My eyes burned as I watched, yet the scene shifted to something far worse.
The nursery door opened and Diana stepped inside holding a small glass dropper and a baby bottle.
She approached Caleb’s crib and tilted the dropper toward the bottle.
Olivia stood immediately while still holding Miles and said firmly, “Stop because I switched the bottles earlier and that one contains only water while the one you poisoned yesterday is still in the trash.”
Diana froze before slowly smiling.
“You are only hired help,” Diana replied smoothly. “No one will believe a young girl without a powerful family name, and the doctors already believe Miles is unstable.”
She stepped closer and continued calmly, “Once Victor accepts that he cannot manage two children alone the court will grant custody to me and the family trust will follow along with his companies.”
Olivia’s voice trembled yet remained strong.
“I was working at the hospital the night Elise died,” she said. “She told me she was afraid of you and asked me to watch over her babies if something happened.”
Olivia added quietly, “I changed my life and job to keep that promise.”
Diana raised her hand.
I did not think.
I ran.
The hallway blurred as my feet struck the cold marble floor while thunder echoed outside. I burst into the nursery and grabbed Diana’s wrist before her hand could strike Olivia.
She gasped in shock while Olivia stepped back clutching Miles. Caleb began crying loudly inside his crib.
I looked into Diana’s eyes and said calmly, “The cameras recorded everything and security is already calling the police.”
Diana’s face drained of color.
When officers arrived and escorted her away the penthouse finally fell silent again. Rain tapped softly against the glass walls while Olivia sat on the floor rocking Miles until he fell asleep peacefully.
For the first time since his birth he was not crying.
I sat beside her and asked quietly, “How did you know Elise’s song.”
Olivia smiled gently.
“She sang it in the hospital while holding the twins,” Olivia replied. “She believed love was a medicine that doctors could never prescribe.”
I closed my eyes and realized how blind grief had made me.
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