Chapter 13 - The Search For Sophia
By 6:00 p.m., the news of Carter Vance’s arrest had dominated every major television network across the United States.
Vance International’s stock dropped seventy percent in afternoon trading, while federal authorities seized all corporate assets.
Victoria sat in the back of a federal command vehicle parked outside a high-security medical facility in northern Michigan.
Leo sat beside her, eating a slice of pepperoni pizza while holding his golden feather brooch in his lap.
Special Agent Miller stepped into the vehicle, holding a tactical radio as he looked at Victoria with a solemn, emotional expression.
“We found the private clinic, Victoria,” Agent Miller reported softly. “It was hidden behind an old timber mill near Lake Superior.”
“Your sister Sophia is alive. She is currently being evaluated by our medical team, and she is stable.”
Leo dropped his pizza, his big hazel eyes widening with pure, breathless joy as he looked at his aunt.
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“My mom is alive?” Leo gasped, tears swelling in his eyes as he jumped up from the leather seat.
Victoria pulled the boy into a tight hug, her heart bursting with love as she wiped her own tears away under the warm sunset sky.
