Chapter 11
Flashing red and blue lights illuminated the industrial pier as police cruisers flooded the scene.
Paramedics rushed into the boathouse, securing Marcus onto a gurney while officers handcuffed Julian.
A detective wrapped a heavy yellow blanket around Evelyn's shoulders as she sat on a wooden crate.
Elena and Leo stood nearby, holding each other tightly as federal agents arrived to take over the investigation.
Julian was dragged past her in heavy steel wrist restraints, his face bruised and bloody.
"This isn't over, Evelyn!" Julian yelled as officers forced him into the back of a police cruiser.
"Vance Biotech has resources you can't even comprehend!"
Evelyn ignored his desperate screams, keeping her gaze focused on young Leo across the room.
The boy walked over to her slowly, stepping past the yellow crime scene tape.
He reached out his right hand, looking down at the surgical scar running beside his wrist.
Evelyn held out her matching hand, letting her fingers overlap with his in the soft morning light.
The electric tingling in her legs had settled into a steady, warm pulse of returning sensation.
"Can you feel it?" Leo asked softly, his dark eyes searching hers with profound childlike wonder.
"Yes," Evelyn replied tears streaming down her cheeks for the first time in ten years.
"I can feel everything now, Leo."
The lead FBI agent approached them holding a sealed evidence bag containing Julian's encrypted phone.
"Miss Sterling, we found records linking Vance Biotech to illegal medical facilities across the East Coast," the agent reported.
"Your father's estate is being placed under federal protection until the investigation concludes."
Evelyn looked at her half-sister Elena, offering a small, resolute nod of solidarity.
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"We need to go to Boston," Evelyn declared firmly.
"We need to tear down Vance Biotech once and for all."
