After enduring endless manipulation, humiliation, and heartbreak, a young mother reaches her breaking point. This time, instead of forgiving those who hurt her, she chooses justice. As shocking secrets unravel and the truth comes to light, the people who once believed they were untouchable must finally face the consequences of their actions.
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00:00Lindsay, you don't deserve to be a mother. Hand the baby over.
00:02Cole stood at the door of room 302. Natalie and two bodyguards at his back, blocking the way.
00:06I'd just given birth. Even 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. Just sitting up was a battle.
00:17The 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.
00:22Natalie 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.
00:28They labeled me crazy. My baby was taken.
00:31I chased them into the hallway. My 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.
00:58Within seconds, the night shift nurse pushed the door open.
01:02Room 302, what's going on?
01:03I pointed at the people in the doorway.
01:05Call the police. Someone's trying to take a newborn.
01:09It's two in the morning. There's more than one of them.
01:15Lindsay, what is wrong with you now?
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. He took a step toward the bed.
01:27Sir, this is the maternity care unit. Unauthorized 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.
01:46Natalie stepped forward, her voice so soft it was almost a whisper, as if afraid of disturbing someone.
01:51Lindsay, please don't do this.
01:53Cole's just worried about the baby.
01:54Worried 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, it's defamation.
02:11Cole, I knew she'd take it the wrong way.
02:13Look at yourself.
02:14Do 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?
02:20You'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.
02:31Take him tomorrow.
02:32This 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.
02:39You'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.
02:54How are you supposed to raise this child?
02:57Cole took it and glanced down.
02:58His face dartened further.
03:00Lindsay, what do you have to say to that?
03:03This was the moment, before, when I'd scramble, scramble to defend myself.
03:06And 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?
03:16Which 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.
03:29Don'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
03:41baby, 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.
03:57And the date.
03:58The date was the day before I gave birth.
04:02Fascinating.
04:02My 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.
04:12Mr. 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
04:20acknowledgment.
04:21Procedurally, 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, right 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
04:39to 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.
04:53Cole, 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
05:02about the reputation of the people doing the snatching?
05:04Natalie, when did you get so good at guilt-troping?
05:08Hello, this is Anhei 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.
05:31I just want to see the baby.
05:33The nurse blocked her instantly.
05:34Miss Natalie, please step away from the crib.
05:36Everyone, 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?
05:43I wish I didn't.
05:44But 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 realized 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
06:10of 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.
06:29The 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.
06:42The 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?
07:12He's three days old.
07:14Outside of nurses changing his diaper, he hasn't even left this room.
07:17So whose sample did your test actually use?
07:21He finally looked down at the string of numbers at the bottom of the report.
07:24Lindsay, the sample isn't the point right now.
07:27The result is wrong.
07:28The sample is the most important part of eternity test.
07:30No 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?
07:48Can'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?
08:16A three-day-old newborn.
08:18No sampling record, no 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?
08:31Lindsay, why do you have to put it so ugly?
08:34Ugly? Then let me clean it up.
08:36Miss Natalie produced a paternity report with an unknown source,
08:39unknown 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
08:46has 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,
09:04ID 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.
09:13How did somewhere else get that sample?
09:15Did my baby ship it over himself,
09:17or 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?
09:25Didn'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's slipped up enough?
09:41Cole didn't answer.
09:42Natalie 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,
09:49it still doesn't prove the baby is safe.
09:51She looked at the crib.
09:52You're this hostile right now.
09:53Who's to say she won't snap and hurt him?
09:55We'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 I'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,
10:22hair a little disheveled,
10:23clearly 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?
10:29I raised an eyebrow.
10:30She wasn't even steady on her feet,
10:32but she'd already picked her side.
10:33Cole stayed silent.
10:34The supervisor turned to me, forcing a smile.
10:36Lindsay, 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.
10:42The baby is so small, and the mother needs rest.
10:44If this gets blown up, no one benefit.
10:47I went quiet for two seconds.
10:48Nurse, would you take this down for me, please?
10:50Take down what?
10:51Upon arrival, the on-duty supervisor of Anheim Maternity Center
10:54did not immediately secure the surveillance footage,
10:56did not ask how unauthorized purse had entered the maternity unit,
10:59and 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?
11:06That a break-in into the nursery at midnight isn't serious?
11:09That people showing up with mystery paperwork
11:11to take a newborn isn't serious?
11:13Or that, with Mr. Cole standing right there,
11:16it 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
11:33if this is a maternity ward or a damage control summit.
11:36Lindsay, please watch your language.
11:38I'd love to.
11:39But 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.
12:00The supervisor finally steadied her tone.
12:03Lindsay, I understand you're upset.
12:05But Mr. Cole is the child's father, after all.
12:07Some 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.
12:25Whoever wants to handle it can take the fall.
12:28This can't be written that way.
12:30Can't be written that way?
12:31Which part is wrong?
12:32That they didn't come?
12:33That 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.
12:56Why 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.
13:25Not 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.
14:00If Lindsay won't let us take him, at least let a doctor evaluate whether his environment is safe.
14:05Here we go again.
14:07Did I say something wrong?
14:08Consistently 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?
14:19What else?
14:20What are you to this child?
14:22Whatever you are to Cole, I don't care.
14:24But your relationship to my child?
14:27Spell it out right now.
14:28Mother.
14:29Guardian.
14:30Authorized visitor.
14:31You'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.
14:44And 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.
14:57A small, soft sound.
14:59Like a kitten.
15:00My heart clenched.
15:02I started to push myself up.
15:03But Natalie learned for him faster than I could move.
15:06The baby!
15:07Miss Natalie!
15:09What are you doing?
15:13I'm just worried about him.
15:15Cole's grip locked around Natalie's wrist.
15:17She stayed frozen in front of the crib.
15:19She recovered fast.
15:20The tears came up instantly.
15:21Cole for 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?
15:30Natalie, 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?
15:47Or 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, running start included.
16:03She wasn't just crying anymore.
16:05Her voice was sharpening.
16:07I was afraid something would happen to him.
16:08You've been blocking everyone from getting near him.
16:10How 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 usually 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, looked at the baby in the nurse's arms, then
16:36at me.
16:37Who called it in?
16:38I did.
16:39I asked her to.
16:41I'm the patient in 302.
16:42These unauthorized people entered the maternity care unit at 2 a.m. and 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.
17:10Which means I hadn't gone postpartum yet and she already had me postpartum unstable.
17:17This document was not issued by our center and there's no record of the patient acknowledging it.
17:26Natalie's face turned darker.
17:27Cole stood off to the side and for the first time said nothing in her defense.
17:32Natalie panicked.
17:33She turned to him.
17:34Cole, say something!
17:35First tell me clearly.
17:37Who gave you the sample?
17:38I 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.
17:50You're all running anonymous tonight.
17:52The psych expert never showed up.
17:54The DNA sample came from nowhere.
17:56Snatching a baby is for my own good.
17:58Natalie, is your team's whole brand just 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.
18:08She says the baby isn't Cole's.
18:10I 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 is 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, you didn't call the nurse.
18:32You didn't ask what was wrong.
18:33You charged the crib.
18:34Natalie, the biggest risks to a three-day-old are impact and infection.
18:38You know postpartum risks so well.
18:40How do you not know that?
18:43Can you pull surveillance and access logs right now?
18:46Yes.
18:47Yes, we can.
18:47Last night's two.
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.
19:01Looks like I called it.
19:04Don't try to bluff me!
19:05Bluff?
19:06Fine, pull the footage.
19:08If you weren't here, the cameras will clear you.
19:10You love being cleared, right?
19:12The supervisor sent someone to 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 and laid him back down beside me.
19:23I touched his little cheek.
19:26He slowly settled.
19:28I didn't look up, but I could feel Cole watching me.
19:31I think it was the first time he realized I wasn't throwing a fit.
19:34Too bad.
19:36Figuring it out now isn't clarity.
19:38It's a makeup exam.
19:40The supervisor came back with a tablet.
19:43Her face was grim.
19:44Officer, at 9.42 last night, Miss Natalie was indeed on the premises.
19:49I was not!
19:50The supervisor passed the tablet over.
19:52On screen, a woman in a mask and a gray coat slipped in through the side door.
19:57She'd covered herself well, but the pearl bracelet on her wrist was clear as day.
20:02Natalie was wearing it tonight too.
20:09How convenient.
20:11Your bracelet showed up anonymously too.
20:15Natalie, you 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 at night in a mask?
20:23What, did the front entrance not allow concern?
20:25Lindsay, stop hammering every little detail!
20:28Details?
20:28The source of the psychobab is a detail.
20:31The DNA sample is a detail.
20:33Looking into the maternal center at night is a detail.
20:34Then what's the main point?
20:36Once you've walked off with my baby...
20:37Is that the main point?
20:42Whose access card did she use?
20:44It wasn't a visitor sign-in.
20:45It was an internal staff card.
20:47Whose?
20:49The supervisor looked at the nurse.
20:52Chloe.
20:53She's not on shift tonight.
20:54Bring her in.
20:57Now?
20:58What?
20:58An outsider gets into the maternity ward on your employee's badge and that one's another handle it internally?
21:05Call her in.
21:07Now.
21:08They brought Chloe in.
21:09She was a nursing aide in her 30s.
21:10Hair messily tied back.
21:12Clearly pulled out of bed, too.
21:13The moment she stepped in and saw the uniforms, her knees buttled.
21:17Officers, I...
21:18I don't know anything.
21:19I swear.
21:20I 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 and 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, your access card was used to enter through the side door.
21:47The woman on the footage is wearing the same bracelet as Natalie.
21:50So when you say you don't know anything, did your card grow legs and walk off on its own?
21:54I... I 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?
22:06Chloe.
22:07Failure to report a lost badge resulting in an outside entering the maternity ward by itself
22:12that cost you your job.
22:13But if you helped someone obtain information on a newborn,
22:15helped fake a paternity test, even 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 enough to take a child trafficking charge for her?
22:46I didn't traffic anyone!
22:48Then spell it out.
22:50What 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.
23:01Chloe!
23:02Don't let her bait you!
23:04Miss Natalie, please do not interfere with the questioning.
23:06Her legs gave out and she dropped to her knees.
23:09I swear I didn't know she wanted to hurt him.
23:12I thought she just wanted to confirm whose 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 to photograph his ID band.
23:23You told me to photograph his care chart.
23:24You told me to send you the night shift round schedule.
23:27You said if I drafted a temporary transfer order,
23:29the rest wasn't my problem!
23:33Cole slowly turned his head toward Natalie.
23:36The look in his eyes wasn't suspicion anymore.
23:40It was shock.
23:42Transfer order?
23:43No, Cole, it's not what you think.
23:45Then what is it?
23:46That at three days old you'd already arranged a transfer for him?
23:48Or that before I, his mother, had a chance to sign anything,
23:51you were ready to make the decision for me?
23:52I was afraid you'd hurt him.
23:54So where were you taking him?
23:59The hospital's name.
24:01I don't know the full name.
24:03She only sent me a transfer template.
24:05It said, it said,
24:07Hillcrest Children's Rehabilitation Hospital.
24:12I didn't cry.
24:13I didn't shout.
24:15I just looked down at the baby in my arms.
24:19He was so small, cried out,
24:21his eyelashes wet and clinging,
24:23his little fingers fisted in my hospital gown
24:24like he was holding on to the whole world.
24:26I lifted my head and looked at Natalie.
24:28Hillcrest.
24:29Familiar name.
24:30In mass life,
24:31like they told me my baby died there.
24:33Couldn't be saved.
24:33I never even got to see him one last time.
24:39They told me he couldn't be saved.
24:44I never got to say goodbye.
24:47They told me he couldn't be saved.
24:52I never got to say goodbye.
24:58I don't know what you're talking about.
25:03That's fine.
25:04Let me ask you a few simple ones.
25:06The ID band you had Chloe photograph it,
25:08the care chart you had Chloe photograph it,
25:10the night shift rounds you had Chloe send to you,
25:12the transfer template you'd already prepared it.
25:14Natalie,
25:16is that worry for the baby
25:17or a route you'd already planned for him?
25:22I just wanted to move him somewhere safer.
25:24Safer?
25:25Then why not go through proper channels?
25:27Why not tell the mother?
25:27Why not file under the father's name?
25:29Why have a nursing aide
25:30secretly photograph an ID band?
25:33Why bring a crew at 2 a.m.
25:35to grab him?
25:36Because you wouldn't agree.
25:38Right.
25:39No normal mother would agree
25:40to let a strange woman ship her baby
25:42to a strange hospital
25:42in the middle of the night.
25:43That's not me being difficult.
25:45That's me being awake.
25:51Cole finally spoke.
25:52His voice was hoarse.
25:56Natalie,
25:58why Hillcrest?
26:00Cole, even you suspect me now?
26:02I'm asking you why.
26:04Not whether you feel wronged.
26:08She stepped back.
26:09The tears were still falling,
26:11but her eyes weren't soft anymore.
26:14Everything I did was for you.
26:16For him.
26:18So you stole my baby's information?
26:20For him?
26:21So you faked my psych eval?
26:23For him?
26:24So you tried to transfer my son out?
26:27Natalie,
26:27on this for him,
26:29packing me and my baby
26:29just the default victims?
26:35That line cut.
26:36Her voice spiked.
26:38If you hadn't given birth to him,
26:40would I have ended up like this?
26:45Keep going.
26:46But I wasn't done with her.
26:49You just said,
26:50if I hadn't given birth to him,
26:53which means you hate him.
26:56I leaned back.
26:57The pain at my incision thinned my voice,
27:00but I bit out every word.
27:01The psych eval was to prove I'm insane.
27:03The paternity test was to make him illegitimate.
27:05The transfer paperwork was to get him out of my sight.
27:08Hillcrest was the next stop you'd lined up.
27:11Natalie,
27:12from the start,
27:13you never meant to let him live.
27:14Shut up!
27:18I bent over him and soothed him quickly.
27:20The nurse stepped forward without thinking,
27:22putting herself between Natalie and the crib.
27:24Miss Natalie,
27:25control yourself.
27:26Why?
27:26Why does she get to do nothing and have this baby?
27:28As long as he's alive,
27:29every Cole has their eyes on him.
27:30As long as he's alive,
27:31I'll never set foot inside that family.
27:33I stood beside Cole for years.
27:35Who the hell is she?
27:36Natalie.
27:37Shut up!
27:39Now you want to play sane?
27:40I said she was crazy and you believed me.
27:42I said the baby might not be yours and you believed me.
27:45I said taking him away was for his own good
27:47and you brought the bodyguards yourself.
27:53Cole,
27:54if she hadn't called the police tonight,
27:56you'd already be walking out of here with him.
27:59Did you hear that?
28:00That part's actually true.
28:02Natalie was still laughing.
28:04Why are you looking at me like that?
28:06Think I'm the villain every single time you 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 all of a sudden.
28:16Shut up!
28:17But it was too late.
28:18The things she should have said
28:19and the things she shouldn't,
28:21she'd already said them all.
28:22Officer,
28:23was all of that enough to put in the record?
28:25It will be.
28:26Miss Natalie,
28:27you'll need to come with us for questioning.
28:29Cole!
28:30You won't help me?
28:34You wanted to hurt my child.
28:36Your child?
28:37Were you just doubting he was yours?
28:39I held the baby and patted his back gently.
28:41Cole,
28:43don't play the victim in here.
28:46You weren't fooled.
28:47You 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.
29:02She said it was for his own good.
29:04You didn't even ask where she was taking him.
29:06Now the truth is right in front of you
29:07and now you're sorry?
29:09Your regret has impeccable timing.
29:11Always shows up once it's safe.
29:16I-
29:17Don't!
29:18In my last life,
29:19I'd have softened.
29:20I'd have thought he'd finally seen the truth.
29:22Now I just thought he was noise.
29:24She was still fighting them
29:25when they took her out.
29:26You think you've won?
29:28Even without me,
29:29the Coles will never let you keep that child!
29:31Then the Cole family can get in line.
29:33Police first,
29:34court second.
29:35Help!
29:36Help!
29:40The room finally went quiet.
29:43The baby had fallen asleep in my arms.
29:45His tiny breath warmed my palm,
29:47in and out, soft.
29:49Lindsay,
29:50I know it's too late to say anything now.
29:52Good.
29:53Then don't.
29:53The records I asked for,
29:55I'd like them now?
29:56Yes.
29:57Right away.
29:58And the clearance log for how
29:59Mr. Cole's group got in tonight,
30:00I want that too.
30:05Give it to her.
30:06Mr. Cole has finally learned
30:08to cooperate with procedure.
30:09Wonderful.
30:11Next time you want to learn something,
30:12I'd recommend not practicing
30:13on someone else's child.
30:15He's my child too!
30:17The temperature in the room dropped again.
30:21So?
30:22I have the right to know how he's doing.
30:24I have the right to see him.
30:25Rights?
30:26Fine.
30:28Let's keep talking about rights.
30:30Tonight,
30:30without my consent,
30:31you forced your way into my room with a team.
30:33You tried to take a newborn
30:34on unverified documents.
30:36You worked with Natalie
30:37to pressure me in my own room.
30:39You almost handed our son
30:40to a route she'd already mapped out.
30:42You think any of that
30:43written into a report
30:44helps you when you file
30:45for visitation later?
30:47You're restricting my access?
30:49Yes.
30:50Until the investigation closes,
30:51you do not approach my child.
30:53Going forward,
30:54visitation goes through the court.
30:57You really have to be this cold?
30:59There it is again.
31:00You take the baby,
31:01that's for his own good.
31:03I protect him,
31:04that's cold.
31:04Your script needs an update.
31:07I look down at the baby.
31:11I want a divorce.
31:14Lindsay.
31:15I want full custody.
31:16I want the Cole family
31:16to publicly state on record
31:18that I have no postpartum mental disorder,
31:20that I did not cheat
31:22and that I did not harm my child.
31:24I want every record from tonight backed up.
31:26I want Natalie and everyone involved
31:27held accountable.
31:29None of this is up for discussion.
31:30This is a notice.
31:31You're really going this far?
31:33I'm not going this far.
31:34You all already did.
31:35I'm just filling in the paperwork.
31:39I was wrong.
31:42Then cooperate with the investigation.
31:46A long time passed
31:47before he spoke again.
31:49You really won't give me a single chance?
31:51I begged you many times
31:52to trust me,
31:53not to take him.
31:55At least to hear me out once.
31:56You never listened.
31:57Not once.
32:01Nurse,
32:02would you check whether
32:03he was frightened by any of that?
32:04The nurse came over right away.
32:10He'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,
32:20I was wrong.
32:21He 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.
32:35The maternity center
32:37sealed the surveillance
32:37and 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?
32:47Put it in writing.
32:49Verbal responsibility
32:50isn't responsibility.
32:53Someone from the Cole family
32:55came by once.
32:56Said they wanted to sit down and 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 at 2 a.m.
33:10along with you.
33:15After that,
33:16I stopped having private conversations.
33:18The divorce went through court.
33:21Custody went through court.
33:22The retraction and accountability
33:24went through the proper channels too.
33:27The Cole family
33:28wanted to keep up appearances.
33:29I made them learn
33:30to follow the rules first.
33:33Cole came too.
33:36That 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 fisted
33:54in 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?
34:10No.
34:11Lindsay,
34:12I didn't know-
34:12That 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,
34:32he 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
34:46faster than you did.
34:52The moment the door shut,
34:53the baby stirred in my arms.
34:55I bent down
34:56and kissed his forehead.
34:57In this second life,
34:58I didn't rush
34:59to take revenge.
35:00I called the police first.
35:02Some people
35:03can't stand the light,
35:04flick the switch,
35:05and they fall apart
35:06on their own.
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