“At my baby’s three-month checkup, the doctor called me into a separate room and lowered his voice so no one else could hear him, and what he said next made the floor feel unstable beneath my feet.”

“Are you saying Michael did something?”

“I am saying we need to gather information,” he replied carefully. “Install hidden cameras in common areas immediately. Monitor interactions in the mornings and evenings.”

I felt as though the air had thinned.

“She completely trusts your mother-in-law,” he added. “That is significant.”

When we returned to the waiting area, Margaret was rocking Olivia gently, humming an old lullaby.

Michael sat several chairs away, scrolling through his phone.

That night, after Michael went to shower, I ordered three discreet cameras online for same-day pickup.

I installed them with shaking hands in the living room, the dining area, and the hallway leading to Olivia’s nursery.

The next day at work, during my lunch break, I locked myself in a small conference room and opened the live feed on my phone.