The Brother

My partner’s brother just snatched my baby. And I saw it coming.

I thought I was lucky before all this happened. I have a beautiful baby boy. A man I want to make a life with. A gorgeous cottage in the Cotswolds that we’re in the middle of doing up. Life’s good.

Then Ben drops a bombshell. His brother Adam is coming to stay.

‘Promise me something — don’t believe everything Adam tells you.’

From the moment Adam shows up — all charm and dark smiles, his fragile girlfriend in tow — I know something’s wrong. Something is off.

He says they won’t stay long.

He lies.

First, his girlfriend disappears.

Then the stories start shifting.

And still, I let him close. Too close.

Because I never imagined he’d take my child.