to me. I want Nick to tell us what the hell is going on,
because this whole thing is starting to stink. I never, I never
– I never felt so foolish in my life.’ She began crying,
swiping away the tears, clearly furious at herself for crying.
‘We trusted you with our daughter. We trusted you, Nick.
Just tell us the truth!’ She put a quivering index finger under
my nose. ‘Is it true? Did you not want the baby? Did you not
love Amy anymore? Did you hurt her?’
I wanted to smack her. Marybeth and Rand had raised
Amy. She was literally their work product. They had created
her. I wanted to say the words
Your daughter is the
monster here
, but I couldn’t – not until we’d told the police –
and so I remained dumbfounded, trying to think of what I
could say. But I looked like I was stonewalling. ‘Marybeth, I
would never—’
‘
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