Chapter 5 - MARGARET ALREADY KNEWThe switch itself was terrible.
But it did not explain Margaret’s fear.
Then Ethan found letters.
Hidden in an old storage box at the Harrington lake house.
The earliest was dated 1994.
Six years after his birth.
From Elena Moreno.
Mrs. Harrington, I do not know how to write this without sounding insane. My son has a blood type impossible for me and his father. The pediatrician suggested we confirm records from St. Agnes. I believe our babies may have been switched.
Ethan stopped reading.
Margaret knew.
At least since he was six.
Another letter.
Please answer me. I do not want money. I want to know whether my child is healthy.
Another.
My son’s name is Gabriel. He deserves the truth too.
Margaret had kept them.
Never answered.
Ethan looked physically ill.
“She knew.”
Yes.
The hospital error had begun the lie.
May you like
Margaret had chosen to continue it.
For more than thirty years.
