🧬 Amber Gets the Secret Letter from Unknown Person — And Everything Changes
🧬 Amber Gets the Secret Letter from Unknown Person — And Everything Changes
Chapter One: The Envelope
It was a cloudy Wednesday morning. Amber had just returned from a quiet walk, trying to clear her head after the whirlwind dinner with Anthony — and the chaos that followed when Shayla caught them.
As she turned the key to her mailbox, one single envelope fell out — no return address, no stamp. Just her name:
"Amber."
Written in neat cursive. Almost… too neat.
She felt a strange chill run through her. Inside the apartment, she sat at the kitchen table, turning the envelope over in her hands for several minutes before finally opening it.
The letter was handwritten. Every word meticulously penned. Her eyes widened as she began to read.
Chapter Two: The Letter
“You don’t know me. But I know everything.
You need to read this — and act fast. Shayla’s lies go deeper than you think.
Start with the paternity records from St. Mercy Hospital. Check the patient logs from the night Kai was born.There’s something about Room 214.
Attached is proof. Burn this letter after reading. If you tell anyone it came from me, I’ll disappear. Forever.
—A Friend in the Fire”
Amber’s fingers trembled as she unfolded the rest of the contents. Inside the envelope was a photocopy of a nurse's logbook. It listed several mothers who had given birth that night. One name was crossed out in red ink, but another was circled:
“Kaylee Moreno – Room 214 – Male Infant – Transferred to NICU briefly.”
“Who the hell is Kaylee Moreno?” Amber whispered.
Chapter Three: The Missing Name
Unable to ignore the mystery, Amber drove straight to St. Mercy Hospital. It had been four years since Kai was born, but records were supposed to be archived.
She wasn’t family — but she wasn’t just anyone, either. With a little persuasion and an urgent tone, she convinced the records clerk to help her look into Room 214 on the date mentioned.
“That's strange,” the woman said. “There’s a file marked ‘restricted’ for that night. Most mothers’ info is visible. Except one.”
“Which one?” Amber asked.
“Kaylee Moreno. It says her file was sealed by court order the day after the birth.”
Amber felt her stomach twist. A sealed file? Right after a baby was born?
And the name “Kaylee” sounded vaguely familiar. Why?
Chapter Four: A Ghost from the Past
That night, Amber sat with Cocoa, going over everything. When she mentioned the name “Kaylee Moreno,” Cocoa’s eyes narrowed.
“Girl… I know that name.”
“You do?”
“She used to work for Shayla. Years ago. Quiet girl. Ran errands. Disappeared one night without warning.”
“Do you think—”
“I know Shayla was hiding something. Kaylee was pregnant back then. I remember because Shayla made her lie and tell people she had food poisoning when she started showing.”
Amber’s chest tightened.
“Are you saying Shayla could’ve taken her baby?”
Cocoa’s face said it all. She nodded slowly.
“It would explain why Shayla never let anyone visit the hospital. Why no one saw her pregnant except through carefully staged pictures. Why Kai never looked like either of them…”
Chapter Five: Anthony Finds Out
Amber didn’t wait. She brought everything to Anthony — the letter, the nurse log, Cocoa’s testimony.
He read the letter three times before speaking.
“We’ve been raising someone else’s child.”
“Or,” Amber said carefully, “Shayla stole a child to trap you.”
Anthony stood up, pacing the room. His hands clenched into fists.
“I need to get another court order. A subpoena for those sealed files. If Shayla bought or bribed her way into motherhood, she’s done.”
“But Anthony,” Amber added, “the person who sent the letter — they know too much. And they’re scared.”
“We need to find them.”
Chapter Six: The Fire
Just two days later, the hospital wing containing the archived records of 2019 caught fire. Officials claimed it was an electrical accident.
But Anthony and Amber weren’t convinced.
“Someone’s erasing the truth,” Anthony growled. “We need to move faster.”
Amber pulled out the letter again and reread the closing line:
“Burn this letter after reading. If you tell anyone it came from me, I’ll disappear.”
She flipped the page over for the tenth time — and noticed a faint watermark she hadn’t seen before.
A logo.
Davenport Legal Group.
“Anthony,” she said slowly. “I think the informant works inside Shayla’s old lawyer’s office.”
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