09/11/2026
MY HUSBAND IMPREGNATED OUR MAID
EPISODE 24: THE BIRTHMARK THAT EXPOSED EVERYTHING
Everyone stared at Nneka.
Amaka stepped closer, her voice trembling.
“Nneka, please tell me exactly what you mean. What does Grace's birthmark have to do with your mother?”
Nneka wiped her tears.
“When I was younger, my mother showed me an old photograph of a baby. She told me she had given birth to twins, but one of the babies died shortly after delivery.”
Grace shook her head.
“That doesn't make sense. My adoptive parents told me I was brought to them as a newborn.”
Mama Beatrice suddenly stood up.
“Wait! Nneka, what hospital did your mother deliver in?”
Nneka mentioned the hospital.
Mama Beatrice covered her mouth.
It was the same hospital where the old records had disappeared.
Daniel immediately asked, “Why didn't you tell us this before?”
“Because I never believed my mother's story was connected to Grace! I only remembered it when I saw that photograph.”
Amaka turned towards Mama Beatrice.
“Everybody seems to know something about these babies except me. Can someone please tell me what happened?”
Mama Beatrice began crying.
“Your father suspected that two babies had been exchanged that night. He spent years trying to find out the truth, but someone threatened him. Before he died, he told me that if the mystery ever resurfaced, I should look for the original delivery register.”
“Where is it?” Daniel asked.
Mama Beatrice looked at her handbag.
“I have kept something from that night for over twenty years.”
She brought out a small, faded envelope.
Inside was a hospital wristband and a folded piece of paper.
Grace took the wristband and read the name written on it.
Her knees almost gave way.
It carried her birth date and her biological mother's name.
But the name was not the one she had expected.
“That's impossible!” Grace whispered.
Suddenly, Nneka's phone rang.
It was her mother.
Nneka answered and put the call on speaker.
Her mother's voice was shaking.
“Nneka, wherever you are, listen carefully. Stop looking into that hospital matter. I have been keeping a terrible secret from you.”
Nneka began crying.
“Mummy, what secret?”
There was a long silence.
Then her mother said:
“Grace is not the only child whose identity was changed that night. Your own birth story is a lie.”
The call disconnected.
Nobody moved.
Amaka slowly turned towards Nneka.
“Nneka… are you saying we might all be connected?”
Before Nneka could answer, a car suddenly stopped outside the hospital.
A woman stepped out.
It was Nurse Margaret.
She looked directly at Mama Beatrice and shouted:
“BEATRICE! YOU PROMISED ME YOU WOULD NEVER REVEAL WHAT YOUR HUSBAND DID!”
Everyone turned.
Mama Beatrice began trembling.
Daniel stepped forward.
“What did Amaka's father do?”
Nurse Margaret looked at Amaka and delivered the words nobody was prepared to hear.
“Your father didn't just discover the switched babies. He was the one who made the final decision.”
TO BE CONTINUED…
