Chapter 3 - Whispers of an Unspoken Legacy Hidden Behind Locked Doors
Mark didn't wait for Arthur to explain further.
He pushed past the heavy front doors into the cool autumn night air of Greenwich, Connecticut.
The red and silver lights of the family’s private security detail flashed quietly near the iron gates of the estate.
Lily buried her small face into Mark’s shoulder, her soft blonde hair smelling faint of strawberries and cheap hospital soap.
As Mark opened the rear door of the black Cadillac Escalade, a small folded paper slipped out of Lily’s overalls pocket.
It fluttered onto the damp asphalt beneath his boots.
Mark picked up the crisp white paper, unfolding it under the glow of the driveway lamp.
It was an official document stamped with the crest of a private laboratory in Boston, Massachusetts.
The header at the top of the page sent a chill straight down Mark’s spine.
It was a DNA paternity report dated three weeks ago.
Mark’s breathing hitched as his eyes scanned down to the bottom line of the official analysis.
The result indicated a 99.9% match between Lily Montgomery and a man who was supposed to have died five years ago.
Mark’s older brother, Julian Montgomery, was listed as the biological father.
Julian had allegedly perished in a mysterious boating accident off the coast of Martha's Vineyard in the summer of 2021.
Mark’s mind raced as he realized the horrifying truth behind Victoria’s sudden cruelty toward the little girl.
Lily wasn't just an orphan adopted out of charity by the Montgomery family.
She was the direct and rightful heir to the family's fifty-million-dollar trust fund.
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And Victoria knew that if Lily lived to see her fourth birthday, Victoria’s control over the family fortune would vanish forever.
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