Amelia
There was a woman who worked for them. Her name was Bertha, and she was pregnant at the time, too. My mother knew exactly what Ferdinand was capable of, so she made her plan. She told me this with tears in her eyes. I'm guessing that Bertha is the woman who attacked me that night, who accused me of stealing her baby, and that's exactly what she did.
Bertha gave birth a week before my mother did, but it would do. The day before my mother gave birth, she went to Bertha's room with a gun. She threatened to kill her—and her other son, who was around two at the time—if she didn't hand the newborn over. There was a man she trusted who worked for Ferdinand—his name was Gary Stewart—and he helped hide the baby until her own child was born. Meanwhile, Bertha quit her job and took her oth
