A private investigator, Daniel Ross, traced them to Victoria Lane, a woman who had lost her own child years earlier. One afternoon, Grace vanished.
“She’s mine now,” read the note left behind.
Daniel tracked Victoria to an apartment outside Dallas. Through careful negotiation—and Grace’s own trembling plea to go home—Victoria surrendered. She was committed for treatment.
Grace returned shaken, regressing briefly. But this time, no one left. Richard stayed. Melissa stayed. Emily stayed.
Years later, Grace—strong, curious, unstoppable—asked Emily if she could do a school project about her.
“Because you taught me how to walk,” Grace said. “Not just with my legs. With my heart.”
Emily held her tight, knowing the truth: the miracle had never been money or medicine. It was staying when it was easier to walk away.
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