I Buckled My Three-Day-Old Baby Into Her Car Seat and Drove Home Thinking the Hospital Had Been the Hardest Part….

I stared at him. “What do you mean I can’t enter? That’s my house.”

“The property is part of an active investigation,” he said carefully. “Police have secured the scene.”

The words didn’t make sense. Not together. Not in my life.

“Where is my husband?” I asked. “Marcus Hale. He’s supposed to be inside.”

The officer exhaled slowly.