Chapter 8 - Tracing The Hospital Records From Nineteen Years Ago
Armed with the new evidence, Charles and our legal team subpoenaed the archives of St. Jude Memorial Hospital downtown. We needed to establish the exact chain of custody concerning Zoe's disappearance nineteen years ago.
The current hospital administrator, a nervous middle-aged man named Dr. Evans, nervously handed over the original intake ledger. "Mr. Sterling pressured the maternity ward staff extensively during that period," Dr. Evans admitted under oath.
"He claimed Mrs. Sterling's health was too fragile to raise an infant after a difficult delivery," Dr. Evans continued. "He signed an adoption relinquishment form himself, bribing the attending obstetrician to falsify the death certificate."
The obstetrician, Dr. Harrison, was currently retired and living in a luxury villa in Palm Beach. Charles immediately dispatched private investigators to secure his deposition before Adrian's defense attorneys could reach him.
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The puzzle pieces clicked together with terrifying clarity, revealing a premeditated conspiracy spanning two decades. Adrian hadn't just married into our family for status; he had systematically eliminated any heirs who threatened his control.
If I had known Zoe was alive, I never would have given Adrian sole signing authority over the corporate trust. He knew my maternal protective instincts were my greatest strength, so he turned them into my deepest weakness.
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