Chapter 17 - The Secret Twin Sibling
Deep within the seized financial records, FBI analysts uncovered a regular monthly payment made to an private clinic in Vermont.
For twenty-eight years, Victoria had been paying eighty thousand dollars annually to maintain a confidential medical wing.
Maya sat up in her hospital bed as Detective Ramirez presented the newly discovered birth registry from 1998.
"Daniel was not born an only child, Mrs. Vance," Detective Ramirez revealed, showing her a yellowed hospital certificate.
"Victoria gave birth to fraternal twin boys twenty-eight years ago in Boston," the detective explained softly.
"What happened to the second twin?" Hannah asked, leaning over Maya's shoulder to read the document.
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"The second twin, named Julian, was born with severe physical disabilities and hidden away from the public eye," Ramirez revealed.
Victoria had kept Julian hidden to preserve the illusion of a perfect high-society family while controlling his legal trust share.
