Deadly Midwife

- I've haven't seen these in forever.

Is that you?

You look so young.

Hey, I still look young.

I'm sorry, yeah, you do.

- Oh, I was there for your mom during her pregnancy,

as her midwife with you and now here I am.

For you and this little one.

You know, she's watching over you now,

keeping both you and baby safe.

Whatever happens, I'll always be there to help.

- I know you will, you always have.

All right, I should probably head home,

Anthony probably doesn't know where I am.

But thank you for the tea and the delicious cookies.

- You know what, before you go, can you do me a small favor?

- Okay, I think that should be good.

- Thanks for helping me with this.

A little extra security never hurt anyone.

- Yeah, not a problem. It's actually a good thing.

All of the footage is gonna download itself

straight to your laptop.

Hm, you make it sound so easy.

- Okay, now everything in here should sync up to your phone.

Like that.

And so it did.

No idea how you did that.

Pure genius over here.

Yes, of course.

So Anthony's work is, is going well?

- Yeah, yeah, it's going great, he's super busy.

- You know, there's something I, I need to tell you.

- Julie, is everything all right?

Are you expecting someone?

Oh, gosh, I-

So many orders lately.

Oh, and there he is.

There's the delivery guy.

Oh, well done.

Oh, delivery, um, this, I ordered the same thing for you.

What?

I want you to install it at your house.

- We live in a really safe neighborhood, I-

- You know what, you can never be too safe,

especially with baby on the way.

Please.

Yes, okay, thank you.

Hello?

Is anyone there?

Hello?

Oh, my God!

Oh, my God!

No, no, no!

Oh, God!

Oh, God!

No!

No.

No, no, oh!

And there's your baby.

Oh, see that? There's the feet.

And,

that's the head.

Nice.

- Oh, it looks like there's a nuchal cord.

What does that mean?

The umbilical cord is wrapped around your baby.

It's just something to keep an eye on.

How have you been feeling, Lauren?

- She's been having a lot of nausea.

Ah, I can speak to the doctor about that.

Thanks.

- Julie should really be here for this.

Can you try her again?

Yeah, can we do it after this?

- So is everything else looking healthy other than the cord?

- I'll have to have your doctor review the photos

to answer that, but I can tell you the gender.

- No, no. - Yes.

- No, Julie has to be here for that.

Right.

Okay, yeah.

We'll wait.

- Ah, Julie is your midwife, correct?

- With a high risk pregnancy like this,

I do recommend having one available.

If you're having trouble,

the hospital actually has a program,

that would be perfectly safe. - We have a midwife.

Right, of course.

Can you try her?

Yeah.

Excuse me.

I'm just gonna stop in and say hi.

- Oh, you haven't been feeling good all day.

I'll go in and check on her, you stay in the car.

- I'll be quick, I just need to make sure she's okay.

Julie, we're coming in!

Did you hear that?

Hear what?

Maybe she's not home.

I'm just gonna check upstairs.

Hello, Anthony!

- Lauren? - Someone's locked me in here!

Help me!

There's somebody here, help me, please.

Hey, hey, what's wrong?

There's somebody in the house.

The door slammed behind me, there was somebody there.

- Oh, oh, are you okay? I-I didn't see anyone.

- No, you have the door slammed behind me

and someone locked it, the door was locked.

There's someone in here.

There's no one here.

Thanks.

So we did a brief walkthrough,

and there was nothing obviously stolen or damaged.

No sign of struggle, the back door was open,

but it doesn't look like it was forced open by any means.

- Julie would never leave her house

with her front door unlocked.

- Well, it's common for people who live around here

to not lock their doors.

They move here for the safety of the neighborhood.

- There was someone in the house, I'm sure of it.

Did you get a look at them?

I, no, but I heard them.

What about you, Mr. Campbell?

I-I didn't see anyone.

- Officer Brooks, to be frank, we know Julie very well.

She delivered Lauren and was like a second mother to her.

She's been our midwife for the past six months.

We came to her house,

because she stopped answering our calls.

Regardless of whether or not someone was in the house today,

we think something may have happened to her.

- Well, you did the right thing by calling us.

We'll ask her neighbors when they saw her last.

If it's been more than 24 hours,

we'll ask you to come down to the station

and file a missing persons report.

Thank you.

Okay.

In the meantime, try to get some rest.

I'm sure we'll track down Julie.

Are you feeling okay?

Yeah.

I'm fine.

- I'm just worried that what happened at Julie's house

might've triggered some of your anxieties.

- You really didn't see anyone in the house?

- You're exhausted and stressed and probably remembering

everything that happened with your mom.

What I heard was real.

I never said it wasn't.

I think we should take a couple of days

and spend some time at the cabin.

It's too soon, you know that.

Thank you, I know you're just trying to help.

If you're stressed,

I can help you unwind a little.

- Okay, we should stop, we, honestly, we should stop.

We need to be careful.

If anything were to happen,

Julie would be here in five minutes.

I can't stop thinking about her, Anthony.

The last time I saw her,

it was like she wanted to tell me something

and then held back like she was scared to stress me out.

- Well, people sometimes hold back the truth

from people they don't wanna hurt.

- She's never had to hold back anything from me

in her life, ever.

- If she thought it would hurt your feelings, she might.

People are wired to circumvent conflict,

it's called avoidance coping.

Okay, just stop.

- Maybe she no longer felt up to be your midwife

and rather than be honest with you, she left.

- She would never. - Stop.

You're being argumentative.

I'm sorry, you've never been anything but patient with me.

That's why you're gonna make such a great mother.

So thoughtful

and loving.

I hope so.

- All I want is to be a great dad.

So let's be safe, rather than sorry.

I'm calling the hospital tomorrow,

there's gotta be another midwife

willing to take on a crazy couple like us.

I just want Julie.

- And you'll get her when she comes out of the woodwork.

But we are in the final stretch now,

the due date is a few weeks away, we need someone here now.

Yeah, her first name is Julie.

No, Julie, J-U-L-I-E.

Can you hold for a moment?

Yeah, I can hold.

Have you heard anything from Detective Brooks?

It's only five o'clock.