Chapter 21 - The Missing Heir

Clara stared at the woman in utter shock, her hand instinctively gripping the porch railing for balance.
"My mother died in a car accident in Seattle when I was eight," Clara said, her voice shaking with disbelief.
The woman pulled a yellowed birth certificate and a series of hospital transfer records from her briefcase.
"Arthur Vance faked her death to seize her bio-tech patents," the stranger explained calmly.
"She has been living under protection in Zurich, Switzerland, waiting for Arthur's empire to fall."
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Clara looked down at the documents, seeing her mother's signature verified by European federal authorities.
The dark web of lies surrounding the Vance family was far larger and more terrifying than she had ever imagined.