Chapter 7 - THE REPLACEMENT MOTHER
Marcus had told Rachel the Carter trust recognized the “acting matriarch” rather than a specific person.
If I became incapacitated, Rachel could assume my role through a private family agreement.
The agreement dated back generations.
Wealthy Carter men often replaced inconvenient wives or mothers in company records with women trained to maintain public continuity.
One name.
Multiple lives.
Arthur discovered the practice late in his career and tried to end it.
The black box behind the pantry was part of his evidence system.
He believed Marcus would eventually attempt the same replacement with me.
Rachel had practiced my signature.
My posture.
My medication schedule.
She even visited my church wearing a gray wig.
Several witnesses believed they saw me acting confused.
Those reports supported the fake medical statement.
Then Anna recognized Claire from childhood.
Claire had once lived in the same foster home.
The Carter family had recruited girls from vulnerable backgrounds and trained them for identity substitution.
Rachel was not the first woman used as a replacement.
She was one who chose to become an operator.
Then the legal team found another completed file.
ARTHUR CARTER — CONTINUITY ACTIVE.
My husband had died three years earlier.
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Yet someone was still signing documents under his name.
Read Chapter 8 to discover who had been living as Evelyn’s dead husband.
