The Cries Were a Lie: A Father’s Wake-Up Call

Determined but cautious, Walter set up a trap. He delivered a bag filled with fake money to the drop point and followed the janitor who came to collect it. But the trail led nowhere. The janitor insisted he was just a hired courier and had no idea what was in the package or who it was for. Walter returned home—only to discover Abby had vanished. All her clothes, all her belongings, gone. The nursery was empty. That’s when the horrifying truth struck him. With the help of a compassionate doctor, Walter set a plan in motion.

They faked a medical emergency, sending out word that Logan’s condition was critical and he needed immediate care. The trap worked. Abby showed up at the hospital with Logan in her arms. Walter and the police were waiting. Abby was arrested on the spot alongside her accomplice: Walter’s own brother, James. But just before she was taken away, Abby turned to Walter with venom in her voice and delivered a final blow: The words hit him like a truck. For a moment, everything inside him went still. Then, he looked down at the boy cradled in his arms the child who had cried, who had laughed, who had needed him. He felt no doubt. “I don’t care,” Walter whispered, holding Logan close. “I’ll adopt him if I have to. I’m his father. And I’ll raise him with love. On my own.”