LOGIN"Isabelle Laurent."
The name echoed through the room.
Amelia stared at Alexander's phone, hoping she had misunderstood what the security officer had said.
"Read it again," she demanded.
Alexander looked at the message.
"The emergency contact on Grace Bennett's surviving record is Isabelle Laurent."
Charlotte slowly sat down.
"But Mother disappeared years
Chapter 53: The Last Person Who Saw HerThe message remained on Alexander’s phone long after the screen went dark.Your father was the last person to see Isabelle Laurent alive.Alexander read it again, hoping the words would somehow change. They did not.Across the room, Amelia watched him carefully.“What does it say?”He hesitated before handing her the phone.Amelia read the message. Her expression changed immediately.“Your father?” she whispered.“I don't know if it's true.”“But what if it is?”Alexander looked toward the window. “Then he knows what happened to your mother. And he has spent years making sure nobody finds out.”Richard stood near the fireplace, his arms crossed. “We need to find him.”Victoria shook her head. “You don't understand. If he believes we're close to the truth, he'll disappear again.”“Then we find him before he does,” Alexander replied.A sudden notification interrupted them.It was from an unknown number.If you want to know what happened to Isabel
Chapter 52: The Father Nobody ExpectedThe knocking continued.Elena stood in the hallway, holding the letter against her chest.Natalie grabbed her hand."Don't open that door.""Who is Robert?"Natalie looked toward the entrance."Someone who helped arrange your placement.""Why does he know who my father is?"Natalie didn't answer.The knocking stopped.Then a man's voice came through the door."Elena, I know you're inside. We need to talk."Elena moved closer."What do you want?""To explain something before you make a terrible mistake."Natalie shook her head."Don't listen to him."Elena looked at the letter again.The signature at the bottom belonged to Alexander's father."Did he tell you who my father was?" she asked Natalie.Natalie's eyes filled with tears."Yes.""Who?"Before Natalie could answer, Robert spoke again."Your father was never supposed to know you existed."Elena's face went pale.At the Blackwood mansion, Amelia was pacing through the library.She had calle
Chapter 51: The Girl Named ElenaThe photograph remained on the dining table.Amelia studied the young woman's face. Elena looked to be in her early twenties. Her dark hair fell over her shoulders, and the silver necklace rested just above her collarbone.There was something familiar about her.Not her appearance exactly, but her expression.It reminded Amelia of the photographs she had seen of Isabelle."She's our sister," Daniel said quietly.Richard shook his head."We don't know that for certain.""Then explain why she has the necklace," Charlotte replied.Victoria sat down slowly."Because Eleanor wanted her to remember where she came from."Amelia turned toward her."Did you ever speak to Elena?""Once."Everyone looked at Victoria."When?""She was a little girl. I saw her in the mansion with Natalie. She asked me whether I knew her mother."Amelia's voice softened."What did you tell her?"Victoria looked away."I told her that her mother loved her."Daniel frowned."Did she
Chapter 50: The Child Inside the MansionAmelia couldn't stop staring at the photograph.The Blackwood mansion stood in the background. Victoria was beside Alexander's father, and a young woman held a little girl in her arms.The date written on the back was clear.It was taken years after the fourth child's original transfer."Who is the woman?" Amelia asked.Alexander studied the photograph."I don't recognize her."Amelia pointed toward the little girl."Then why was she standing with your parents?"Alexander turned the picture over again.There was another detail he hadn't noticed before. A small silver necklace rested around the child's neck.The same necklace.The same one Amelia had seen in the photograph inside the medical archive."That's the child," Alexander whispered.Amelia looked at him."You think that's our fourth sibling?""I think we need to find out."They returned to the mansion shortly before midnight.Richard was waiting in the main hall. Victoria stood beside h
Chapter 49: The Stranger Who Knew HerThe photograph remained on the table.Amelia couldn't stop looking at it.The child in the picture was older than the baby shown in the original hospital records. The silver necklace around their neck was unmistakable.Alexander recognized it.Victoria feared it.And Richard seemed to know more than he wanted to admit."Who is this person?" Charlotte finally asked.Nobody answered.Amelia turned toward Alexander."You said your father gave that necklace to someone. Who?"Alexander rubbed his forehead."When I was younger, I remember seeing my father give a silver necklace to a woman at a private family gathering. He told everyone she was an old family friend.""Do you remember her name?" Amelia asked."No. I was too young."Victoria walked toward the ta
Chapter 48: The Name on the Record"Isabelle Laurent."The name echoed through the room.Amelia stared at Alexander's phone, hoping she had misunderstood what the security officer had said."Read it again," she demanded.Alexander looked at the message."The emergency contact on Grace Bennett's surviving record is Isabelle Laurent."Charlotte slowly sat down."But Mother disappeared years ago. How could she be listed as an emergency contact?"Richard took the document from Alexander."Perhaps someone used her name without her permission."Daniel shook his head."That doesn't explain why the record was kept active."Victoria remained silent.Amelia turned toward her."You knew my mother better than anyone in this family. Is there something you're still hiding?"Victoria looked exhauste







