Chapter 5 - Margaret Recognizes the Hospital Bracelet
Cameron confronted Margaret.
She finally admitted the bracelet looked familiar.
After the crash, Cameron’s older brother, Jonathan Hale, had taken
control of communication with the hospital.
Cameron was nearly incoherent with grief.
Jonathan told him Emma had died before he arrived.
He advised against viewing her because of her injuries.
Margaret had accepted that explanation.
But three days later, she found a child’s hospital bracelet in
Jonathan’s coat pocket.
Emma’s name.
Emma’s birth date.
The crash date.
Jonathan claimed hospital staff had given it to him with Emma’s
belongings.
Margaret believed him.
Or chose to.
“Where is Jonathan now?” Naomi asked.
Cameron’s expression went cold.
“Vice chairman of Hale Capital.”
Jonathan had spent ten years beside him.
At funerals.
Board meetings.
Emma’s memorial foundation.
Every anniversary of the crash.
Cameron wanted to call him immediately.
Naomi stopped him.
“If Emma contacted me secretly, there’s a reason.”
Cameron looked at Sofie’s folded note.
For the first time that night, he did not act like a billionaire
accustomed to immediate answers.
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He acted like a father terrified that one wrong move could make his
daughter disappear again.
