เข้าสู่ระบบEvelyn couldn't take her eyes off the birth certificate.
The name beneath Father seemed to burn into her mind.Victor Carter.“No,” she whispered.Adrian took the document from her.“This doesn't make sense.”James stared at it.“That is exactly what Victor wanted you to believe.”Evelyn looked at him.“You knew about this?”“No.”“Then how did this get into my birth records?”James shoEvelyn couldn't take her eyes off the birth certificate.The name beneath Father seemed to burn into her mind.Victor Carter.“No,” she whispered.Adrian took the document from her.“This doesn't make sense.”James stared at it.“That is exactly what Victor wanted you to believe.”Evelyn looked at him.“You knew about this?”“No.”“Then how did this get into my birth records?”James shook his head.“I don't know.”Evelyn's hands trembled.“Anna said Victor was dangerous. Now his name is on my birth certificate.”Adrian immediately shook his head.“That doesn't mean he's your biological father.”Evelyn looked at him.“What else could it mean?”“Forgery.”James nodded slowly.“It's possible.”He pointed at the document.“Look at the signature.”Evelyn leaned close
The room fell silent.Evelyn stared at the cassette in her hand.“She was hiding someone from me?” she asked.James nodded.“I don't know who. That's what frightened me.”Adrian looked at the old cassette player sitting on a dusty shelf.“Then let's stop guessing.”He cleaned the player and inserted the cassette.For a moment, nothing happened.Then—A soft crackling sound filled the room.And a woman's trembling voice followed.“Evelyn…”Evelyn's heart stopped.It was her mother.She had never heard Anna's voice before.Tears immediately filled her eyes.Adrian reached for her hand.Anna continued.“If you're hearing this, then you're old enough to know the truth.”There was a long pause.“I wanted to tell you everything, but every time I tried, someone was watching me.”Evelyn closed he
Evelyn sat in the passenger seat, staring at the flash drive in her hand.For several minutes, neither she nor Adrian spoke.Daniel's final words kept repeating in her mind.Inside the place where you were born.Adrian glanced at her.“Are you sure you know where that is?”Evelyn nodded slowly.“The hospital.”“Which hospital?”Evelyn looked out the window.“I don't know the name. I was too young, obviously. But James once told me my mother gave birth to me at a private hospital outside the city.”Adrian started the car.“Then that's where we're going.”Evelyn looked at him.“You don't have to come.”Adrian gave her a brief look.“I'm your husband. I'm not letting you chase something this dangerous alone.”A small smile touched her lips.“Thank you.”They drove for nearly an hour before Evelyn recognized the road.Her heart began beating faster.“I remember this place.”Adrian slowed down.Ahead stood an old white building surrounded by overgrown trees.The hospital had been abandoned
Evelyn couldn't move.Daniel Bennett stood in the doorway, the gun pointed toward the floor.His expression was nothing like the frightened lawyer they had known.“Daniel?” Evelyn whispered.Adrian stepped in front of her.“Put the gun down.”Daniel's eyes moved to Adrian.“I don't want to hurt either of you.”“Then put it down,” Adrian repeated.Daniel slowly raised the gun.Michael stepped forward.“Daniel, what are you doing?”Daniel's jaw tightened.“Trying to finish what I should have finished twenty-five years ago.”Evelyn's heart pounded.“What does that mean?”Daniel looked at her.“I was there the night your mother died.”“I know.”“No,” he said. “You don't know everything.”He lowered the gun slightly.“I didn't just arrive after she was poisoned.”Evelyn stared at him.
Evelyn stared at the photograph.Her fingers tightened around its edges.There was Anna.Richard.Thomas Reed.And Daniel Bennett.All standing together in the old Blackwood house on the very night Anna had been poisoned.“Daniel…” Evelyn whispered.Adrian stepped closer, his eyes fixed on the photograph.“Something isn't right.”Evelyn looked at him. “What do you mean?”“If Daniel was part of the plan to hurt your mother, why did he spend years helping your family?”Before Evelyn could answer, footsteps echoed from behind them.They turned.Michael Bennett stood at the entrance of the hidden room.His face had gone pale.“That photograph,” he said quietly.Evelyn raised it.“You know what happened that night.”Michael swallowed.“Yes.”Adrian stepped toward him.“Then stop protecting peo
Evelyn stared at Michael.“Your father knew.”Those words echoed in her mind.Adrian didn't move.“My father knew what?”Michael looked at him.“Everything.”Adrian's jaw tightened.“You're going to have to explain.”Michael nodded.“Your father wasn't a criminal, Adrian. He was trying to protect Anna.”Evelyn stepped closer.“Then why did my grandfather become involved?”Michael sighed.“Because your grandfather created the entire plan.”“What plan?”“To protect Blackwood's money from Richard and Marcus.”Evelyn frowned.“But Marcus said my grandfather was protecting a secret.”“He was.”Michael looked at her.“The money being transferred to your father's company wasn't stolen money.”Adrian's eyes widened.“Then what was it?”“Your grandfather's personal fortune.”







