Laura’s hospital intake.
Then the phone logs.
Then the forwarding report.
Then the wire-transfer metadata.
Then the hotel timeline.
Then the safe-access logs.
Page by page, Serena’s face changed.
Confusion.
Anger.
Fear.
Finally, Marcus placed a photograph on the table.
It had come from a security camera outside Wake County Memorial.
Laura was visible near the hospital entrance.
Very pregnant.
Holding a phone.
And behind her, parked near the curb, was Serena’s white Mercedes SUV.
The license plate was clear.
Serena stopped breathing.
I leaned back.
“Tell me why you were there.”
She stared at the photograph.
“Grant…”
“Why were you at the hospital?”
“You don’t understand.”
I almost smiled.