Chapter 6 - THE WOMAN WHO KNEW TOO MUCHThe police began treating Trevor as a possible suspect and possible victim at the same time.
It was a strange distinction.
He was still my husband.
But I couldn't trust him.
The investigation revealed that his credentials had been used from a computer inside the hospital.
Trevor insisted he had never accessed the system.
Then investigators checked the hospital cameras.
The person using his credentials wasn't Trevor.
It was Evelyn.
She had somehow obtained his login information.
But that wasn't the biggest discovery.
Dr. Marcus Bell had also accessed the twins' records.
Multiple times.
And each access occurred shortly before Evelyn's visits.
The detective asked Bell to come in for questioning.
He refused.
Then he disappeared.
His office was empty.
His car was abandoned.
His phone was switched off.
The police issued an alert.
Meanwhile, Evelyn remained in custody.
She refused to speak.
Until she requested to see Trevor.
He agreed.
I watched from behind the glass.
Evelyn looked exhausted.
But her eyes remained sharp.
“You need to listen to me,” she told him.
Trevor sat across from her.
“Why did you hurt my children?”
Her expression hardened.
“I didn't.”
“Emma saw you.”
“She saw something she didn't understand.”
“Then explain it.”
Evelyn leaned forward.
“Your wife is lying to you.”
Trevor stared at her.
“She has always wanted you away from this family.”
He shook his head.
“Don't.”
“She will destroy you.”
“You destroyed my children.”
Evelyn's eyes filled with tears.
For a moment, she looked like an ordinary grieving grandmother.
Then she whispered:
“I never wanted them dead.”
Trevor froze.
“Then what did you want?”
“I wanted them gone.”
He stared at her.
“Gone where?”
“Away from her.”
The admission was chilling.
Evelyn explained that she had planned to convince authorities that Claire was an unfit mother.
She wanted custody.
She believed Trevor was wasting his life.
She believed the twins were the reason he couldn't leave Claire.
But she insisted she hadn't intended to kill them.
“Then what happened?”
She shook her head.
“I was told they would only sleep.”
“By whom?”
She refused to answer.
“Mom.”
She looked away.
“Who?”
Silence.
Trevor slammed his hand against the table.
“Tell me!”
Evelyn whispered:
“Dr. Bell.”
Trevor went still.
“He promised me nothing would happen.”
“What did he give you?”
“I don't know.”
“Where did he get it?”
“I don't know.”
“Why would a doctor help you?”
Evelyn finally looked at him.
“Because he hated Claire too.”
That made no sense.
I had barely spoken to Dr. Bell.
Then the detective discovered the connection.
Before Claire married Trevor, she had worked briefly at a medical supply company.
One of the company's executives had been Dr. Bell's former business partner.
Claire had testified in an internal investigation that led to the man's termination.
She hadn't known Bell blamed her for it.
But he did.
He had spent years believing Claire had ruined his career.
The twins' deaths were not random.
They were revenge.
But there was still one question.
Why involve Evelyn?
Because Evelyn was desperate.
And desperate people could be manipulated.
The police found Bell's hidden storage unit.
Inside were files.
Photographs.
Medical records.
And a notebook.
The first page contained one sentence.
Claire Carter destroyed my life. I will destroy hers.
My blood turned cold.
But then investigators found another name.
Trevor Carter.
The notebook described Trevor as a man who could be “used if necessary.”
That meant Bell had been planning for everything.
He had expected Trevor to look guilty.
He had expected Claire to blame her husband.
He had expected the family to collapse.
And then he would disappear.
But there was one final page.
A list of names.
Most were crossed out.
One wasn't.
Emma Carter.
I nearly collapsed when I saw it.
The detective immediately assigned officers to protect my daughter.
But Bell was still missing.
That night, I sat beside Emma's bed.
She was sleeping with Noah's stuffed rabbit against her chest.
I kissed her forehead.
“I'll never let anyone hurt you.”
Her eyes opened.
“Mommy?”
“Yes?”
“Grandma wasn't the bad person.”
I froze.
“What?”
Emma looked frightened.
“She was scared.”
“Scared of who?”
Emma whispered:
“The doctor.”
My blood turned cold.
“What did you hear?”
“He told Grandma if she didn't help him, Daddy would go to jail.”
I stared at my daughter.
Then everything clicked.
Evelyn hadn't been the mastermind.
She had been manipulated.
But someone had manipulated her into believing that destroying my family was the only way to save Trevor.
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And now that person was hunting the last witness.
Emma.
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