The police were unsure whether or not to accept the
confession from Rosie’s mother Claire that Rosie was one half of a whole. Rosie
was never told that she had a sister, let alone a twin, and the idea that a
mother gave one child away while keeping the other sounded improbable.
But a call to the hospital set the record straight. Rosie’s
twin sister, Jane, was given up for adoption at birth. Since it was a closed adoption, Rosie would
never know who raised her sister or where they had lived. The police were able
to get in touch with the doctor who had delivered Rosie and her sister and ask
for an account of what happened that night so many years ago.
Her parents were expecting one child, a daughter. Claire had
arranged for an adoption, despite her husband’s wishes. He had wanted children,
but Claire didn’t think she could handle being a mother at that point in her
life. He didn’t know she planned giving the child up for adoption and informed
the new parents of this dilemma.
Claire’s husband waited outside the delivery room (he was
never good with needles) and when she gave birth to twins, she made a quick
decision. The new parents were expecting a child, but only one child. Her
husband was expecting a child as well. She had the doctor bring in one of the newborns
and she presented it to the awaiting couple, knowing full well she was
deceiving both parties and denying her husband the chance to know both of his
children.
The doctor who related the information to the police was the
same doctor Claire had confided in to keep her secret. And now the truth was
out.
“So what’s the game plan now?” Rosie asked. She was down at
the station with Carter sitting next to her on the green leather couch. “Do we
go after my evil twin or what?”
“We still don’t know where she’s hiding or if she’s really
the one behind all of this,” said Officer Brown. “She’s a suspect, but we don’t
have any evidence saying it was definitely her.”
“Well, we know it definitely wasn’t me,” Rosie insisted. “I’m
not trying to make myself look crazy, but because of her, people think I am.”
“We can approach this one of two ways,” Brown said. “We can
purposely put you in situations that make you look vulnerable and she might
strike or you could reach out to her publicly and catch her tripping up in her
own game. Do you have a preference?”
“Rosie’s already been doing option number one, though, hasn’t
she?” Carter said, speaking up for the first time. “She’s been a pawn in this woman’s
game and we haven’t been able to gain any leads on where she’s staying or why
she’s doing this. Yes, we didn’t have this information before, but I think we
need to use it now that it’s ours.”
“What’s your decision, Rosie?” Brown asked.
“Get me a news crew, I have something to say to my sister.”
