When I arrived at the hospital to bring my wife and newborn twins home, my heart was filled with excitement. But instead of a joyful reunion, I was met with an unexpected and devastating shock: Suzie was gone. All that remained was a note, and as I cared for my daughters and tried to make sense of what had happened, I uncovered secrets that changed everything.
Driving to the hospital, I could barely contain my excitement. Balloons decorated the car, and I eagerly thought about reuniting with my family. Suzie had faced many challenges during the pregnancy, and she deserved to come home to a house full of love and the dinner I’d prepared for us.
But when I entered her room, I froze. My daughters were sleeping soundly, but Suzie was nowhere to be found. A note on the table read: “Goodbye. Take care of them. Ask your mother WHY she did this to me.”
Confusion quickly turned to panic. What could my mother have done? Suzie had seemed happy—hadn’t she? I demanded answers from the nurses, but they told me that Suzie had checked out that morning, and that I was supposed to know. Shaken, I left the hospital with my daughters, trying to make sense of the situation.
At home, my mother Mandy greeted me with a warm smile, carrying a casserole dish. But when I showed her the note, her joy turned to alarm. “What did you do?” I asked, demanding an explanation. She denied any wrongdoing, but I couldn’t ignore the suspicion growing inside me. My mother had always been critical of Suzie, but could she have gone so far as to drive her away?
Later that night, after putting the twins to bed, I searched through Suzie’s things. In her closet, I found a letter from my mother that made my blood run cold: “Suzie, you’ll never be good enough for my son. If you care about them, you’ll leave before you ruin their lives.”
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