The Child They Got Wrong: Madness Ensues
My stepson, Lucas Lincoln, is trapped in a fire. After calling the fire brigade, I quickly ring my husband, Jasper Lincoln. Jasper is the leader of a search-and-rescue team, after all.
But to my dismay, Jasper is currently keeping his ex-wife, Yvonne Schmidt, company. Yvonne has won the "Forensic Doctor of the Year" award, and so they are out celebrating it.
My phone calls are rejected again and again. Jasper never once calls me back, even after Lucas' cries for help disappear entirely.
By the time the fire brigade arrives to quell the flames, Lucas has been burned to a crisp.
I tell Jasper what happened to our son, but he only gleefully says, "He was nothing but a troublemaker who'd contribute nothing to society. If he's dead, then so be it. This way, he won't grow up to become a menace.
"Yvonne happens to be giving a public talk tomorrow and is still in need of a specimen demonstrating burn injuries. She can use Noah's corpse for her demonstration since it's still fresh."
I sneer. So Jasper thinks that my own son, Noah Green, is the one who died in the fire.
I immediately send Lucas' blackened corpse to Yvonne's operating room.