Emma stared at the photograph.
Sarah was holding the newborn baby.
Emma was standing beside her.
And behind them was the same hospital corridor where Lily had supposedly been abandoned.
"I don't understand."
Noah looked at her.
"You will."
Daniel stepped forward.
"Don't listen to him."
Noah turned.
"You've lied to her for five years."
Daniel's jaw tightened.
"I saved her."
"No."
Noah's voice became quiet.
"You saved yourself."
Emma looked between them.
"What happened at that hospital?"
Neither man answered.
Then Lily walked into the room.
She was holding a stuffed rabbit.
"Mom?"
Emma immediately turned toward her.
"Go upstairs, sweetheart."
Lily looked at Noah.
"You're the man from my dream."
Noah froze.
Emma looked at him.
"What dream?"
Lily pointed toward the photograph.
"That lady."
She pointed at Sarah.
"She used to sing to me."
Emma's heart stopped.
"Lily, what are you talking about?"
"I don't know."
The child looked confused.
"I just remember a song."
She quietly hummed three notes.
Noah's eyes filled with tears.
"That's Sarah's song."
Emma looked at Daniel.
"You said Lily couldn't remember anything."
Daniel didn't respond.
Emma suddenly understood.
The missing memories weren't natural.
Someone had worked very hard to keep them buried.
She grabbed her coat.
"I'm going to the hospital."
Daniel stepped in front of the door.
"No."
Emma stared at him.
"Move."
"Emma, please."
"Move."
He didn't.
Emma's voice broke.
"If Lily is connected to Sarah, I need to know."
Noah stepped forward.
"I'll take you."
Daniel grabbed his arm.
Noah pulled away.
"Don't touch me."
The two men stared at each other.
Then Noah said something Emma hadn't expected.
"Tell her what happened to Sarah."
Daniel looked down.
"She died in an accident."
Noah shook his head.
"That's not what happened."
Emma looked at him.
"What happened?"
Noah reached into his pocket and pulled out an old hospital key card.
"Sarah didn't die that night."
Emma stared.
"Then where is she?"
Noah looked at Lily.
"That's the question I've been trying to answer for five years."
Emma felt a chill.
"Wait."
She looked at Daniel.
"You told me Sarah died."
Daniel finally whispered,
"Because that's what I was told."
"By whom?"
Daniel said nothing.
Noah answered for him.
"By the person who took her away."
Emma's eyes widened.
"Who?"
Noah looked directly at Daniel.
"Your husband."
Emma stepped backward.
Daniel immediately shook his head.
"No. That's not true."
Noah placed the hospital key card on the table.
"Then let's go back to the hospital."
Daniel stared at it.
Emma saw something in his face.
Not anger.
Fear.
And she knew there was something inside that hospital he never wanted her to find.
That night, Emma entered the old hospital records room with Noah.
They searched through archived files.
Finally, Noah found Sarah's record.
But the final page had been removed.
Only one line remained.
PATIENT TRANSFERRED TO...
The rest was torn away.
Emma looked at Noah.
"Who removed it?"
Noah stared at the empty space.
Then he whispered,
"Someone who knew we would eventually come looking."
A sound came from the hallway.
Footsteps.
Emma turned.
Someone was standing behind the glass door.
Daniel.
But he wasn't alone.
Beside him stood an older woman.
Emma had never seen her before.
The woman looked directly at Noah.
Then she said:
"You should have stopped searching five years ago."