Chapter 5 - THE STOLEN DAUGHTER
"My name?" Nora gasped, her voice barely audible over the sound of rain against the glass.
"Two years ago, when you were admitted to St. Jude’s Hospital after your car accident, you were told you suffered a late-stage miscarriage," Jackson stated calmly.
"I remember," Nora sobbed, covering her face with her hands. "They told me the baby girl didn't survive."
"She did survive, Nora," Jackson revealed, leaning forward. "Eleanor paid the attending physician two hundred thousand dollars to forge the death certificate."
"The baby in the lavender blanket..." Nora whispered, her body shaking uncontrollably. "That's my daughter."
"Her name on the fake birth certificate is Maya Vance," Jackson said, sliding a photo of the baby's record toward her. "Chloe has been acting as her legal guardian to keep her hidden from you."
Nora looked back at Ethan sleeping on the couch, her grief suddenly transforming into unstoppable, protective fury.
"She took my husband, she abused my son, and she stole my baby girl," Nora said, wiping her face dry.
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"We need physical proof before we can hit Eleanor with federal kidnapping charges," Jackson warned. "If we move too fast, her high-priced lawyers will post bail and disappear with Maya."
"Then we go back to Vance Manor tonight," Nora decided, standing up from the table.
