Chapter 5 - THE WOMAN WITH MY NAME
Three Detroit hospitals had records for Rachel Brooks that week.
I had visited none of them.
One patient received stitches.
One received sedatives.
One entered a psychiatric hold after claiming police were trying to kidnap her children.
That patient was Sarah.
Mercer used my identity to destroy hers.
If Sarah said she was Sarah Collins, staff saw records proving she was Rachel Brooks.
If I appeared, one of us would look delusional.
We found her at a private psychiatric facility owned by North Line investors.
She was restrained but conscious.
Our first meeting happened through reinforced glass.
Same eyes.
Different face shape.
Same habit of pressing the thumb against the index finger when afraid.
She whispered, “You came.”
I said, “Lily sent me.”
She cried.
Not loudly.
Like someone who had run out of permission to make sound.
Federal agents released her after comparing DNA and fingerprints.
Mercer claimed she had stolen my identity.
Then security footage surfaced showing him delivering her to the facility.
The case widened.
Sarah revealed Michael was not Leo’s biological father.
Leo’s father was Officer Daniel Reed.
A respected detective.
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The same man assigned to investigate Sarah’s disappearance.
North Line had placed the child’s father inside the case.
