Chapter 4

I looked at Raymond coldly and questioned him harshly, “So, you’re saying both me and the security guard are lying? Raymond, what’s your deal? You’d rather believe some random stranger over your own wife?”

The crowd also spoke up for me.

“Everyone in this neighborhood is either rich or well-connected. Who in their right mind would hide some random baby?”

“Exactly. I believe Scarlett and the guard are telling the truth. This woman is clearly making up false accusations.”

Some people even looked at Raymond with suspicion.

“You know, your attitude has been pretty weird this whole time. You’re so convinced your wife hid the baby. Are you working with this fat lady or something?”

Raymond looked a little guilty and said, “I-I just thought the way she was freaking out didn’t seem fake.”

I glared at him.

“Oh, really? Didn’t you say last night that the security guard told you I picked up a baby?”

The security guard denied it. She said, “I didn’t even talk to him yesterday. How could I have told him anything like that?”

“Dear, you tell me. Why have you been so sure since last night that I took the baby?”

Raymond was speechless under my questioning. Cold sweat dripped from his forehead.

Just then, the woman’s phone rang once. She pulled out her phone and looked at it. Then, she raised her voice and said, “I have proof that you were the one who took the baby.”

She then opened the surveillance footage on her phone and showed it to the crowd.

The video clearly showed me standing in front of a baby for several minutes. Then, I made a phone call and carried the baby into the neighborhood.

With the surveillance footage as evidence, Raymond regained his confidence.

“Honey, the evidence is right here. What excuse do you have left now?”

The onlookers also quickly changed their stance. They began to pressure and accuse both the security guard and me. The security guard cracked under the pressure first and confessed the truth.

“It was her. She paid me five thousand dollars to go along with her and change my story. She’s the one who took the baby. I had nothing to do with it.”

Upon hearing this, everyone turned to look at me.

Raymond put on a concerned act and persuaded me, “Honey, just bring the baby out already. Otherwise, if this ends in a police station, even I won’t be able to save you.”

The woman looked at me fiercely, like she was about to tear me apart.

“The facts are clear now. You teamed up with the security guard to kidnap my baby. Give my baby back right now, or I swear I’ll go after you with everything I’ve got!”

Everyone turned to look at me and mutter a continuous stream of accusations.

“I never thought she could be this kind of person. Her staying in our neighborhood is an embarrassment to all of us homeowners here.”

“I heard she has been married for several years and still has no children. She must’ve stolen someone else’s baby because she cannot have her own.”

“Guys, call the cops right now and arrest this kidnapper. Let her rot in prison for life!”

Facing everyone’s accusations, I calmly pulled a paternity test report out of my bag.

“Raymond, can you explain to me why the baby she abandoned tested positive for a father-son relationship with you?”