Twelve

Bethany was terrified going to the door, though she said it was the child's mother, she hoped in her heart. it was Jasmine who got up and walked to the door, counting her steps and wishing this wasn't happening. What if it was the child's mother? She could arrest them for kidnapping, and their lives could be ruined forever.

When she reached the door, she stopped and turned to stare at Liam and Bethany, they both stared at her, wanting her to go on. The door didn't have a peephole she could look through to see who was on the other side, it used to have but Bethany had changed the door when she moved in a few days ago. The knock came again and her anxiety rose. They were surely going to jail if it was the baby's parents. She placed her hand on the doorknob, her heart pounding loudly, and turned it slowly then opened the door wide. Behold, it was a man on the other side holding a parcel.

"I didn't order anything," she said more to herself than to the delivery man.

"Did you order anything