The hearing convened the following day.At the long table, the Council presented every piece of evidence in chronological order: the five-day agreement, the access code tampering, the family moving in, the physician identity fraud, the coerced signature, the unauthorized sale of medical credentials, and the property damage.The Council chairman tapped the table. "Mr. Cortez, do you have anything to say?"Ronan licked his lips. "It was Ava who asked me to stay for the birth. She knew the clinic wasn't mine, and she still insisted on moving in. I was just..."Nora didn't even look up. She opened the surveillance footage on her tablet and pushed it forward.It was a screenshot from the second day of Ronan and Ava's stay. On screen, Ronan was changing the access code, not looking the least bit coerced.Ronan stammered, unable to form a single word.Then Ava raised her head. "I knew from the start that the clinic wasn't Ronan's. On the first day, I saw the plaque on the wall, and he told me
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