Chapter 8 - Emma Was Given Another Name
Dr. Lang remembered the destination.
A private pediatric rehabilitation facility in Connecticut.
Emma had a head injury and significant memory disruption.
She was transferred as Emily Hart.
The facility had closed years later.
Archived records showed Emily remained there for seven months.
Her guardian was listed as Rebecca Hart.
Rebecca had worked for a charitable organization funded by one of
Jonathan’s foundations.
She later became Emma’s legal guardian through documents investigators
now questioned.
Rebecca raised Emma in a small town in Vermont.
She died eight months earlier.
That death appeared natural.
There was no evidence connecting Jonathan to it.
After Rebecca died, Emma found the locked box.
That was when she learned the name Cameron Hale.
Cameron asked the investigator:
“Where is she now?”
They had found a school record.
Emma—still legally known as Emily Hart—was fourteen.
She had recently withdrawn.
The forwarding address was blank.
But one emergency contact remained.
Naomi Brooks.
Naomi stared at the form.
May you like
“I never gave anyone permission to list me.”
Emma had been trying to build a path back to them.
