The Years Between Signing and Seeing novel Chapter 264

Lionel glanced at a nearby chair and calmly walked over to sit down. “Since you don’t seem to know, why don’t I help you connect the dots?”

Margaret held her breath, her mind a tangled mess. But she maintained a facade of indifference, waiting for him to speak.

Soon enough, Lionel pointed to the photo wall and spoke again. “Where is your other daughter?”

Margaret followed his finger to the photos. She had never hung a single picture of Suzie, only shots of Stewart, Ruby, and the rest of their family.

Her other daughter?! How did he know about another daughter? Was he talking about Suzie?

“What other daughter?” Margaret retorted coldly. “I have fraternal twins. Their pictures are right there on the wall, aren’t they?”

“Is that so…” Lionel drew out the words, his gaze sweeping over the small home with unconcealed disdain. “Then why did my investigation show that you have an older daughter?”

Margaret’s heart lurched again. This man had investigated her so thoroughly? He had clearly come prepared.

As she stood there, stunned, her arms were suddenly twisted behind her back and restrained. David, who had been silent all this time, was seized as well.

“What are you doing?!” Margaret asked, her voice trembling.

Though her heart was pounding in her chest, Margaret refused to give in completely. Her tone, however, became much more polite. “Mr. Lockwood, is it? First of all, I have no idea what you’re talking about, this business of switching babies at Riverfront Hospital all those years ago. The month you mentioned was when I gave birth myself, so I wasn’t even working. And furthermore…”

Margaret let out a dramatic sigh. “Oh, my older daughter… A few years after she was born, I got pregnant again with the twins. They were premature, and I admit I neglected her. She ran away from home a long time ago. See? She even took her photos from the wall. She wanted to cut all ties with us. We’re looking for her too.”

After careful consideration, Margaret decided to stick to her denial. If this man had solid evidence, he would have gone straight to the police, not shown up at her door to cause a scene.

But Lionel wasn't buying her act. He threw the file in her face and yelled, “That’s right, you weren’t working that month! It was a private luxury hospital, a place lowlifes like you could never afford. But you were a nurse there, and you got to give birth in that hospital on the third floor as an employee benefit. Am I wrong?”

Margaret grew more certain he had no proof. “So what does that prove?” she retorted. “I wasn’t the only nurse on that floor, and I wasn’t the only one giving birth. That unit was always full. Are you just going to accuse me of switching babies with nothing but empty words?”