I Called the Police This Time is an emotional short drama that blends family conflict, shocking secrets, and suspenseful storytelling. As hidden truths come to light, one courageous decision changes everything. Watch the full episode to experience a powerful story filled with emotion, mystery, and unforgettable twists.
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00:00Lindsay, you don't deserve to be a mother. Hand the baby over.
00:03Cole stood at the door of room 302.
00:04Natalie and two bodyguards at his back, blocking the way.
00:06I'd just given birth.
00:07Even the smallest movement set my incision on fire and whited out my vision.
00:10And Cole had already brought people to take my baby by force.
00:12In my last life, those were the same words.
00:14Back then I was only three days postpartum.
00:16Just sitting up was a battle.
00:18The moment I heard he wanted to take my baby, the first thing I did was cry.
00:20I begged him through tears not to touch my child.
00:23Natalie stood right behind him, her eyes rimmed red.
00:25Cole, she's not stable. It's postpartum.
00:27One sentence. That was all it took.
00:29They labeled me crazy.
00:30My baby was taken.
00:31I chased them into the hallway.
00:32My incision tore open.
00:34I hemorrhaged and blacked out.
00:36When I woke up, I was in a psychiatric ward.
00:39Three months later, I died in there.
00:41And now Cole was still standing in the doorway.
00:43Natalie was still behind him, eyes rimmed red as if she were the one being wronged.
00:47She was the woman Cole had protected for years.
00:49I was the wife who had just given birth and yet she carried herself like the baby's rightful owner.
00:53Not me.
00:54I stayed silent for two seconds, then reached over and pressed the call button by my bed.
00:59Within seconds, the night shift nurse pushed the door open.
01:02Room 302, what's going on?
01:04I pointed at the people in the doorway.
01:06Call the police.
01:07Someone's trying to take a newborn.
01:09It's two in the morning. There's more than one of them.
01:16I'm sorry.
01:17If you think I'm crazy, book me with psychology.
01:20But what you're doing right now, I'd start with the criminal division.
01:24Cole's face darkened.
01:26He took a step toward the bed.
01:27Sir, this is the maternity care unit.
01:28Unauthorized persons are not allowed inside.
01:30The nurse moved in front of him at once, blocking his path.
01:32I'm the child's father.
01:33A father doesn't get to barge into a postpartum room at 2 a.m. with bodyguards.
01:37And right now, I don't even recognize you as one.
01:39It was probably the first time he'd ever heard me speak to him this way.
01:42He hesitated for half a beat, then called my name.
01:45Don't say it like you know me.
01:46He froze.
01:47Natalie stepped forward, her voice so soft it was almost a whisper,
01:50as if afraid of disturbing someone.
01:51Lindsay, please don't do this.
01:53Cole's just worried about the baby.
01:55Worried about the baby?
01:56So he brings two bodyguards into the maternity ward at 2 in the morning?
01:59Is this how your family expresses fatherly love?
02:01Committing a crime?
02:02Lindsay, Natalie is only trying to help you.
02:04Sure, she can help.
02:06Right after she shows me her medical license.
02:08No license?
02:09Then it's not concern.
02:10It's defamation.
02:11Cole, I knew she'd take it the wrong way.
02:14Look at yourself.
02:15Do you see what you've become?
02:16A woman three days out of a C-ception getting her baby snatched at 2 a.m.
02:19And you?
02:21You're being led around by the nose and calling yourself the sane one.
02:24You know nothing about the law and you're proud of it.
02:26Lindsay, don't push me.
02:28Cole, don't push the law.
02:30The baby is right there.
02:32Take him tomorrow.
02:33This whole city will know the Cole family raided a maternity bout at 2 a.m.
02:36By then, I'm the father won't save you.
02:38You could call yourself the president.
02:40You'd still sit through an investigation first.
02:41He still hadn't caught up.
02:43In the past, the second he frowned, I'd rush to explain.
02:46But this time, I wanted him to do the explaining.
02:48By what right was he taking my baby?
02:50Lindsay, the doctor says you're not in your right mind.
02:53You're mentally unstable.
02:55How are you supposed to raise this child?
02:57Cole took it and glanced down.
02:59His face dartened further.
03:01Lindsay, what do you have to say to that?
03:02This was the moment, before, when I'd scramble, scramble to defend myself.
03:07And the more I insisted I wasn't crazy, the more convinced they got that I was.
03:11This time, I didn't grab the paper.
03:13I didn't cry.
03:13I just looked at Natalie.
03:15Which hospital issued it?
03:17Which doctor signed it?
03:18When was the evaluation done?
03:19Was I informed?
03:20Who signed the consent form?
03:21And here's the heavy one.
03:22How did I, the actual patient, never hear about being evaluated?
03:27Lindsay, you're so worked up right now.
03:28I was just afraid.
03:30Don't be.
03:31Give me the doctor's number.
03:32I'd like to ask him how he diagnosed me long distance.
03:36Do you have to be this aggressive?
03:38She brings a piece of paper from God knows where in the middle of the night to take my
03:42baby, and that's concern.
03:43I ask two questions about where it came from, and that's aggressive.
03:47Cole, your sense of fairness sure knows who to side with.
03:50On the page, there was just one so-called expert signature.
03:54No confirmation from me.
03:55No stamp from the maternity center.
03:58And the date.
03:59The date was the day before I gave birth.
04:02Fascinating.
04:03My baby wasn't even born yet, and this expert already knew I'd be mentally unstable after
04:07delivery?
04:08The nurse took the evaluation, looked at it for a few seconds, and her expression shifted
04:12too.
04:13Mr. Cole, this document was not issued by our center.
04:16There's no physician's seal from this facility, and no record of the patient's acknowledgement.
04:22Procedurally, it cannot be used as grounds to remove a newborn.
04:24It's not from your center.
04:26Cole had a specialist do it.
04:27Where is the specialist?
04:28Bring him in.
04:29Right now.
04:29If he can actually prove I'm insane, I'll cooperate with the consultation on the spot.
04:34But until he gets here, Natalie, say one more word about my mental state, and I'll add defamation
04:40to the list.
04:40For the first time, Natalie's composure slipped.
04:43In her last go-round, one sentence from her had been enough to condemn me.
04:47This time, she was being asked to show her sources.
04:50I'm calling the police now.
04:52The nurse picked up her phone.
04:54Cole, no police!
04:54If this blows up, it's bad for Lindsay, too.
04:57Bad for me?
04:58How?
04:58I'm a postpartum patient getting her baby snatched at her door, and I'm supposed to worry about
05:02the reputation of the people doing the snatching?
05:05Natalie, when did you get so good at guilt-troping?
05:08Hello, this is Anheim Maternity Center.
05:10We have unauthorized persons in room 302 attempting to remove a newborn.
05:13The patient has clearly refused.
05:15He looked at me and lowered his voice.
05:17Lindsay, are you sure you want to take this that far?
05:20Yes.
05:21Don't regret it.
05:22A little early for that line.
05:24Regret usually shows up a lot later.
05:28The baby in the crib stirred.
05:29A tiny hand worked its way out from the swaddle.
05:32I just want to see the baby.
05:33The nurse blocked her instantly.
05:34Miss Natalie, please step away from the crib.
05:37Everyone, take a good look.
05:38If she trips toward the baby, I suggest you classify it as assault on a newborn.
05:42Do you really have to think the worst of her?
05:44I wish I didn't.
05:45But since she walked through that door, she's hit every mark.
05:47Psych eval, paternity test, edging toward the crib, not one step out of place.
05:50She couldn't keep crying.
05:51She'd realize her tears didn't work on me anymore.
05:53Before, every time she cried, I gave up ground.
05:55Now, every time she cries, I add another item to the evidence list.
05:59The nurse hung up.
06:00The police are on their way.
06:01The supervisors hadn't arrived.
06:03The police hadn't arrived.
06:04But Natalie was already losing it.
06:06She bit her lip like she'd finally made up her mind, then pulled a second document out of her bag.
06:11Lindsay, if you really insist on calling the police, then I'll just have to tell the truth.
06:16Here it comes.
06:17I know this piece of paper too well.
06:19It's the one that, before, made Cole look at me like a stranger.
06:22Natalie passed the document to Cole.
06:25Cole, this baby isn't yours.
06:28Cole took it.
06:30The two words on the cover, paternity test, stared up at him, glaring.
06:36I didn't want to say it, but the way things are now, we can't leave the baby with her.
06:40Cole stared down at the paternity report.
06:43The hospital lights were stark white, leeching the warmth out of his knuckles.
06:47Cole, I know this is brutal for you, but you can't stay in the dark about your own child.
06:52Cole didn't say a word.
06:53He just looked at me, but I was in no rush to explain.
06:56I just looked at Natalie.
06:58Who collected the sample?
06:59What?
07:00I asked you.
07:02Who collected the sample?
07:04I leaned back against the headboard, the pain at my incision turning numb.
07:08But my voice came out clear.
07:10Who sent it in?
07:11Who signed the authorization?
07:13He's three days old.
07:14Outside of nurses changing his diaper, he hasn't even left this room.
07:18So whose sample did your test actually use?
07:21He finally looked down at the string of numbers at the bottom of the report.
07:25Lindsay, the sample isn't the point right now.
07:27The result is wrong.
07:28The sample is the most important part of eternity test.
07:31No clear sample, no result.
07:32Just a piece of trash paper.
07:35What, did my son crawl out in the middle of the night, sit through your test, and crawl back to
07:39bed?
07:41I just had someone get the sample for me.
07:44Who?
07:47Who, a ghost?
07:49Can't say their name if they're still alive?
07:50Cole finally spoke, and for the first time, there was scrutiny in his voice.
07:54Natalie, who gave you the sample?
07:56Cole, are you doubting me now?
07:59Before, that line alone would have sent Cole straight to her side.
08:03This time, Cole didn't answer right away.
08:07Cole, don't rush to doubt her.
08:09First, think back.
08:11Since you walked into this room, have you asked one question about where that sample came from?
08:17A three-day-old newborn.
08:18No sampling record.
08:19No consent from the mother.
08:20No log of anyone entering or leaving the nursery.
08:22And out of nowhere, a paternity report appears from Natalie's bag.
08:25Your first reaction isn't to ask where the sample came from.
08:27It's to ask what I have to say for myself.
08:29Is that how you sign contracts at work?
08:32Lindsay, why do you have to put it so ugly?
08:34Ugly?
08:35Then let me clean it up.
08:36Miss Natalie produced a paternity report with an unknown source, unknown authorization, and an unknown sample,
08:41and attempted to use it to remove my child.
08:43Better?
08:44Nurse, could you check whether the newborn in 302 has had any sampling record these past three days?
08:49The nurse went straight to the computer.
08:51This time, I asked first.
08:53She backed me up after.
08:54A moment later, she read off the screen, word by word.
08:57Nothing.
08:58The newborn in 302 has not left the care unit since birth.
09:01No blood craws, no cheek smobs, no samples of any kind on file.
09:05ID bracelet, feeding records, overnight rounds, all complete.
09:07Just because your center has no record doesn't mean nowhere else does!
09:10True.
09:11Which brings us back to the question, how did somewhere else get that sample?
09:16Did my baby ship it over himself, or did your people reach into the maternity ward?
09:21I didn't, didn't what?
09:23Didn't forge it?
09:24Didn't pay someone off?
09:26Didn't try to use a fake test to take my baby?
09:29Cole, I was just afraid you were being fooled.
09:31Afraid he'd be lied to.
09:33So you lied to him first?
09:35Enough.
09:36Is that enough?
09:37Because I've asked enough?
09:39Or because she slipped up enough?
09:41Cole didn't answer.
09:43Natalie still wasn't giving up.
09:45She drew in a breath and straightened her back.
09:47Even if this report can't prove the sample source, it still doesn't prove the baby is safe.
09:51She looked at the crib.
09:52We're this hostile right now, who's to say she won't snap and hurt him?
09:56We've gone full circle, right back to I'm crazy.
09:58Natalie, is that the only hat you brought tonight?
10:00I'm just worried.
10:01Worry needs grounds.
10:02You say I'm insane, show me the diagnosis.
10:04You say the baby isn't Cole's, show me a legitimate test.
10:07You say I'll hurt him, show me the evidence.
10:09You've got nothing, just...
10:11I'm worried.
10:11Well, I'm worried you're trying to steal a baby.
10:13Should we detain you first?
10:15Just then, hurried footsteps came from the corridor.
10:18The maternity center's supervisor had arrived.
10:20She had a coat thrown over her shoulders, hair a little disheveled, clearly dragged out of bed.
10:24The second she stepped in, she went straight to Cole.
10:26Mr. Cole, I'm so sorry about all this.
10:28Is there some kind of misunderstanding?
10:30I raised an eyebrow.
10:31She wasn't even steady on her feet, but she'd already picked her side.
10:33Cole stayed silent.
10:34The supervisor turned to me, forcing a smile.
10:37Lindsay, you've just delivered.
10:38Try not to get worked up.
10:39Whatever the issue is, we can handle it internally.
10:41Handle it internally?
10:42Yes. The baby is so small, and the mother needs rest.
10:45If this gets blown up, no one benefit.
10:47I went quiet for two seconds.
10:49Nurse, would you take this down for me, please?
10:50Take down what?
10:51Upon arrival, the on-duty supervisor of Anhame Maternity Center did not immediately secure the surveillance footage,
10:57did not ask how unauthorized purse had entered the maternity unit,
11:00and did not verify the visitor's authorization.
11:01Her first words were, handle it internally.
11:04Lindsay, that's not what I meant.
11:05Then what did you mean?
11:07That a break-in into the nursery at midnight isn't serious?
11:09That people showing up with mystery paperwork to take a newborn isn't serious?
11:14Or that, with Mr. Cole standing right there, it had better not be serious?
11:20Lindsay, the supervisor's just trying to help you, too.
11:24So many people are helping me tonight.
11:26One's trying to take my baby.
11:27One says I'm insane.
11:28One brought a fake test.
11:29Now another wants to handle it internally.
11:31A couple more, and I won't be able to tell if this is a maternity ward or a damage control
11:35summit.
11:36Lindsay, please watch your language.
11:38I'd love to.
11:40But you all showed up at midnight handing me material.
11:42It's hard not to run with it.
11:46Lindsay, do you have to leave everyone with no way out?
11:50I'm not leaving you with no way out.
11:52You all picked the wrong room.
11:54This is a maternity board.
11:56Not the Cole family living room.
11:58And definitely not Natalie's stage.
12:01The supervisor finally steadied her tone.
12:03Lindsay, I understand you're upset.
12:05But Mr. Cole is the child's father, after all.
12:08Some of this we can sit down and discuss.
12:10Talk.
12:11Fine.
12:12But first, write up an incident report.
12:14One, at 2 a.m., unauthorized persons entered the maternity care unit.
12:17Two, said persons attempted to remove a newborn using unterrified documents.
12:20Three, the patient explicitly refused.
12:22Four, the center's supervisor recommended handling it internally.
12:24And when you're done, you sign it.
12:26Whoever wants to handle it can take the fall.
12:28This, this can't be written that way.
12:30Can't be written that way?
12:31Which part is wrong?
12:32That they didn't come?
12:34That they didn't try to take him?
12:35That I agreed?
12:36Or that you never said handle it internally?
12:42This time, the nurse picked up her log on her own.
12:46Lindsay, I can go ahead and start the duty log?
12:51That was when the supervisor really panicked.
12:54Cole was looking at her, too.
12:57Why did your center let us come straight up?
13:02Mr. Cole, the front desk said you were a VIP.
13:06VIP?
13:07So if you look rich enough, you can bypass the front desk, bypass authorization, bypass the actual mother, and just
13:13walk upstairs to claim a baby?
13:15This isn't a luxury maternity center.
13:18It's a self-service counter for the rich.
13:23Lindsay, we will absolutely investigate this.
13:26Not will.
13:27Investigate.
13:28Seal the footage now.
13:29Access logs, visitor logs, shift handovers, front desk clearances, all of it.
13:34Sealed.
13:35If you don't seal it, the moment the police arrive, I'll tell them you refused.
13:41Natalie's face turned a shade worse.
13:43She probably hadn't expected that the woman she'd meant to silence with one line about mental instability would now be
13:48coming for the supervisor, too.
13:50Natalie clearly saw it, too.
13:52A flash of panic, and her voice went soft again.
13:56Cole, I really don't mean any harm.
13:58I'm just afraid something will happen to the baby.
14:01If Lindsay won't let us take him, at least let a doctor evaluate whether his environment is safe.
14:06Here we go again.
14:07Did I say something wrong?
14:09Consistently wrong.
14:10The biggest safety risk to this baby isn't his mother.
14:13It's the outsider who keeps producing psyche vows, paternity tests, and trying to creep up on the crib.
14:18I'm an outsider?
14:20What else?
14:20What are you to this child?
14:22Whatever you are to Cole, I don't care.
14:25But your relationship to my child?
14:27Spell it out right now.
14:28Mother, guardian, authorized visitor, you're none of them.
14:32So you're an outsider.
14:34I knew that line cut deeper than anything else I'd said.
14:37Because what she wanted most was to step over me, into the space between Cole and the baby.
14:42But my baby was not a prop in her performance.
14:45And he was not her ticket into the Cole family.
14:47When Natalie heard the sirens, her eyes lost their composure for a moment.
14:52Without thinking, she looked at the crib again.
14:54And right then, the baby in the crib started to cry.
14:58A small, soft sound.
14:59Like a kitten.
15:01My heart clenched.
15:02I started to push myself up.
15:03But Natalie lurched for him faster than I could move.
15:06The baby!
15:07Miss Natalie!
15:10What are you doing?
15:13I'm just worried about him.
15:16Cole's grip locked around Natalie's wrist.
15:18She stayed frozen in front of the crib.
15:19She recovered fast.
15:20The tears came up instantly.
15:21Cole, you're hurting me.
15:22Lindsay, he was crying so hard.
15:24I just wanted to help you soothe him.
15:25Why do you have to think the worst of me?
15:27Soothe him?
15:27You needed a running start to soothe him?
15:29The nurse blocked you and you kept going?
15:31Natalie, do you usually soothe babies by tackling them?
15:33Natalie's tears stalled.
15:35She bit at Lip, like she'd just been wronged beyond words.
15:38Lindsay, you're being so paranoid.
15:40I'm just worried about him.
15:42Worried?
15:42So worried you go past his mother?
15:44Past the nurse?
15:45Straight for the crib?
15:46Are you worried about him or worried he's still next to me?
15:50No.
15:51Cole, don't listen to her.
15:52She just wants to turn everyone against her.
15:54Natalie, don't rush to slap a label on me.
15:56Everyone in this room saw you lunge.
15:58Why don't you give us a live demo?
15:59Show us how a normal person just wants to see the baby,
16:02running start included.
16:03She wasn't just crying anymore.
16:05Her voice was sharpening.
16:07I was afraid something would happen to him.
16:09You've been blocking everyone from getting near him.
16:11How do we know you don't have something to hide?
16:12Something to hide?
16:13People with something to hide call the cops.
16:15People with something to hide demand the footage be sealed.
16:17People with something to hide make you account for your sample.
16:20Natalie, people with something to hide
16:22usually don't want the police showing up.
16:24People like you.
16:25That was when footsteps echoed from the corridor.
16:29Two uniformed officers stepped into the room.
16:31The lead officer swept the room with a glance,
16:34looked at the baby in the nurse's arms,
16:36then at me.
16:37Who called it in?
16:39I did.
16:40I asked her to.
16:41I'm the patient in 302.
16:42These unauthorized people entered the maternity care unit at 2 a.m.
16:46and tried to take my baby.
16:47That's not what happened.
16:48Officer, we weren't taking the baby.
16:49Cole is the father.
16:50We were just worried about her postpartum mental state.
16:53See?
16:54The cops walk in and she's back behind the doctor's desk.
16:57Are you a doctor?
16:59No.
17:00Then what medical basis do you have?
17:01I leaned back and slowly stuck the knife in deeper.
17:04She has a postpartum mental instability evaluation.
17:08Except it was dated the day before I gave birth.
17:11Which means I hadn't gone postpartum yet
17:13and she already had me postpartum unstable.
17:17This document was not issued by our center
17:19and there's no record of the patient acknowledging it.
17:26Natalie's face turned darker.
17:28Cole stood off to the side
17:29and for the first time said nothing in her defense.
17:32Natalie panicked.
17:33She turned to him.
17:34Cole, say something!
17:36First tell me clearly.
17:37Who gave you the sample?
17:39I almost smiled.
17:40Cole had finally asked the right question.
17:42A little late.
17:44Someone tipped me off.
17:45Who tipped you off?
17:47An anonymous message.
17:49How convenient.
17:51You're all running anonymous tonight.
17:53The psych expert never showed up.
17:54The DNA sample came from nowhere.
17:56Snatching a baby is for my own good.
17:59Natalie, is your team's whole brand
18:00just no one's accountable?
18:02What are you asking for right now?
18:04She says I'm insane.
18:06I want the source of the diagnosis traced.
18:09She says the baby isn't Cole's.
18:11I want the sample source traced.
18:12She says she's just worried about him.
18:14I want to know whether she was here last night.
18:17Because every move she's made tonight
18:19is too rehearsed.
18:22This is not her first time.
18:24Lindsay!
18:25What grounds do you have for that?
18:27Grounds?
18:28You were more frantic than the actual mother.
18:30The second he cried,
18:31you didn't call the nurse.
18:32You didn't ask what was wrong.
18:34You charged the crib.
18:35Natalie, the biggest risks to a three-day-old
18:36are impact and infection.
18:38You know postpartum risk so well.
18:40How do you not know that?
18:43Can you pull surveillance
18:44and access logs right now?
18:46Yes.
18:47Yes, we can.
18:48Last night's too.
18:50Last night?
18:51I looked at Natalie.
18:53I don't think tonight was spur of the moment.
18:55I think she's been here before.
19:02Looks like I called it.
19:04Don't try to bluff me!
19:05Bluff?
19:06Fine.
19:07Pull the footage.
19:08If you weren't here,
19:09the cameras will clear you.
19:10You love being cleared, right?
19:12The supervisor sent someone
19:14to pull the footage.
19:15The room went quiet.
19:16The baby's crying was getting frantic.
19:18The nurse rocked him a couple of times
19:20and laid him back down beside me.
19:23I touched his little cheek.
19:26He slowly settled.
19:28I didn't look up,
19:29but I could feel Cole watching me.
19:31I think it was the first time
19:33he realized I wasn't throwing a fit.
19:35Too bad.
19:36Figuring it out now isn't clarity.
19:39It's a makeup exam.
19:40The supervisor came back with a tablet.
19:43Her face was grim.
19:44Officer, at 9.42 last night,
19:47Miss Natalie was indeed on the premises.
19:49I was not!
19:50The supervisor passed the tablet over.
19:52On screen,
19:53a woman in a mask and a gray coat
19:55slipped in through the side door.
19:57She'd covered herself well,
19:59but the pearl bracelet on her wrist
20:00was clear as day.
20:02Natalie was wearing it tonight, too.
20:09How convenient.
20:11Your bracelet showed up anonymously, too.
20:14Natalie.
20:15You were here last night?
20:17I just...
20:18I was just worried about Lindsay.
20:20Worried about me.
20:21So you sneak in through the side door
20:22at night in a mask?
20:24What, did the front entrance
20:25not allow concern?
20:26Lindsay, stop hammering
20:27every little detail!
20:28Details?
20:29The source of the psychobab
20:30is a detail.
20:31The DNA sample is a detail.
20:33Looking into the maternal center
20:34at night is a detail.
20:34Then what's the main point?
20:36Once you've walked off with my baby,
20:38is that the main point?
20:42What?
20:43Whose access card did she use?
20:44It wasn't a visitor sign-in.
20:46It was an internal staff card.
20:47Whose?
20:49The supervisor looked at the nurse.
20:52Chloe.
20:53She's not on shift tonight.
20:55Bring her in.
20:57Now?
20:58What?
20:59An outsider gets into the maternity ward
21:00on your employee's badge
21:02and that one's another
21:02handle it internally?
21:06Call her in.
21:07Now.
21:08They brought Chloe in.
21:09She was a nursing aide
21:10in her 30s.
21:11Hair messily tied back.
21:12Clearly pulled out of bed, too.
21:14The moment she stepped in
21:15and saw the uniforms,
21:16her knees buttled.
21:17Officers, I don't know anything.
21:19I swear.
21:21I haven't even asked.
21:22And you already don't know.
21:24Not a great opening line.
21:26I don't know her!
21:30Natalie, you don't know her.
21:32So why is she looking at you?
21:33She walks into a room full of strangers
21:35and her first instinct isn't fear.
21:37It's checking your face.
21:38Some kind of stranger.
21:40Lindsay, stop spouting nonsense!
21:41I ignored her and turned to Chloe.
21:43At 9.42 last night,
21:44your access card was used
21:45to enter through the side door.
21:47The woman on the footage
21:48is wearing the same bracelet as Natalie.
21:50So when you say you don't know anything,
21:52did your card grow legs
21:52and walk off on its own?
21:54I might have lost it.
21:56Lost it?
21:57When?
21:59Yesterday.
22:00Yesterday evening.
22:01What time?
22:02I don't remember.
22:03Did you report it lost?
22:07Chloe.
22:08Failure to report a lost badge
22:09resulting in an outside
22:10entering the maternity ward by itself
22:12that cost you your job.
22:13But if you helped someone
22:14obtain information on a newborn,
22:15helped fake a paternity test,
22:17even helped prepare to move that baby,
22:18then you're not losing your job.
22:20You're losing your freedom.
22:22You better tell the truth.
22:23Officer, she really doesn't know anything.
22:25Lindsay's just scaring her.
22:28You're awfully fast to speak up for her.
22:30I thought you didn't know her.
22:36I kept pressing Chloe.
22:38How much did she pay you?
22:42She didn't...
22:43Enough to take a child trafficking charge for her?
22:46I didn't traffic anyone!
22:48Then spell it out.
22:49What did she ask you to do?
22:51Just swipe a card?
22:53Photograph the baby's ID band?
22:54Or help her draft a hospital transfer?
22:58I called it.
22:59Natalie panicked too.
23:02Chloe!
23:03Don't let her bait you!
23:04Miss Natalie, please do not interfere
23:06with the questioning.
23:07Her legs gave out
23:07and she dropped to her knees.
23:09I swear I didn't know
23:11she wanted to hurt him.
23:12I thought she just wanted to confirm
23:14whose baby he was.
23:15She told me he might not be Lindsay's.
23:17She said Mr. Cole was being deceived.
23:19You're lying!
23:20I'm not lying!
23:21You're the one who told me
23:22to photograph his ID band.
23:23You told me to photograph his care chart.
23:25You told me to send you
23:26the night shift round schedule.
23:27You said if I drafted
23:28a temporary transfer order,
23:29the rest wasn't my problem!
23:33Cole slowly turned his head
23:35toward Natalie.
23:36The look in his eyes
23:38wasn't suspicion anymore.
23:40It was shock.
23:42Transfer order?
23:44No, Cole, it's not what you think.
23:45Then what is it?
23:46That at three days old
23:47you'd already arranged
23:48a transfer for him?
23:49Or that before I, his mother,
23:50had a chance to sign anything
23:51you were ready to make
23:52the decision for me?
23:53I was afraid you'd hurt him.
23:55So where were you taking him?
23:59The hospital's name.
24:01I don't know the full name.
24:03She only sent me
24:04a transfer template.
24:05It said, it said
24:07Hillcrest Children's
24:08Rehabilitation Hospital.
24:12I didn't cry.
24:13I didn't shout.
24:15I just looked down
24:17at the baby in my arms.
24:19He was so small,
24:21cried out,
24:21his eyelashes wet and clinging,
24:23his little fingers fist
24:24in my hospital gown
24:25like he was holding on
24:25to the whole world.
24:26I lifted my head
24:27and looked at Natalie.
24:28Hillcrest.
24:30Familiar name.
24:31In mass life,
24:31like they told me,
24:32my baby died there.
24:33Couldn't be saved.
24:34I never even got to see him
24:35one last time.
24:40They told me
24:40he couldn't be saved.
24:44I never got to say goodbye.
24:47They told me
24:48he couldn't be saved.
24:52I never got to say goodbye.
24:58I don't know
24:59what you're talking about.
25:03That's fine.
25:04Let me ask you
25:05a few simple ones.
25:06The ID band,
25:07you had Chloe photograph it.
25:09The care chart,
25:09you had Chloe photograph it.
25:10The night shift rounds
25:11you had Chloe send to you.
25:12The transfer template,
25:13you'd already prepared it.
25:14Natalie,
25:16is that worry for the baby
25:17or a route
25:18you'd already planned for him?
25:22I just wanted to move him
25:23somewhere safer.
25:24Safer?
25:25Then why not go through
25:26proper channels?
25:27Why not tell the mother?
25:28Why not file under
25:28the father's name?
25:29Why have a nursing aide
25:30secretly photograph
25:31an ID band?
25:33Why bring a crew
25:35at 2 a.m.
25:36to grab him?
25:37Because you wouldn't agree.
25:39Right.
25:39No normal mother
25:40would agree to let
25:41a strange woman
25:41ship her baby
25:42to a strange hospital
25:43in the middle of the night.
25:43That's not me being difficult.
25:46That's me being awake.
25:51Cole finally spoke.
25:52His voice was hoarse.
25:56Natalie,
25:58why Hillcrest?
26:00Cole,
26:01even you suspect me now?
26:02I'm asking you why,
26:05not whether you feel wronged.
26:08She stepped back.
26:10The tears were still falling,
26:11but her eyes
26:12weren't soft anymore.
26:14Everything I did
26:15was for you.
26:17For him.
26:18So you stole
26:19my baby's information?
26:20For him?
26:21So you faked
26:22my psych eval?
26:23For him?
26:24So you tried
26:24to transfer my son out?
26:27Natalie,
26:28on this for him
26:29pack,
26:29me and my baby
26:30just the default victims?
26:35That line cut.
26:37Her voice spiked.
26:38If you hadn't
26:39given birth to him,
26:40would I have
26:41ended up like this?
26:45Keep going.
26:47But I wasn't
26:48done with her.
26:49You just said
26:50if I hadn't
26:51given birth to him.
26:53Which means
26:54you hate him.
26:56I leaned back.
26:58The pain at my incision
26:59thinned my voice,
27:00but I bit out
27:00every word.
27:01The psych eval
27:02was to prove
27:02I'm insane.
27:03The paternity test
27:04was to make him
27:05illegitimate.
27:06The transfer paperwork
27:07was to get him
27:07out of my sight.
27:08Hillcrest was the next
27:09stop you'd lined up.
27:11Natalie,
27:12from the start
27:13you never meant
27:13to let him live.
27:15Shut up!
27:18I bent over him
27:19and soothed him
27:20quickly.
27:21The nurse stepped
27:21forward without thinking,
27:22putting herself
27:23between Natalie
27:23and the crib.
27:24Miss Natalie,
27:25control yourself.
27:26Why?
27:26Why does she get
27:27to do nothing
27:27and have this baby?
27:28As long as he's alive,
27:29every Cole has
27:30their eyes on him.
27:30As long as he's alive,
27:31I'll never set foot
27:32inside that family.
27:33I stood beside Cole
27:34for years.
27:35Who the hell is she?
27:36Natalie.
27:38Shut up!
27:39Now you want
27:40to play sane?
27:40I said she was crazy
27:41and you believed me.
27:43I said the baby
27:43might not be yours
27:44and you believed me.
27:45I said taking him away
27:46was for his own good
27:47and you brought
27:48the bodyguards yourself.
27:53Cole,
27:54if she hadn't
27:55called the police tonight,
27:56you'd already be
27:57walking out of here
27:58with him.
27:59Did you hear that?
28:00That part's actually true.
28:02Natalie was still laughing.
28:04Why are you looking
28:05at me like that?
28:06Think I'm the villain
28:07every single time
28:08you believed me first
28:09when Lindsay cried
28:10she was making a scene,
28:11when she explained
28:12she was making excuses,
28:13when she called the cops
28:13she was losing it.
28:14She just got a little smart
28:15all of a sudden.
28:16Shut up!
28:17But it was too late.
28:18The things she should have said
28:20and the things she shouldn't,
28:21she'd already said them all.
28:22Officer,
28:23was all of that enough
28:24to put in the record?
28:25It will be.
28:26Miss Natalie,
28:27you'll need to come with us
28:28for questioning.
28:30Cole!
28:30You won't help me?
28:34You wanted to hurt my child.
28:37Your child?
28:38Were you just doubting
28:39he was yours?
28:39I held the baby
28:40and patted his back gently.
28:41Cole,
28:44don't play the victim in here.
28:46You weren't fooled.
28:48You were too lazy to check.
28:50I said I wasn't crazy.
28:51You didn't check the diagnosis.
28:55I said you couldn't take him.
28:56You didn't check the authorization.
29:00Natalie said he wasn't yours.
29:01You didn't check the sample.
29:03She said it was for his own good.
29:04You didn't even ask
29:05where she was taking him.
29:06Now the truth is right
29:07in front of you
29:08and now you're sorry.
29:09Your regret has impeccable timing.
29:11Always shows up
29:12once it's safe.
29:17I...
29:17Don't.
29:18In my last life,
29:19I'd have softened.
29:20I'd have thought
29:20he'd finally seen the truth.
29:22Now I just thought
29:23he was noise.
29:24She was still fighting them
29:26when they took her out.
29:27You think you've won?
29:28Even without me,
29:29the Coles will never
29:30let you keep that child.
29:31Then the Cole family
29:31can get in line.
29:33Police first,
29:34court second.
29:35Help!
29:36Help!
29:38Help!
29:41The room finally went quiet.
29:43The baby had fallen asleep
29:44in my arms.
29:45His tiny breath
29:46warmed my palm
29:47in and out,
29:48soft.
29:49Lindsay,
29:50I know it's too late
29:52to say anything now.
29:52Good.
29:53Then don't.
29:54The records I asked for,
29:55I'd like them now?
29:56Yes.
29:57Right away.
29:58And the clearance log
29:59for how Mr. Cole's group
30:00got in tonight.
30:01I want that too.
30:05Give it to her.
30:06Mr. Cole has finally
30:08learned to cooperate
30:08with procedure.
30:09Wonderful.
30:11Next time you want
30:12to learn something,
30:12I'd recommend not practicing
30:14on someone else's child.
30:16He's my child too!
30:17The temperature
30:18in the room dropped again.
30:21So?
30:22I have the right
30:23to know how he's doing.
30:24I have the right
30:24to see him.
30:25Rights?
30:27Fine.
30:28Let's keep talking
30:29about rights.
30:30Tonight,
30:30without my consent,
30:31you forced your way
30:32into my room
30:33with a team.
30:34You tried to take
30:34a newborn
30:35on unverified documents.
30:36You worked with Natalie
30:37to pressure me
30:38in my own room.
30:39You almost handed
30:40our son to a roof
30:41she'd already mapped out.
30:42You think any of that,
30:43written into a report,
30:44helps you when you
30:45file for visitation later?
30:47You're restricting
30:48my access?
30:49Yes.
30:50Until the investigation closes,
30:52you do not approach
30:52my child.
30:53Going forward,
30:54visitation goes
30:55through the court.
30:58You really have
30:58to be this cold?
30:59There it is again.
31:01You take the baby,
31:02that's for his own good.
31:03I protect him,
31:04that's cold.
31:05Your script
31:05needs an update.
31:08I look down
31:08at the baby.
31:10Also,
31:12I want a divorce.
31:14Lindsay.
31:15I want full custody.
31:16I want the Cole family
31:17to publicly state
31:18on record
31:18that I have
31:19no postpartum
31:20mental disorder,
31:20that I did not cheat
31:22and that I did not
31:23harm my child.
31:24I want every record
31:25from the night
31:25backed up.
31:26I want Natalie
31:27and everyone involved
31:28held accountable.
31:29None of this is up
31:29for discussion.
31:30This is a notice.
31:32You're really going
31:32this far?
31:33I'm not going this far.
31:35You all already did.
31:35I'm just filling
31:36in the paperwork.
31:40I was wrong.
31:42Then cooperate
31:43with the investigation.
31:46A long time passed
31:48before he spoke again.
31:49You really won't
31:50give me a single chance?
31:51I begged you many times
31:52to trust me,
31:54not to take him.
31:55At least to hear me out once.
31:56You never listened.
31:57Not once.
32:01Nurse,
32:02would you check
32:03whether he was frightened
32:04by any of that?
32:04The nurse came over
32:05right away.
32:11He's fine for now.
32:12Cried himself to sleep.
32:14Mr. Cole,
32:14the mother and the newborn
32:15both need rest.
32:16Please leave.
32:19Lindsay,
32:21I was wrong.
32:22He looked at me,
32:22his voice rough.
32:24Good that you know,
32:25when they take your statement,
32:26make sure you tell the truth.
32:31Natalie,
32:32Chloe,
32:32and that transfer paperwork
32:33all went to the police station together.
32:36The maternity center
32:37sealed the surveillance
32:38and access systems overnight.
32:40The supervisor came to me
32:41the next day
32:42and said the center
32:43would take full responsibility.
32:45Asked her,
32:45responsibility how far?
32:48Put it in writing.
32:49Verbal responsibility
32:50isn't responsibility.
32:53Someone from the Cole family
32:55came by once.
32:57Said they wanted to sit down
32:58and talk.
33:00Talk about what?
33:03Mr. Cole is the child's father
33:05after all.
33:06Then please bring the records
33:07of him breaking in
33:08to take the baby
33:09to take the baby
33:09at 2 a.m.
33:10along with you.
33:15After that,
33:16I stopped having
33:17private conversations.
33:19The divorce went through court.
33:21Custody went through court.
33:23The retraction
33:23and accountability
33:24went through the proper channels too.
33:27The Cole family
33:28wanted to keep up appearances.
33:30I made them learn
33:31to follow the rules first.
33:33Cole came too.
33:37That day,
33:38I was about to take the baby home
33:39from the maternity center.
33:43Lindsay,
33:44can I just see him once?
33:48I glanced down
33:49at the baby in my arms.
33:51He was sleeping smoundly,
33:53his little hand
33:54fisted in the front of my coat.
33:56No.
34:00I just want one look.
34:03Just one look now.
34:05When you were taking him,
34:07did you give me one choice?
34:11No.
34:12Lindsay,
34:12I didn't know-
34:13That wasn't didn't know.
34:14That was didn't bother to check.
34:18I know I was wrong.
34:19I really do.
34:21Then make fewer mistakes
34:23from here on out.
34:26I held the baby
34:27and walked past him.
34:31A few steps later,
34:33he called after me.
34:34You really won't give me
34:35any chance at all?
34:37Cole,
34:38I gave you plenty of chances.
34:40I used to wait for you
34:41to believe me.
34:42This time,
34:43I waited for the police.
34:45They got here faster
34:46than you did.
34:52The moment the door shut,
34:54the baby stirred in my arms.
34:55I bent down and kissed his forehead.
34:57In this second life,
34:59I didn't rush to take revenge.
35:00I called the police first.
35:02Some people can't stand the light,
35:04flick the switch,
35:05and they fall apart on their own.
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