“From what I’m told by Maggie, she’s a Lizzie Fox wannabe,” Charles replied. “Maggie said she is full of herself and isn’t even a good lawyer. Her name is Adel Newsom. From what I can gather, she tries to emulate Lizzie in everything. Her colleagues aren’t kind about it when they discuss her.”

Myra fingered the pearls at her neck. She looked toward the windows, but all she could see in the shiny blackness was her own reflection. “Do we know if they’re just business associates, or are they…something else?”

“Oh, Myra, for heaven’s sake, say what you mean. What she wants to know, Charles, is, are the two of them shacked up?” Annie said.

“It appears to be so, but at the moment there is no proof. Maggie has her people digging deep.”

“What about the babies? Are they safe? What about the other case? What happened to that child?”

Charles closed his eyes. It looked to Myra and Annie like he was in pain. Somehow he managed to speak through his clenched teeth. “Bought and sold after the surrogate reclaimed the child. The same thing will probably happen with the Dawson twins.”

“This is all about money,” Myra said, her eyes brimming with tears. “How can people do that to innocent children?”

“People like that have no conscience, Myra. They go by the green stuff in hand. Well, I, for one, am going to relish going after them if Lizzie can prove they’re the scum we think they are. And I, for one, will show no mercy where they’re concerned. What else, Charles?” Annie demanded.

“We think there’s a good chance the twins are about to be sold off to a new couple. That’s why we have to do something quickly,” Charles said.

“Maggie!” both women said in unison.

“Front-page picture of the Dawsons and their problem, along with pictures of the twins,” Annie said.

“What if the Dawsons won’t cooperate?” Myra fretted.

“If they think they can get the twins, I think they might ignore the media circus. We can help them out financially. The downside is we’re going to have to watch the surrogate, as well as the two lawyers,” Charles said. “Everyone is under surveillance as we speak.”

Annie reached for a yellow legal pad. She scribbled furiously for several minutes. “Give us the name of the second surrogate and the adoptive parents.”