Chapter 9 - The Mysterious Package
I walked down the wooden porch steps toward driver.
"Delivery for Ms. Emily Carter," the courier called.
I signed the digital pad, taking the small box.
"Thank you," I said, inspecting the white shipping label.
The cardboard box had no return address listed anywhere.
I walked back to the porch table, opening tape.
Inside the package lay a sleek silver encrypted drive.
Beside the drive rested an old black-and-white photograph.
I picked up the photograph with careful, trembling fingers.
The image showed an old medical research facility compound.
Standing in front of the building was a woman.
A woman wearing an expensive champagne silk dress suit.
The woman was Lorraine Carter, thirty years ago today.
She held a newborn baby girl in her arms.
My blood ran completely ice cold in a single second.
The newborn baby girl in the photo was me.
Lorraine was not just my abusive mother-in-law.
She was my biological mother who gave me away.
I dropped the photograph onto the table in horror.
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"Mom... look at this picture," I whispered trembling.
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