I stepped toward the doorway.
My father tried to block me.
One look stopped him.
He moved aside.
I carried my wife through the foyer, leaving melted snow across the Italian marble floors my mother loved showing off to guests.
“You threw my entire world into the snow,” I said quietly.
Neither of them spoke.
I looked directly at them.
“Now I’m going to recover every dollar, every key, and every secret you stole.”
My father smirked.
“You’re a government-paid sergeant. Don’t threaten people who can destroy you with a single phone call.”
That was his first mistake.
Upstairs, I laid Emily on the bed and checked Sophie.
Her tiny hands were ice cold.
But she was breathing.
I called 911.
While waiting for paramedics, I heated towels, wrapped them in blankets, checked Emily’s pulse, and refused to let my parents come near either of them.
“You’re overreacting,” my mother said from the doorway.