Chapter 9 - WHICH BOY CAME HOME
The child in protection knew our breakfast, songs, and routines.
So did Noah after years of training.
Biometric scans showed the boy was Liam.
The video was prerecorded.
But the room in the recording remained active.
Another child had worn Liam’s suit.
A third boy.
Name: Caleb Carter.
Created from my stolen eggs and Victor’s stored genetic material.
The Carter program had produced another heir without consent.
Caleb had been raised to replace whichever boy failed.
Federal agents recovered him from the factory.
Madison escaped through a freight tunnel.
The children entered separate therapeutic placements.
No forced sibling reunion.
Then the original envelope finally opened.
Inside was not a promotion.
It was a list of military families targeted by Carter Defense’s behavioral program.
My unit.
My soldiers.
Their spouses.
Their children.
The company used defective-equipment claims, medical benefits, and housing support to collect data on military families.
My son was one among many.
General Brooks admitted he suspected a larger program but used the gala to force the family into public mistakes.
He knew Madison might react to Liam.
He did not know she would strike him.
Still, he had placed us in danger without telling me.
Another authority choosing strategy over consent.
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I reported him.
The investigation included him too.
