My sister gave birth, so my husband and I went to the hospital to visit her. But after seeing the baby, my husband suddenly pulled me out of the room. “Call the police right now!” I was confused and asked, “Why?” My husband’s face had turned pale. “Didn’t you notice? That baby is…” At that moment, I was speechless and called the police with trembling hands.

Then, without a word, he grabbed my wrist and pulled me backward—hard enough that I almost dropped the flowers. Before I could protest, he dragged me into the hallway and pressed the door shut behind us.

“Call the police,” he said under his breath.

I laughed nervously, completely confused. “Mark, what are you doing? Have you lost your mind?”

“Call them. Now,” he said again, his voice shaking.

I finally looked at his face—and that’s when my stomach dropped. Mark had gone pale, the kind of pale you only see when someone’s body is reacting before their brain catches up.

“Why?” I whispered. “What’s wrong?”

He swallowed hard. “Didn’t you notice?”

“Notice what?” I snapped, panic rising.

He leaned closer, lowering his voice even more. “That baby is not a newborn.”

My heart skipped. “What are you talking about? Hannah just gave birth this morning.”

Mark shook his head slowly. “I’m an emergency nurse. I see newborns every week. That baby’s umbilical stump is almost healed. That takes at least ten days. And—” His voice cracked slightly. “He has a vaccination scar on his thigh. You don’t give those in the delivery room.”

I felt the hallway tilt. “That doesn’t make sense.”