Heidi shook her head, sobbing.
"It wasn't me! Bridget forced me!"
I immediately hid behind Gideon.
"Honey, she's blaming me again."
Gideon moved in front of me with practiced ease.
"Keep talking."
With trembling hands, the family doctor removed a bottle of pills from his medical bag.
"Ms. Fletcher took medication that temporarily produced the hormonal signs of pregnancy. It could even fool a home pregnancy test. But the effects last no more than 7 days, so she had to stage an accidental miscarriage quickly."
So that was it.
First, she would use the false pregnancy to move into the house. Then she'd frame me for her "miscarriage".
Once the baby was gone, the lawful wife would be thrown out too.
Two birds with one stone.
Too bad she'd chosen the wrong opponent.
My father's third
