A nurse who had worked there, now retired, had noticed that the same child’s birth weight and distinctive small mark on the shoulder appeared in both records.

“Why would she look for that?” Sandra asked.

Samuel explained that a former colleague had recently contacted him while reviewing records for an unrelated professional complaint.

In the process, the nurse had recognized an old photograph submitted by a woman searching for the daughter she believed had been taken from her.

The woman’s name was Camilla Dupont.

I leaned back in my chair.

I could still picture Camilla laughing over terrible takeout on the floor of our first apartment.