Chapter 2: The Secret Hidden Inside the Prescription Bottle
Chapter 2: The Secret Hidden Inside the Prescription Bottle
While detectives continued searching the property, the laboratory rushed preliminary testing on the prescription bottle recovered from the dumpster.
The results arrived before sunset.
The medication contained powerful sedatives.
Not prescribed for Lily.
Not prescribed for any child.
The detective immediately requested Lily's blood samples from the hospital.
Hours later...
The laboratory called again.
Sedatives were present in Lily's bloodstream.
Emma stared at the report in disbelief.
"They drugged her..."
The detective nodded.
"She likely lost consciousness before she was buried beneath the garbage."
Marcus slammed his fist against the wall.
"They wanted nobody to hear her."
Meanwhile, detectives searched Brenda's bedroom.
Hidden inside a locked drawer they found another bottle from the same prescription.
The serial numbers matched.
Even worse...
They recovered a handwritten notebook.
Inside were pages filled with comparisons.
Birthday budgets.
School photos.
Medical expenses.
Each page compared Lily with another little girl—Vanessa's daughter.
One sentence froze everyone reading it.
"Everything would finally be peaceful if Lily simply disappeared."
The room fell silent.
This wasn't a moment of anger.
It had been planned.
Chapter 3: Lily Finally Speaks
Forty-eight hours later...
Lily opened her eyes.
Emma immediately squeezed her tiny hand.
"You don't have to talk."
"But if you remember anything..."
Lily blinked slowly.
Then whispered,
"Grandma said..."
Everyone leaned closer.
"...I ruined the party."
Tears streamed down Emma's face.
Lily continued between weak breaths.
"Aunt Vanessa told me to climb inside..."
"...because my birthday surprise was waiting."
The hospital room became completely silent.
Then Lily added the words that shattered Marcus forever.
"I cried."
"I said it was dark."
"They closed the lid anyway."
Marcus buried his face in his hands.
He had spent years believing his parents could be difficult.
He never imagined they could become monsters.
The detective quietly turned off his recorder.
He already knew.
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They had enough evidence.
Now they had the victim's statement too.
