Opal was fearful that the child, an interracial baby, would be abused--or worse--if Ray got his hands on the infant so she claimed she was babysitting and walked out on the child.
The child would be abused--or worse --. Ray got his hands on the infant. She was babysitting. This was what she claimed. Ray walked out on the child. Opal was fearful this. The child was an interracial baby.