Twelve Months Later, Ethan Came Back With a Sleeping Newborn and a Broken Suitcase

You will leave the luggage, the documents, and the child.”

“No,” Ethan said.

“She isn’t your property.”

“You will leave with exactly what is in your pockets,” Richard continued.

“If you take so much as a coat from the closet, I dial nine-one-one.

I will report a home invasion and a kidnapping.”

He looked at me with flat, empty eyes.

There was no warmth left in them, no hesitation.