Chapter 10 - THE CHILD IN THE OPERATING ROOM
The feed came from a research facility outside Charleston.
Agents raided it.
Sophie was recovered before any procedure began.
Robert escaped through a service tunnel.
He needed Sophie’s blood because the hospital trust required a living descendant with a specific genetic marker.
I carried it.
Sophie carried it.
Noah did too.
The estate used biology as corporate authentication.
Children became keys.
The court removed all biometric control from the trust.
An independent board took over.
Robert lost leverage.
Then a hidden clause surfaced.
The hospital land did not belong to me alone.
It belonged jointly to the first two surviving female descendants.
Me.
And Claire.
My sister had hidden the truth because she wanted half the estate.
Her rescue of Sophie had contained both love and self-interest.
No clean hero.
Then Claire disappeared from custody.
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Security footage showed Daniel opening the door.
Read Chapter 11 to learn why Daniel freed Claire.
