![]() ![]() They move to a house farther out in the country, where it’s quieter and Lizzy won’t be upset by teasing. They hire a live-in housekeeper, a taciturn older woman recommended by Gerard Bonnay, the head of Vivantem. ![]() Then Charlotte begins having mini-strokes that no one can account for. She’s a physician, he’s a great salesman, and the Ballards are thrilled when Charlotte becomes pregnant shortly after starting treatment.Ī seemingly modest start for a thriller, but there’s a good deal of suspense just in the mundane details of Charlotte and Patrick’s daughter Lizzy’s early life.The Ballards seem over-protective of their only child, but as we find out quickly, with good reason. Desperate, they go to Vivantem, a fertility clinic run by a husband-and-wife team. Patrick and Charlotte Ballard are a young suburban-Philadelphia couple who want a child but can’t conceive on their own. ![]()
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