
Similar Books
