Right after I gave birth, my daughter told me to hide under the hospital bed… and what I heard next made my bl00d run cold

They moved closer. The mattress dipped slightly. My muscles screamed as I stayed frozen, breath locked in my chest.

Then Emily spoke.

“She isn’t here.”

The silence that followed was crushing.

“What do you mean?” Linda snapped.

“My mom went to the bathroom,” Emily said quietly.

“That’s not possible,” the doctor replied. “She wouldn’t be allowed to—”

“Allowed to what?”

Mark’s voice came from the doorway.

The door opened wider. His shoes stopped abruptly.