The Baptism Betrayal

he staff immediately straightened up, their allegiance shifting in an i

er face contorting with o

th as silk. "We had to deal with a small matter of a

ashaying toward Andrew. "Andrew, darling," she purred, placing a hand on his arm.

m with pure disgust and pulled away

a. "I did it for you, Andrew! I knew Sylvia would ruin our son' s life, so I made sure he was raised away from her

er cruelty. She had condemned her own biological child to

thless laugh. "You really a

ntion. "You think I didn't know?" she said, her voice dropping to a confidential, yet

ital administrator, a woman whose family my father had helped years ago, alerted me to a cer

gasp went thr

she had succeeded. I let her walk out of that hospital with the baby she thought was m

. "Ethan has always been my son. And Ryan," she gla

ing up a tablet. "And we hav

voice trembling. "Thirty years ago, Debra Jones paid me ten thousand dollars to switch her baby with Sylvia Lester' s. But

he silence in the

nd horror. The entire foundation of her life, the grand lie

t out a hysterical shriek and, without another word, turned and

l to watch. "Mother," he said, his voice dangerously quiet. "After all these years, y

had disappeared, a strange, lost look on her fac

Sylvia, then looked at Ethan and me. "We are all leaving. This house has become a

sorrowful regret. "Jocelyn, Ethan, I am so sorry yo

alked out, I glanced back one last time. Eleanor was still standing there,