Chapter 14 - The Laboratory That Vanished
The laboratory occupied two rooms above a dental clinic.
When Tessa’s investigators arrived, the offices were empty.
Computers removed.
Records shredded.
The company had dissolved two days earlier.
Kenton claimed coincidence.
No one believed him.
But without the file, Amber could not prove he stole her medical sample.
Then Tessa found a billing reference on Kenton’s personal credit card.
The payment had been routed through a legal consulting company.
The owner was Marissa’s brother.
Marissa agreed to cooperate fully.
She admitted transporting Amber’s blood sample.
She admitted witnessing the paternity test.
She admitted Kenton celebrated when the result confirmed he was the father.
“What did he say?” Tessa asked.
Marissa looked toward Amber.
“He said now the children could become useful.”
Amber closed her eyes.
Isaac’s hand moved slightly.
He wanted to comfort her.
He waited.
Amber reached for him first.
Marissa continued.
“Kenton wanted the babies listed as future beneficiaries because investors would view the company as a family legacy.”
“Then why move debt into their trusts?” Amber asked.
“He thought the company would be sold before regulators discovered the licensing fraud.”
Kenton’s plan was now clear.
Use Amber’s license to build the empire.
Use the triplets to market stability.
Sell the company.
Transfer hidden liabilities into prenatal trusts.
Divorce Amber.
Then expose the fraud and claim she controlled the license and trusts.
Amber would appear responsible.
Kenton would disappear with the sale money.
Isaac looked at Tessa.
“Was the sale already arranged?”
Tessa opened another file.
“Yes.”
A foreign investment group had signed a confidential purchase agreement.
Closing was scheduled for forty-eight hours after the divorce.
Kenton had expected to receive hundreds of millions.
The sale required Amber’s professional identity to remain active until closing.
Afterward, she would carry the legal risk.
Kenton had almost succeeded.
Only one step remained.
He needed Amber to sign a post-divorce compliance acknowledgment.
That was why he chased her outside the courthouse.
Not because he loved her.
Not even because of Isaac.
The signed divorce papers included the sale assets.
But the compliance acknowledgment was missing.
Amber had removed it before signing.
Kenton saw the document listed on Tessa’s folder inventory.
His entire empire depended on Amber’s signature.
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And she had walked away.
👉 Kenton’s public panic began because Amber had withheld one page—but he was about to make a desperate offer involving the triplets.
