“Estás a salvo aquí ahora”, dijo Olivia en voz baja, apartándole un mechón de pelo de la frente. “¿Puedes decirme tu nombre?”
Theo… and this is Amelie,” he said, pressing the infant closer to his chest.
Within minutes, Dr. Samuel Hart, the attending pediatrician, and aer.”
Dr. Hart crouched down, speaking calmly. “No one is taking her. But I need to know, Theo, what happened?”
Theo glanced nervously toward the door before speaking. “It’s my stepfather. He… he hits me when Mom is asleep. Tonight he got angry because Amelie wouldn’t stop crying. He said… he said he’d make her quiet forever. I had to leave.”
The words hit Olivia like a blow. Dr. Hart exchanged a grave look with the security officer before calling for the social worker and notifying the police.
Outside, a winter storm battered the hospital windows, snow piling in silent heaps. Inside, Theo held Amelie tightly, unaware that his courage had already set a life-saving chain of events into motion.
Detective Felix Monroe arrived within the hour, his expression serious beneath the harsh fluorescent lights. He had investigated many child abuse cases but few had begun with a seven-year-old walking into a hospital in the dead of night, carrying his sister to safety.
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