The Day Silence Spoke novel Chapter 305

"Mrs. Lambert, you..." one nanny stammered, her voice tight with anxiety.

In their desperation to quiet the baby, they had acted rashly. Only now did they remember that Latisha had been forced to abort two children, and the culprit was Jaden's own mother. A wave of fear washed over them.

Latisha looked up at them, her grip on the baby tightening. Perhaps she held him a bit too tightly, because he started crying again, his wails hoarse from exhaustion.

"Mrs. Lambert, please give the baby back to us. We'll figure something out."

The nanny reached for him again, ready to snatch him away, but Latisha turned and walked off with the child. She hadn't taken two steps before she collided with a man's chest and stumbled back instinctively.

"Mr. Lambert," the nannies cried out in relief.

Latisha finally looked up and saw Clifford standing before her, his face a mask of indifference. Her fingers clenched the baby's swaddling as she stared at him.

Clifford glanced at the crying infant. "What's going on?"

One of the nannies rushed to explain. "Jaden has been crying nonstop for days. We thought Mrs. Lambert could help soothe him, but then... she wouldn't give him back."

Clifford's gaze fell back on Latisha's face. "Why are you holding him?"

Latisha's lips were pressed into a thin line. She didn't speak. She didn't know what she wanted to do. She only knew that when she thought of her two innocent children, she felt she had to do something, or she would be failing their memory. What that something was, she didn't know. She just had a primal urge not to return this child.

Clifford held out his hand. "Give me the baby."

Latisha clutched the infant tighter and took a step back, refusing.

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